Air Shows & Events

Adept Airmotive is a South African company with a V-6 gasoline engine. After a couple of years of flying the engine experimentally, the company is funded for a two-year certification effort. CEO Richard Schulz brings us up to date. Duration: 10:52 File Size: 9.6 MB download here

A company dedicated to providing a supply of general aviation aircraft refurbished in accordance with a standard protocol announced its formation at AirVenture. Triple R president and AVweb publisher Tom Bliss sat down with AVweb’s Rick Durden to describe how the company intends to reach its goal of providing like-new airplanes at half the price […]

At AirVenture 2014 in Oshkosh, Jeppesen announced revisions to its Mobile FliteDeck products and, for digital subscribers, it has reduced chart coverage areas to just ten globally. Jepp’s Reggie Arsenault supplies the details. Duration: 5:11 File Size: 5.0 MB download here

As the aircraft refurbishment market blooms, appraisers are struggling with how to set higher values on airplanes that are 30 years or older. At AirVenture, AVweb spoke with Brian Jacobson of the National Aircraft Appraisers Association about how appraisers are coping. Duration: 9:02 File Size: 7.6 MB download here

2020 is no longer some far-future date you’d see in a summer blockbuster – and that means the clock is ticking on equipping your airplane for next-generation airspaces. NavWorx may have the friendliest price point for entering the ADS-B equipment market, so we spoke with CEO Bill Moffitt at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Duration: 4:57 […]

The Perlan Project, a not-for-profit research company developed to research atmospheric conditions utilizing sailplanes flying at extremely high altitudes, announced today at AirVenture that aircraft manufacturer Airbus is teaming with it to further its scientific endeavors. Organized in 1992 by test pilot Einar Enevoldson, the company has been collecting evidence on the location, prevalence and […]

EAA chairman Jack Pelton said Saturday that attendance at AirVenture 2014 appears higher than last year and may be up as much as double digits for some days this week. Final numbers won’t be available for a couple of weeks, but everyone AVweb spoke to during a tour of the grounds Saturday reported good foot […]

Mike Busch, master aircraft mechanic and CEO of Savvy Aircraft Maintenance Management, introduced his first book during a forum at EAA AirVenture on Wednesday. “Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance” sets forth Busch’s minimalist, reliability-centered, cost-efficient philosophy of aircraft maintenance and ownership honed over 40 years of experience as an aircraft owner, maintenance […]

While all the attention at AirVenture tends to focus on the technology, every year the event brings together people who provide support for youth, for veterans, for the disabled and more, all united by their fascination with flight. On Friday, EAA and GoPro introduced a new flight-training scholarship and awarded it to Sara Benish, a […]

Terrafugia didn’t repeat their flying-car demo flights this year at EAA AirVenture, choosing to leave the Transition aircraft back at the factory in Woburn, Massachusetts, to continue drive testing. But the team had a presence at the show in the new Innovations Pavilion, where they displayed a full-scale test version of a motor pod they’re […]