AirVenture

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 […]

Boeing signed an agreement with Tecnam at AirVenture 2019 to be the sole provider of aftermarket spare parts and distribution services for the Tecnam P2012 Traveller. The announcement comes as the first Traveller deliveries are getting underway, with Cape Air, the U.S launch customer for the P2012, officially accepting its first two P2012s last week. […]

It’s one thing to make a 700-plus mile journey to the big show at Oshkosh in an ultralight, but when a single-seat Aerolite 103 flown by a 14-year-old makes the trip it’s impressive. That’s just what Henry Scott did this year at AirVenture and AVweb’s Ashley Anglisano caught up with him and his father to […]

Among the rarest of the rare restored aircraft is Tom Reilly’s XP82 Twin Mustang. It debuted at AirVenture 2019 and was a crowd favorite. In this AVweb news video, Reilly tells what was involved in the restoration and it’s a pretty incredible story.

Seven years ago, AirVenture was occasionally stormy and the crowds seemed less dense than some years. Then-Acting FAA Administrator Michael Huerta took questions from the audience at his first open forum at AirVenture (his nomination for the top job at the FAA was just coming up before the Senate). EAA launched Eagle Flights, a spinoff […]

Following what some veterans called an air traffic fiasco for last year’s AirVenture, this year’s arrival stream, even though tanked by weather, appears to have been more orderly. An AVweb canvas of campers in the North 40 found some damp tent dwellers, but everyone we spoke to gave EAA and the FAA thumbs up for […]

Alaka’i Technologies debuted Skai, a hydrogen fuel cell powered electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) system last May. In this podcast, recorded at AirVenture, Alaka’i Technologies board member and former NASA director Bruce Holmes discusses fuel cell technology, the challenges involved with certifying a new kind of aircraft and the company’s approach to the urban […]

The original Flying Eyes Hawk sunglasses have micro-thin temples that make them comfortable and convenient to wear under a headset and a flight helmet, and the company came to AirVenture with an expanded line to include a variety of new styles and options for prescriptions and bifocals. The thin temples make it easier to remove […]

Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has announced that certification testing is progressing on its clean-sheet Graflight V-8 engine. The company says it is in the process of conducting environmental and block testing for type certification credit on the eight-cylinder engine, which is capable of producing 320-450 HP. According to EPS, the type certificate variant produces 385hp. […]