AirVenture

Stung by the bankruptcy of Thielert Aircraft Engines in Germany, Diamond Aircraft is aggressively pushing the Austro diesel engine as a replacement for its DA42 and DA40 line and to prove it, they brought one to AirVenture. A number of Diamond diesel aircraft were stranded AOG when Thielert went under in April of this year. […]

EAA AirVenture 2008 is in full swing, and we’re having a blast. Take a few moments to wander the show grounds with us in this virtual walkaround. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW A B-25 lands on runway 36L. The line for departures Thursday morning stretched along the […]

Forward.Vision announced this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 marketing and OEM agreements designed to make the company’s EVS-100 infrared-based enhanced vision system available on many more experimental aircraft. The company also announced it had received RTCA DO-160E approval, paving the way for its first installation STCs. Airframe manufacturers embracing the EVS-100 include Comp Air, […]

Ordinary automotive gasoline won’t cut it as a leadless replacement for avgas according to the CEO of TCM Continental Motors. Rhett Ross told reporters at a news conference Thursday that the use of ethanol and the host of other additives that go into auto fuel to compensate for temperature and other conditions make it unpredictable […]

Patty Wagstaff’s incredible flying exploits are well-known to millions of fans, but less well-known is how Patty spends her off-season — for the last six years, she has spent the winter in Africa, training park wardens in Kenya, so they can fly air patrols to deter poachers. Under Patty’s instruction, the accident rate of the […]

Garmin hosted a session at its seminar tent that was billed as an update to ADS-B. But the truth seems to be there’s not much new to report. A Q&A session after the presentation got down to the more nitty-gritty: ADS-B will be required by 2020 but the details of what compliant equipment will be […]

A Lancair Legacy II crashed on approach to Wittman Field at Oshkosh about 9:30 Thursday morning, and two men on board were killed, said EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski. He identified the two as Roger Buck, 62, of Carnegie, Penn., and John F. Linden, 56, of Washington, Penn. According to early reports, the airplane was on […]

OK, it looks even goofier than a kneeboard, but it might be that much more handy. Jack Cribbs is a woodworker from Plymouth, Mass., who needed a better way to write down measurements. Realizing what he needed was a pad and pen attached to his wrist, he went into his shop and put together WristWriter […]

The principals behind the revival of Symphony Aircraft claim that production of the two-seat high wing will resume in June of 2009. Trois Rivieres, Quebec, will remain its home for manufacturing. An initial production of 15 planes is the target for the end of next year, with annual volumes increasing to between 50 and 80 […]

If Rolls-Royce has its way, a turboprop single may soon roll out of the Kerrville, Texas, home of the Mooney Airplane Company. Wednesday at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, the two companies inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on what they bill as a “joint engineering project” designed to explore development of a turbine-powered Mooney M20 […]