AirVenture

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 […]

“Meet the FAA Administrator” sessions here at EAA AirVenture have often been contentious in the past — providing a venue for the angry, the frustrated, the determined voices of GA to vent their concerns to the person at the top. But this Thursday, as Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell made his debut appearance at Oshkosh, the […]

AAI Acquisition Inc., the Russian-backed company that bought the assets of Adam Aircraft, is aiming for certification of the A700 very light jet in the first quarter of 2010. The company has hired former Sino Swearingen, Rockwell and Beech executive Jack Braly to guide the process, which resumed recently with two structure tests performed for […]

Pilots want to know about airplanes — and share what they know — and a new Web site that was unveiled this week aims to provide a space for that to happen. “It’s kind of like the Wikipedia for aviation,” HowItFlies.com webmaster Keith West told AVweb, here at EAA AirVenture. Pilots can share information, opinions, […]

Even though our feet are getting a little tired, there’s still plenty to see and do around the grounds at EAA AirVenture ’08. Fortunately for those who can’t be here with us, we’ve given staff writer and crack photographer Mariano Rosales a camera and reminded him to snap picture whenever we do or see anything […]

Prospective pilots across the country find it difficult to find good instructors, and Avemco hopes its new insurance policy will help to encourage qualified CFIs who own their own aircraft to consider teaching part-time. Such arrangements are difficult and expensive under current insurance options, but Avemco says its new product, announced at EAA AirVenture in […]

Five enterprising Qubcois have found a bit of a loophole in the LSA rules. The Ecoflyer from Explorer Aeronautique meets all the LSA rules yet it’s big enough to seat four inside for dinner. The rather portly looking fuselage contains over 150 cubic feet of baggage space and has a cushioned rear area for sitting […]

It was a perfect day in Oshkosh on Wednesday afternoon — sunny, breezy, and not too hot — and it was even more perfect for Alan and Dale Klapmeier, who enjoyed the keen pleasure of introducing their latest product — the Cirrus Vision SJ50 single-engine jet — to the huge crowds of EAA faithful. “This […]

Italian manufacturer TECNAM will be testing a series of diesel engines on its P92 Eaglet LSA and under-development P2006T light-light twin, Tim Archer, CEO of engine-maker Powerplant Developments, told EAA AirVenture 2008 attendees Wednesday. Under a memorandum of agreement between the two companies, Powerplant Developments will supply both a 100-hp and a 125-hp turbocharged version […]

“It’s a magic carpet ride,” says inventor Randall Fishman of his electric-powered aircraft, the ElectraFlyer-C, on display all this week at EAA AirVenture under the shady wing of a DC-3 on Aeroshell Square. The motor runs smoothly and quietly, and it can fly for about an hour and a half on a single charge, cruising […]