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Podcast: Inside “The Millionaires’ Unit”

The Millionaires’ Unit was the appellation given to a group of wealthy Yale University students who were determined to fight the Axis before the U.S. was involved in World War I – and they did so by learning to fly. They formed the nucleus of what became naval aviation and served – some died – […]

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GAMA Report: Airplane Shipments Are Up

In its second-quarter general aviation aircraft shipment report, released this week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, GAMA said shipments increased 4.8 percent to 1,110 units, and billings rose 4.5 percent, to $10.9 billion, compared to the same period last year. “Deliveries of turboprops this quarter were flat, but the encouraging numbers in the piston airplane […]

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Huerta Says Medical Reform In The Works

A notice of proposed rulemaking to change the third-class medical rules for pilots will be published by the end of this year, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told a forum crowd at EAA AirVenture on Thursday. He said he has already reviewed and signed a draft of the proposal, which now is going through an executive […]

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Breezy Victims Identified

The pilot who died on Thursday from his injuries in the crash of a Breezy aircraft at Oshkosh has been identified as James Oeffinger, 75, of Versailles, Kentucky. His passenger, Jennifer Woloszyk, 21, of Elmhurst, Illinois, remains in serious condition. The crash of the custom-built airplane occurred at 9 a.m. on Thursday while attempting to […]

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AirVenture: Affordable LSAs, Welding Lessons and Jet Shows

I don’t have good enough sales and price data to precisely say whether $130,000 is the median or the average price of a new LSA, but many of the most popular models sell in that range. This causes the standard autonomic reaction that insists that the people who sell these airplanes have become detached from […]

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Adept Airmotive’s V-6 Aims For Certification

Adept Airmotive says it’s about to embark on a certification plan for its V-6 engine, which it’s showing in the AirVenture Innovation Center at Oshkosh this week. “The certification timeline for us is roughly two years and we hope to have the first certified aircraft out in 2017,” said Adept Airmotive’s Richard Schulz, in this […]

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Interview With NTSB Board Member Earl Weener

NTSB Board member Earl Weener sat outside at a caf at AirVenture with AVwebs Rick Durden to talk about what the NTSB does, his background in aviation and some of his thoughts on improving aviation safety. Weener holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, one of three degrees he earned at that institution while […]

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