Air Shows & Events

Alpha Systems has a new heads-up display adaptable for its Eagle and Falcon angle-of-attack systems. The company also has added new features to its product line and more are on the way, Alpha Systems’ Mark Korin told AVwebat this week’s Aircraft Electronics Association show in Orlando.AoA indications are now available for different flap systems, along […]

Aspen Avionics’ Evolution Backup Display now has an STC for installation in certified aircraft, the company announced at this week’s Aircraft Electronics Association show. The system is an independent primary flight display designed to replace traditional vacuum-driven backup instruments. The unit can provide two hours of continuous operation as an emergency backup. “If the primary […]

At this week’s Aircraft Electronics Association show in Orlando, L-3 Avionics showcased its recent advancements in certified products that pack multiple functions into lighter, smaller boxes. The ESI-500 standby instrument, designed for piston and turboprop aircraft along with rotorcraft, offers what amounts to a primary flight display backup with primary instrument data as well as […]

Avionics sales worldwide had a slower start to 2016, the Aircraft Electronics Association reported Wednesday during the opening of its 59th annual convention in Orlando. In the first three months of the year, total avionics sales for business and general aviation totaled just over $566 million, a 3.6 percent drop from the first quarter of […]

Fresh from its first manned flight, eVolo’s Volocopter was on display at Aero 2106 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this week. AVweb got an update on this intriguing program. view on YouTube

In the hyper-competitive world of tablet apps, nothing stands still and so it was no surprise at the recent Aero show in Friedrichshafen that Garmin announced some new features for its Pilot iOS app. In this exclusive podcast interview with Garmin’s Jessica Koss, AVweb reports on the details. Duration: 2:33 File Size: 2.2 MB download […]

Even as it’s deep into research on an electric hybrid drive system using internal combustion engines, the creative Slovenia company Pipistrel is looking into electric aircraft that will use hydrogen fuel cells. As part of AVweb’s follow-up coverage of the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Paul Bertorelli recorded this podcast interview with the driving force […]

At Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this week, the giant electrical concern Siemens surprised the show with an Extra 330 powered by a 350-hp electric motor. In this video, the company’s Frank Anton explained the goal to AVweb and fliegermagazin’s Thomas Borchert. view on YouTube

With another Aero behind us—the 24th for the show, I’m told—I continue to be impressed with how this event showcases what’s happening beyond what many of us believe to be the center of the GA universe. That’s the U.S., in case I’m being too subtle here. This turns out to be an impressive body of […]

Engine manufacturers and airframers have long worried that the FAA would like the authority to declare the replacement fuel for 100LL as applicable for fleetwide use. But at Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this week, Lycoming’s Michael Kraft told AVweb that the FAA reauthorization bill currently snaking through Congress has specific language giving the FAA administrator […]