Air Shows & Events

After a one-year absence, Engineered Propulsion Systems was back at AirVenture this year showing off its innovative Graflight engine. In this video, AVweb interviewed EPS’s Michael Fuchs for an update on this engine. view on YouTube

Lockheed Martin brought their simulator for the vehicle they hope will transport people to Mars and maybe farther. We talked with their Deputy Director for Orion about how a sim shapes the design of the real article. view on YouTube

At AirVenture 2017, the Italian company Vulcanair was showing its new 1.0 trainer. At $259,000, it’s a far less expensive alternative to the popular Cessna 172. In this exclusive AVweb video, the company’s Remo DeFeo gives us a tour of the aircraft. view on YouTube

A UPS Airlines 767 with an all-female crew (including maintenance support) arrived at AirVenture’s Boeing Plaza on Wednesday to serve as a backdrop for the annual WomenVenture photo. AVweb intern Ashley Anglisano spoke with Captain Alyse Adkins about her work with UPS Airlines, how she got to the left seat of the 767 and how […]

At AirVenture, buyers who have been waiting for something easier and cheaper to satisfy the ADS-B Out requirement may be happy they did. uAvionix, a company that specializes in unmanned aircraft avionics, was showing a new product that simply replaces a standard nav light with a combination light and ADS-B Out unit. Connect power and […]

At AirVenture, a California startup called Kitty Hawk rolled out a unique new multi-rotor aircraft that’s essentially similar to a large drone. It will carry a single person and be manufactured under ultralight standards. AVweb interviewed Kitty Hawk’s Todd Reichert for this AirVenture video. view on YouTube

Three years ago during AVweb’s Aero coverage, we reported on a new four-place training aircraft from the Italian company Vulcanair. This week at AirVenture, the company showed the airplane in the U.S. for the first time. The Vulcanair 1.0 looks a lot like a Cessna Skyhawk because it’s intended for the same market: training. But […]

Inspired by the sight of two flying B-29s at Boeing Plaza this week, EAA said it’s ready to launch another bomber-restoration project, for the North American B-25 Mitchell in its museum collection, the Berlin Express. The aircraft, built in 1943, served during World War II, and later flew as an executive transport. In 1970, it […]

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta addressed the crowd at EAA AirVenture on Thursday, at Theater in the Woods, and reminded aircraft owners that time is running out to get equipped for ADS-B. “All aircraft flying in controlled airspace are going to need ADS-B by January 1, 2020,” he said. “That deadline hasn’t changed, and won’t change.” […]

A team of three high-school students from Alexandria, Virginia, won EAA’s $25,000 Founder’s Innovation Prize on Tuesday night, after a live judging event at the Theater in the Woods at Oshkosh. Their concept, titled “Remora System,” displays airspeed and angle of attack on a head-mounted display. A pod mounted under the wing provides the sensor […]