AirVenture

The turbocharged version of the GippsAero Airvan GA8 is now FAA certified, the company announced this week at EAA AirVenture. The type was certified in Australia last year and recently also won EASA approval; the piston version was FAA certified in 2003. “The Airvan has already proved its airworthiness and is in great demand among […]

The Red Bull Air Races won’t be back next year, the organizers said this week. The one-year hiatus is needed to develop strong host city partnerships and secure a “long-term race calendar,” according to Red Bull. Some late-in-the-game venue changes and cancellations disrupted the race schedule for this year, and a couple of near-accidents raised […]

Doug King, the CEO of the new Epic that bought the original company out of bankruptcy in April, told AVweb at EAA AirVenture this week that he’s been busy since then getting back up and running. “We’ve worked through a lot of legal issues, spent a lot of time with the FAA, and the guys […]

Once again, Mariano and Adam hit the field looking for the best AirVenture has to offer. And now that things have slowed down, they have a little more time to savor the details. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW AeroLite 103. American Airlines DC-3 & 737. Bleriot engine. […]

Cessna is teaming up with George Bye of Bye Energy to design a proof-of-concept electric-powered 172, Cessna said this week at EAA AirVenture. “As we look at the landscape of alternative fuels for general aviation aircraft, the electric powerplant offers significant benefits, but there are significant challenges to get there,” said Cessna CEO Jack Pelton. […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. One aircraft attracting a lot of attention at EAA AirVenture this week is the Kestrel, a single-engine turboprop design that’s been under development in the UK for a number of years. The project […]

In a conversation at Oshkosh Friday, Pipistrel confirmed to AVweb that we should expect their coming hybrid-driven four-seater to cruise at 200 KTAS, while burning less than 10 gallons per hour. And we should expect to see it unveiled before July 2011. Discussion of the aircraft’s powerplant suggest something like a Lycoming four-cylinder around 200 […]

Burt Rutan, in one of the seven talks he will be giving during EAA AirVenture this week, addressed the World Electric Symposium at the EAA museum on Friday, and said the “most impressive thing I have ever seen anywhere in aerospace” was a remotely controlled, dynamically soaring glider that he watched fly from the top […]

The efforts of Yuneec, Sonex and Lange Aviation were recognized at EAA AirVenture on Friday as the three were awarded the first Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prizes. Yuneec took the honors for the best example of an electric aircraft, the E430; Sonex won for its efforts in developing subsystems and components; and Axel Lange took the […]

Honda Aircraft Company has concluded electrical-system checks of its first conforming flight test HondaJet, and its first static test aircraft is ready to endure static structural testing in August. Successful completion of power-on tests means that Honda can begin integration of the avionics and electrical systems and begin assembly of what they call “the most […]