AirVenture

If you’re a creative scrounger — like Tracy Buttles, an EAA’er from Appleton, Wisconsin — you might be able to build yourself a sweet little two-seat taildragger for $6,500, like he did. “A friend of mine had some extra fabric laying around,” says Buttles, who has the airplane on display here at EAA AirVenture this […]

The Tuesday morning throngs at EAA AirVenture seemed simultaneously amazed and disappointed — hoping that their George Jetson, or James Bond, dreams were about to be realized, the modest and safety-conscious demo by the Martin Jetpack team was noisy and blustery, but not quite up to the futuristic zip-and-zoom show that most seemed to expect. […]

Between rocket racing and rocket packs, it was a noisy day at EAA AirVenture – but somehow, no one seemed to mind. Take a few moments to wander the grounds with photographer Mariano Rosales (but don’t expect him to buy you a bratwurst). CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW […]

EAA reserved its largest pavilion, and every seat was filled, with more crowding in around the edges, when Burt Rutan, Sir Richard Branson, and Will Whitehorn arrived at AirVenture on Tuesday afternoon — and the crowd rose to a thundering, standing ovation to welcome the virtual rock stars of the experimental world. Rutan has been […]

The aviation world got its first live look on Tuesday afternoon at what hopes to be the next big air sport — rocket racing. With a huge EAA AirVenture audience gathered to watch under cloudy skies, a single ship from the Rocket Racing League lined up on the runway, lit its rocket engine for a […]

Two years after Garmin announced it was going after the glass-panel retrofit market with its G600, the system is now certified and approved on 785 aircraft. For $29,995, the system gives you two 6.5-inch LCD screens set up with a PFD and MFD. The installation is designed to fit in the same basic area as […]

The folks at Rolls Royce introduced their brand-new GA turboprop at EAA AirVenture on Tuesday morning, complete with flashing lights, a puff of smoke, and a couple of tough-looking guys in dark glasses to shout “Clear prop!” as the curtains parted and the new engine rolled out. The RR 500 TP aims to “capture a […]

The public arrived today for EAA AirVenture, and now the fun can really begin! CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW Wayne Destoel marshalls attendees to the main gate ticket booth. Controllers monitor Runway 09 arrivals Monday morning. A Swearingen SX-300 approaches Runway 09 at Oshkosh. Vintage Parking please, […]

Lancair, which had its painted and demo-flying turbine Evolution out on the flight line this week, today announced a further development of the airplane to use piston power. In a radical break from Lancair tradition, which has most recently relied on either Continental or Superior piston power, the upcoming Evolution will use a version of […]

Acting Eclipse CEO Roel Pieper says the company is working out the details of honoring an unknown number of $150,000 deposits made by an unknown number of position holders who balked at the latest ($500,000) price increase of the Eclipse 500. Pieper said he expects announcements to be made in “a few days” concerning alleged […]