Air Shows & Events

I’ve always viewed competition in aviation as a relative thing. In new aircraft costing upward of $400,000, price breaks of a few percentage points don’t really amount to much and matter more to the big-box flight schools who now seem to be the main buyers of piston singles than to individual owners. In any case, […]

AVweb caught up with Pipistrel at AirVenture 2016 to talk about NASA’s selection of the company’s electric powerplants for its X-57 research program. The engine powers the Taurus Electro G2 aircraft. view on YouTube

Murphy Aircraft has introduced the third generation of its high-wing single called the Radical. AVweb spoke with Murphy’s Zrinko Amerl about the aircraft and its unique options. Duration: 2:25 File Size: 2.5 MB download here

Deland, Florida, will host a new exhibition featuring sport aviation aircraft and supplies. AVweb’s Russ Niles spoke with Jana Filip about the Deland Sport Aviation Showcase at AirVenture 2016. Duration: 2:19 File Size: 2.2 MB download here

EAA’s 2 millionth Young Eagle, plus three others in the count around the milestone, received their memorable airplane rides at Oshkosh Thursday with prominent EAA pilots. Actor Harrison Ford, a former Young Eagles chairman, flew Jodie Gawthrop, 16, of Illinois in his de Havilland Beaver. She described the flight in an EAA interview as “amazing.” […]

Tecnam’s 11-seat P2012 Traveller twin flew for the first time, in Capua, Italy, last week, the company has announced. Test pilot Lorenzo De Stefano said he checked the basic behavior of the aircraft, engine and flight controls. “The aircraft responded exactly as expected,” he said. “After a couple of circuits around the airfield, I landed […]

Big data is a big thing for airlines, which monitor flights in real time to track maintenance and anomalies. Now the same capability is available for light aircraft, albeit on a reduced scale, in the form of the Canairy Cockpit Monitor sold by Airbly Inc. The company’s Chris VanHorn was showing the gadget at AirVenture […]

The FAA administrator comes to EAA AirVenture just about every summer, and as a rule the main thrust of the current officeholder’s speech is pretty predictable — whoever is in the job will talk about how great GA is and how much they support it, but how hard and slow it is to change any […]

AOPA’s Air Safety Institute has created a new annual safety award named in honor of Joseph T. Nall, and this week named Cirrus Aircraft as the first recipient. “Over the past decade, Cirrus has earned one of the best safety records in the industry, and we are proud to acknowledge their work,” said George Perry, […]

Women’s Day at AirVenture is now in its ninth year, and on Wednesday, a full day of events brought women from all facets of aviation together. The day began with more than 400 women attending a sold-out breakfast hosted by Women in Aviation International, followed by the arrival of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737, flown […]