Air Shows & Events

American Legend’s Cub-style Super Legend, introduced four years ago, has some upgraded features including more carbon fiber components. American Legend has completed certification of its Kevlar and carbon fiber LF1500A floats for the Super Legend, filling customer demand. The floats come with a manual gear system and watertight storage. The Super Legend — a beefed-up […]

Garmin’s G500 and G600 retrofit PFD/MFD system is getting some long-awaited enhancements, including TrendVector ADS-B traffic symbology, georeferenced Flite Charts and more weather data capability. Aviation Consumereditor Larry Anglisano took a look at the system with Garmin’s Jessica Koss at Sun ‘n Fun 2015 in Lakeland, Florida. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun 2015, Levil Technology introduced two improved versions of its portable ADS-B In devices. view on YouTube

A first at Sun ‘n Fun, the Chinese aviation company Yuneec was demonstrating quadcopter drones in a net cage near the center of the vendor area. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli interviewed Craig Clover about what the company is offering. view on YouTube

It’s been nearly nine years since Garmin released its G600 retrofit primary flight display system and although the company has been making small improvements along the way, it previously lacked some features that owners might expect in a modern PFD/MFD, including georeferencing of Garmin’s Flite Chart approach procedures, ADS-B traffic symbology, plus more weather data […]

The FAA is investigating the possibility of allowing some fly-for-hire operations using light sport and ultralight aircraft. In a podcast interview at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, said an FAA representative approached his organization and the U.S. Ultralight Aircraft Association to explore the […]

Flight Design’s certified four-place aircraft, the C4, will be assembled in the U.S. In an interview after a news conference at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, Flight Design’s Tom Peghiny said it makes economic sense to build the aircraft in the U.S. “More than 60 percent of the economic value in the plane comes […]

When Superior Air Parts told us that it was announcing a new engine product for Sun ‘n Fun, I figured it would be one of two things: another gasoline variant in the experimental or certified line or a resurrection of the three-cylinder diesel that Tim Archer was involved with back in 2008. He had left […]

Cirrus started building the first production Vision SF50 this week. AVweb’s Russ Niles toured the plant in Duluth. view on YouTube

California-based FlyThisSim (FTS) was the first company to develop and manufacture an FAA-approved, touchscreen basic aviation training device (BATD). Its latest TouchTrainer can instantly switch between multiple aircraft with a wide variety of avionics systems and is also available as a Robinson R44 helicopter simulator. Aviation Consumereditor Larry Anglisano flew the devices at Sun ‘n […]