Air Shows & Events

AVweb’s Air Shows & Events section offers comprehensive coverage of major aviation gatherings, including EAA AirVenture, Sun ‘n Fun, NBAA-BACE, and more. Stay informed with the latest news, product announcements, pilot perspectives, and multimedia content from the heart of the aviation community. Whether you’re a general aviation pilot, industry professional, or aviation enthusiast, this section keeps you connected to the pulse of the aviation world.

Teresa Eamon’s Songs Bring Warbirds To Life

Teresa Eamon, a professional vocalist, sings at the Victory’s Arsenal Stage at Sun ‘n Fun 2017 in Lakeland, Florida. Before a restorer presents their airplane to the assembled crowd, Teresa puts on a show, singing music from the airplane’s era of manufacture—in full contemporary costume and hair. Mostly, that means big-band swing music and attire […]

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Cessna’s Moose Carrying 206

Cessna sent a new 206 Turbo Stationair HD to Sun ‘n Fun 2017 in Lakeland, Florida, and AVweb crawled all over it to report on the updates. From the cockpit, the plane feels like a really nice Cessna 182 with the new Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck, but up front there’s a turbocharged Lycoming producing […]

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Podcast: Lightspeed: Have Headsets Reached Peak Quiet?

The noise-cancelling aviation headset has been with us for three decades and may have now reached a plateau in further development, according to Allan Schrader of Lightspeed Aviation, which just released the Zulu3, an incremental upgrade to its best-selling Zulu2. But what’s ahead for future headset technology? Allan Schrader offers his views in this podcast. […]

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Daher Unveils The TBM 910

Never one to stand still, French aircraft maker Daher unveiled the TBM 910 at Sun ‘n Fun this week. Although it’s not a complete revision of the popular TBM 900, the 910 features new avionics in the form of the Garmin G1000 NXi, the follow-on to the G1000 suite that has become the de facto […]

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Mooney Shows Certified Acclaim, Recalibrates M10 Project

For many Mooney owners — and a few would-be buyers — a second cabin door has always been on the wish list and on Tuesday at Sun ‘n Fun, Mooney delivered just that. The company rolled out the fully certified Acclaim Ultra, sporting both the new left-side cabin door and a lighter, spiffed-up interior. Mooney […]

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Mooney Shows The Acclaim Ultra

At Sun ‘n Fun 2017 this week, Mooney International flew in the newly certified Acclaim Ultra, the first long-body Mooney with two cabin doors. Mooney says it has a small backlog of orders and expects to deliver the first airplanes later this year. AVweb interviewed Mooney CEO Vivek Saxena for this video report. view on […]

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Sun n Fun 2017 Ready To Launch

Sun ‘n Fun has been scheduling its show early in the season in recent years, in search of the best possible weather window, and if their luck holds, this week could work out pretty well. According to The Weather Channel, Tuesday and Wednesday will be hot in Lakeland, Florida, with high humidity and temperatures above […]

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What Chinese Acquisitions Mean For Competition

Americans love competition, or say that they do. A fundamental assumption of American business is that capital will find the most efficient way to reproduce itself and companies that fail deserve to fail. Plain and simple, it’s economic Darwinism. It’s a universal principle until, that is, it’s your own ox getting gored or you’re subjected […]

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Podcast: Rhett Ross On Continental’s New Factory

At Continental’s Mobile, Alabama, HQ this week, the company announced that it’s building a clean-sheet factory on new ground near the existing plant. It plans to install $40 million in new equipment to improve production efficiency. In this long-form podcast, Continental CEO Rhett Ross explains the company’s business plan and marketing philosophy. Duration: 18:31 File […]

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