AirVenture

Diamond Aircraft formally introduced its DA50 SuperStar at EAA AirVenture on Monday, saying it’s intended to fill the niche between the plethora of four-place high-performance singles and the in-development personal jets. The SuperStar will fit three on its rear bench seat, allowing the whole family to fly. “We saw a gap in the market,” said […]

The so-called angel investor whose money funded the second incarnation of Symphony Aircraft vows the slick two-seater will have a third chance at a market that has become increasingly crowded and less defined than it was when the plane was first produced early in this century. The aircraft was first made in Germany by OMF. […]

Epic unveiled two prototype jets at EAA AirVenture on Monday, proving its development schedule is as agressive as its marketing campaign. Not only did the Victory single and Elite twin arrive as scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. press conference, but they took to the air a few hours later in demo flights for the airshow […]

Cirrus Design on Monday at EAA AirVenture announced a partnership with Fk Lightplanes of Speyer, Germany to produce the Cirrus SRS (or SR Sport) light sport aircraft. According to Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus, the SRS will be an extension of the company’s current product line for people who would like a Cirrus but are more interested […]

On Monday morning at EAA AirVenture, Eclipse Aviation President and CEO Vern Raburn stunned the press corps when he taxied up to the company’s exhibit in the V-tail, single-engine Eclipse Concept Jet (ECJ) prototype just minutes after the airplane project itself was announced by COO Peg Bilson. The four-set very light jet single, which shares […]

The annual Bonanzas to Oshkosh (B2Osh) trek on Saturday took on special meaning this year, which sees both the 60th anniversary of the Beechcraft Bonanza and the 75th anniversary of Beechcraft. This year’s B2Osh flight to aviation mecca (EAA AirVenture) included 110 airplanes — 102 Bonanzas and eight twin-engine Barons. However, the stars of the […]

Persistent rumors that Cirrus Design and L-3 Avionics Systems were collaborating on a new flat-panel display, called SmartDeck, that includes forward-looking infrared (FLIR) are actually old news to those who live in Grand Rapids, Mich. Last June 6, Cirrus taxied an SR22 down one of Cascade Township’s main streets to an L-3 plant where the […]

Honeywell’s Bendix/King division on Sunday unveiled two new glass-panel avionics — the KSN 770 MFD/GPS WAAS/navcom unit and KFD 840 primary flight display — in an attempt to leapfrog competitors. The KSN 770 borrows its easy-to-use graphical interface, which is called INAV GA, from Honeywell’s higher-end integrated avionics systems for business aircraft. Not lacking any […]

Diamond Aircraft on Friday celebrated the rollout of its first copy of the D-Jet that conforms to the expected production configuration in structural layout and aerodynamic design. The jet, S/N002, will fly for the first time next month. Meanwhile, Diamond Aircraft is at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this week showing a mock-up of the jet […]

EAA AirVenture has been the world’s aviation showcase for years, but in recent years the big companies especially have ramped up the showmanship. Last year, for instance, Cessna surprised everyone with a flyby of its proof-of-concept next generation piston aircraft while the media and public were poring over the company’s proposed entry in the light […]