AirVenture

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles Program named NFL All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham as its new chairman. The announcement came during Tuesday’s program for Young Eagles volunteers at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Graham’s appointment to the position succeeds airshow pilot Sean D. Tucker, who served as Young Eagles chairman since 2013. “Jimmy Graham […]

John Zapp led off the celebration marking 25 years of the Flying Musicians Association during EAA AirVenture. Founded in 2009, the association started with 23 founding members and now boasts some 1,000 members worldwide, including 31 lifetime members and four honorary members. But this occasion honored more than just a quarter century of pilots who […]

With more than 17,000 hours of total flight time, Chris Grounds will open the hangar doors of his Warbird Academy at Douglas Municipal Airport in southern Georgia on Nov. 9, 2024. Fittingly, the airport served as the home base for the 63rd Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment Wing during World War II. There is […]

French aircraft manufacturer Elixir brought two of its “4th Generation” composite trainer aircraft to display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Based in La Rochelle, France, and founded in 2015, Elixir said it recently delivered its 26th aircraft to an aircraft rental service in Locavion, France. Elixir claims it holds orders for more than 200 new trainers. […]

AeroSys Technologies followed up on the introduction of its AI-based “Goose” voice-actuated pilot assistance application at the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo this spring. According to founder and CEO Mirko Hahn, speaking at EAA AirVenture, more than 10,000 pilots have downloaded the free application since its introduction. With more than 2,700 downloads the week it […]

Gwen Lighter, founder and CEO of GoAERO, was pleased to announce new support for her organization from Honeywell at an AirVenture press conference. GoAERO is a nonprofit dedicated to “catalyzing the creation of Emergency Response Flyers that rescue people and perform critical response missions,” according to Lighter’s LinkedIn entry. The project seeks to create research […]

Hartzell President JJ Frigge briefed the press on company developments on Tuesday, July 23, at EAA AirVenture. He started with an update on last year’s acquisition of WhirlWind Propellers, citing the move as an opportunity for Hartzell to move more deeply into the experimental and unmanned markets. Frigge noted that the assets of WhirlWind are […]

Czech Republic-based TL Sport Aircraft announced today at EAA AirVenture it is developing a tailwheel STOL (short takeoff and landing) version of its Sirius high-wing aircraft. In its nosewheel configuration, the existing Sirius premiered in 2010. The design focus was on docile slow-speed handling with an eye toward the trainer role. With its Rotax 912 […]

Extra Aircraft unveiled one of the first U.S. models of its single-seat aerobatic Extra 330SX on Monday at IAC headquarters during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. The aircraft, a successor to the Extra 330SC, features a wider cockpit, shorter fuselage, redesigned cowling, increased control stick clearance and improved headroom compared to its predecessor. Extra said the […]

The Bob Hoover Academy, a Salinas, California-based nonprofit committed to empowering at-risk youth through aviation education, is getting a boost from industry players who have pledged donations and resources.   Thanks to a donation by The Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation, the organization announced it would receive three CarbonCub Kit airplanes—one each year over the […]