Air Shows & Events

Organizers of a new sport aviation show in Deland, Florida, coming up in November say more than half of the exhibit space has been booked. Spokeswoman Jana Filip told AVweb in a podcast interview at EAA AirVenture the Deland Sport Aviation Showcase will feature manufacturers and suppliers in a sport aviation village at the north […]

Murphy Aircraft unveiled the Radical at AirVenture and caught the attention of showgoers with an unusual option. The third generation of the company’s light single comes with bicycle racks that allow a bike to be hung from each wing. The racks are among a series of innovations that make the Radical the most capable Murphy […]

The assets of Lancair International’s older kitplane series are for sale as the company splits off into another entity that will focus on its more advanced Evolution series of experimental aircraft. Lancair announced this month it has an “all-inclusive offering” to a buyer to take over the assets, inventory and customer base for the Lancair […]

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 […]