AirVenture

Headset manufacturer Lightspeed announced the launch of its new video series, Aviation No Tie Downs, at AirVenture 2019. According to the company, Aviation No Tie Downs is designed to “educate, entertain, and inspire” both longtime and aspiring aviators. The first episode, “A Lifetime of Flying, Leading, and Serving with Major General Hank Canterbury,” is already […]

The third and final phase of GoFly, a global competition for personal flying device designs, is now underway. Five Phase II winners, selected on the basis of their revisions to Phase I written reports and “demonstrated performance of progress,” were announced in March. Phase III will include a fly-off—scheduled for Feb. 29, 2020, and open […]

In this podcast, Capt. Tammie Jo Shults talks with AVweb at AirVenture 2019 about discovering aviation, her experiences as a naval aviator, and handling emergencies in the air. Shults was pilot in command on Southwest Flight 1380, which experienced an uncontained engine failure in April 2018. Her book about her life and aviation career, Nerves […]

Florida’s DeLand Municipal Airport (KDED) has accomplished initiatives set out three years ago to create an annual sport aviation showcase, develop a general aviation complex and construct a location for businesses with a recreational aviation focus, DeLand Municipal Airport Sport Aviation Administrator Jana Filip announced at AirVenture. The airport hosted the first DeLand Sport Aviation […]

It’s well established that AirVenture attracts aviation enthusiasts from all over the world and every year visitors from dozens of countries demonstrate their appreciation for the show and show off their national pride in a parade along the flightline. A little marching music courtesy of EAA adds a festive note to the cheerful event, which […]

When it got nearly impossible for Kevin Butler to face another day sweating it out in the kitchen, the 41-year-old cook knew it was past time for a change. The Los Angeles resident’s father was an aeronautical engineer so he grew up around airplanes and had always wanted to be a pilot so he squared […]

The uAvionix booths at this year’s Airventure were packed layers deep with last-minute ADS-B buyers, while the 2020 mandate is T-minus 28 weeks. But high on the list of ADS-B equipage concerns is the developing ADS-B space-based Aireon tech in Canada (and the U.S. aircraft that will fly there), which looks to require diversity systems, […]

There’s still a need for two important devices in a radio stack: a VHF comm radio and an audio control panel. PS Engineering’s new PAR200B handles both, but focuses on saving space with a remote-mount VHF radio that’s channeled and displayed directly on the audio panel. Shown at AirVenture this week, the PAR200B has a […]

President and CEO of Women in Aviation International (WAI) Dr. Peggy Chabrian announced at AirVenture 2019 that she will be retiring from the position as of April 2020. Chabrian has served as president of WAI since its formal establishment as a non-profit organization in 1994. She also launched the annual WAI conferences, the first of […]

A Cessna 172 will be the centerpiece of the National Air and Space Museum’s  refurbished “How Things Fly” exhibit at its main facility in downtown Washington, D.C. Textron donated $10 million to the museum and the exhibit will officially be known as the “Textron How Things Fly Gallery.” It’s located in the east end of […]