AirVenture

Quicksilver, which has sold more than 15,000 kit aircraft around the world, announced at EAA AirVenture this week it plans to offer its first factory-built aircraft — two two-seat Special Light Sport Aircraft models. The Sport 2S open-cockpit and a GT-500 with a closed or partially closed cockpit, which provides more speed and range, both […]

It has no brakes, no steerable gear, and no forward visibility, but if you don’t (and also if you do) ball it up on the grass, your three-quarter-scale kit-built Spirit of St. Louis from Robert Baslee’s Airdrome Aeroplanes will likely attract a lot of attention. Baslee originally got into the replica business out of self […]

We first heard of Amelia Rose Earhart — whose parents named her after a distant, and famous, relative — a few years ago, when she flew across the country in a Cirrus, re-tracing a famous flight by the original Amelia. This week at EAA AirVenture, Earhart announced that she plans to circle the globe in […]

Beechcraft has secured what it says is the largest-ever order for prop-driven aircraft with a $1.4 billion deal to sell 105 King Air 350i twins to start-up “membership-based” aircraft service Wheels Up. The new company, being started by Marquis Jet founder Kenny Dichter, will offer access to aircraft without fixed costs and will get going […]

Kestrel Aircraft has chosen Garmin as its launch vendor for avionics on its new turboprop single. The G3000 suite, the same system used in the Phenom 300, was picked but Kestrel CEO Alan Klapmeier said there will be future options for customers. “Competition is good,” he told a news conference at AirVenture 2013. Klapmeier also […]

The XGPS170 is a combination GPS and ADS-B weather and traffic receiver from Dual Electronics. Dual’s Greg Lukins gives a tour of the unit at AirVenture 2013. view on YouTube

When Noah Forden finished building his RV-7 in his garage, he wanted to use it to fly to distant hot air balloon events, so he designed a sport balloon that fits inside the airplane. view on YouTube

Aviat Aircraft’s Stu Horn brought an aircraft to AirVenture 2013 that burns traditional aviation fuel (100LL) and can also fly on compressed natural gas. Horn says the first 20 hours of flight testing have started to show that natural gas burns cleaner in the engine, offers more power, and is arguably safer to store than […]

Angle-of-attack indicators have become a hot safety-of-flight market item, and at AirVenture 2013, we’re seeing more competition in the field. Bendix/King announced its entry into the AoA market with the new KLR10, which uses differential pressure to infer angle of attack and then presents this on a color-coded display in the cockpit, equipped with audio […]

Alexander Papenberg, CEO of Stemme’s subsidiary in San Diego, California, tells AVweb about the S6 motorglider on display this week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. view on YouTube