AirVenture

Maverick Flying Car Debuts At Oshkosh

If you live and work in remote parts of the world where roads are scarce, Steve Saint’s Maverick design could be just what you need. It drives off-road, it can deploy a sort-of parachute wing with less than five minutes of tinkering, you can even take off the tires and replace them with pontoons for […]

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Carter Debuts PAV Prototype

The folks at Carter Aviation Technologies have been talking about their personal air vehicle project for a couple of years now, and on Sunday at EAA AirVenture they debuted the prototype. The four-seat gyrocopter combines vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with efficient high-speed flight and a 600-mile nonstop range, the company said. President Jay Carter […]

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Showcasing The Public Benefit Of Aviation

Fly4LifeThe public benefit presence organized by EAA’s Fly4Life program this year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh showcases what for the people it serves is a critically important segment of general aviation — some 63 organizations staffed by pilots who donate their time and aircraft to offer the benefit of flight to people who could not otherwise […]

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Oshkosh Site Improvements

EAA AirVenture leaves an impression on everyone who attends and now attendees can leave a permanent record of their passion for Oshkosh. EAA is selling paving bricks around the newly redone “Brown Arch” that has been the prominent landmark entrance to the main aircraft parking area since just after the event moved to Oshkosh in […]

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Terrafugia 2.0

AVweb caught up with Carl Dietrich, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Terrafugia Inc., Sunday, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to discuss the aerodynamic challenges revealed through testing and 28 flights of its roadable aircraft prototype, and where the company is headed now. In short, the prototype proved that the lift generated by the canard was […]

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TCM’S Turbo And Fuel Initiative

Click for larger version When Teledyne Continental said it wanted to prove that high-performance engines could operate on unleaded fuel a few months back, it generated some doubting glances. But at AirVenture on Sunday it proved it was serious by flying into Oshkosh a turbocharged Cirrus SR22 tankered with what will eventually become 94UL aviation […]

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And Don’t Forget FADEC

Although its PowerLink FADEC hasn’t met with much market acceptance, TCM says the project still has legs. As part of its certification of the TSIO-550, the company is moving forward with a FADEC-controlled turbocharged engine, according to Rhett Ross, TCM’s president. Presumably, the system would the PowerLink’s ability to control fuel pulse and ignition timing […]

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AVweb’s AirVenture 2008 Galleries: Day Eight

Today we pack up and say our goodbyes to Oshkosh for another year. Before we go, though, let’s rifle through Mariano’s photos one last time and see what he’s caught on film since yesterday. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW An airshow attendee gets a weather briefing at […]

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Women, Airplanes, and Lots of Pink Shirts!

Click for a larger image We hope you like hot pink! Thursday morning saw a record gathering of female pilots on AeroShell Square here at EAA AirVenture. The rendezvous reminded visitors to the show that aviation isn’t just for the boys’ club and hopefully encouraged women of all ages and backgrounds to pursue their interest […]

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