AirVenture

Virgin Galactic made their first public debut of their newest space lauch vehicle, Eve, at EAA AirVenture 2009. Also known as WhiteKnightTwo, this unique aircraft was designed to carry Space Ship Two, a smaller space vehicle capable of carrying the first commercial space tourists into outer space. Don’t see the panorama viewer? Click the thumbnails […]

Without too much difficulty, this year at AirVenture Oshkosh we found three light sport category ready-to-fly aircraft available for less than $65,000 – the Cheetah, X-Air LS, and the Aerotrek A240. There are others in the price range; this is just a random sample from a group of high-wing, front-engined, tricycle-gear aircraft we saw at […]

Every pilot who flies into Wittman Regional Airport during AirVenture tries to put his or her best foot forward but some come up a little short. While there have so far been no major accidents or injuries at the show (as of Saturday afternoon) pilots do make mistakes and that’s where the Civil Air Patrol […]

A worldwide effort to inspire interest in aviation is being launched next May 15 with the first International Learn To Fly Day. Jason Blair, spokesman for the National Association of Flight Instructors, says the idea is to get those already involved in aviation to spend a day promoting it to their family, friends and coworkers […]

photo by Mary Grady The 2008 WomenVenture gathering featured pink shirts, whereas this year’s featured blue ones. If you want to get a bunch of pilots together, there aren’t many better places to do that than AirVenture at Oshkosh, and this week women aviators worked hard to make the most of that opportunity. On Friday […]

For us, EAA AirVenture is beginning to wind down – but for many attendees who are just now arriving for the weekend, the fun has only begun. Intern Adam is on his way home today, but he did manage squeeze out a few more photos before hitting the road. (Watch for his final batch of […]

Along with various electric-powered aircraft that were on display at AirVenture Oshkosh this week, down on the Ultralight flight line, Yuneec was displaying a sporty “electric paramotor” called the E-Pac, for the first time in the U.S. The motor/propeller system is designed to be worn like a backpack by a pilot — or just about […]

Cirrus Aircraft CEO Brent Wouters opened the door to future negotiations with former CEO Alan Klapmeier to buy the VisionJet program. Wouters said Klapmeier’s decision to suspend talks “doesn’t mean our conversations are over with Alan” but added that he also wasn’t sure why Klapmeier made that decision. He said there had been numerous discussions […]

The FAA’s proposed changes to the so-called “51-Percent Rule” drew just about universal opposition from the kit aircraft industry and homebuilders over the last year or two, but on Friday at AirVenture Oshkosh, the EAA’s Earl Lawrence outlined the latest overhaul of that proposal, and it got a warm welcome from the forum audience. Past […]

Cirrus Design founder Alan Klapmeier said Friday that negotiations with Cirrus Aircraft over his proposed purchase of the VisionJet program have collapsed and, at this point, there is little likelihood of them resuming. Klapmeier told AVweb there were a number of sticking points in the negotiations, including price, that couldn’t be settled. “It appears that […]