AirVenture

AVweb’s Kate O’Connor and Paul Bertorelli caught a ride with the Phillips 66 Aerostars at AirVenture 2019. The four-ship precision aerobatics team flies Extra 300Ls and one Extra 330LX.

Airshow veteran Julie Clark announced her forthcoming retirement at AirVenture 2019, capping a 40-year career. “You really know when it’s time,” she told AOPA. Clark has flown the same T-34 Mentor in hundreds of airshows over the years and is a regular at AirVenture. She said she still loves performing but the travel schedule is […]

DeltaHawk Engines is hardly a newcomer to AirVenture. It’s been showing the progression of its Jet-A 4-cylinder engine for a couple of years, but at this year’s show it’s expecting FAA certification by the end of 2019, and showed up with the 180-HP variant of the engine on a Cirrus. DeltaHawk has been making sizable […]

It was billed as a minor incident but new video has emerged that indicates the crew of a C-5 Galaxy that had a brake fire after taxiing to Boeing Square at AirVenture last Thursday didn’t view it that way. As the flames start licking at the rubber-and-hydraulic-fluid-rich environment of the gear bay, the crew can […]

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 […]