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Following her successful attempt to become the youngest woman to fly a single-engine airplane around the world, Amelia Rose Earhart is at AirVenture. She spoke with AVweb’s Rick Durden about flying the Pilatus PC-12, operational challenges she and her copilot Shane Jordan faced on the trip, and the future of the foundation she established to […]

Mahindra Aerospace spent last year learning about the North American market and the result is evident at this year’s AirVenture 2014. CEO Arvind Mehra said that during last year’s tour of potential dealers and customers, two things stood out as improvements for its recently renamed Airvan 8. “They told us they wanted a better interior […]

Textron says its introduction of a factory-equipped diesel option for the 172 Skyhawk reinforces its commitment to providing diesel options for customers. The Turbo Skyhawk JT-A was introduced at a news conference at AirVenture 2014 on Monday. It will be powered by a Continental CD-155 diesel, which is the tweaked version of the Thielert Centurion […]

Cessna’s big news this week at EAA AirVenture is the new diesel version of the Skyhawk, but the company also announced new upgrades for the TTx, new interior options for the Stationair, and first flight of the CJ3+ business jet. Cessna’s top-of-the-line single-engine TTx, formerly known as the Corvalis, will now be offered with a […]

At precisely 8:00 a.m. CDT today, a crowd of volunteers started on one of the highest visibility projects of AirVenture 2014-the assembly and initial taxi testing of a Zenith CH 750 kit airplane during the course of the seven-day convention. Speaking of the activity in the pavilion on the main crossroads of the grounds, Charlie […]

Safe Flight Instrument Corporation announced at AirVenture 2014 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the new SCx angle of attack system for experimental aircraft. The system uses a lift transducer that-unlike other AoA systems-provides real-time output of the stagnation point on the aircraft wing and converts it to angle of attack. Safe Flight says wing-mounted transducers have advantages […]

At EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh Monday, BendixKing announced its intention to compete head-to-head with Garmin in the EFIS market with a new suite called the AeroVue, a three-screen system based on Honeywells APEX line. In addition, BendixKing rolled out a full line of ADS-B products, offering both In and Out solutions, with deliveries available as […]

While Connext is Garmin’s wireless interface concept, the Flight Stream is the name of the remotely mounted Bluetoothtransceiver that enables the flow of data to and from the permanently installed sensors in the aircraft. These include theGDL88 ADS-B transceiver and the GDL69 XM weather and entertainment receiver, in addition to panel-mounted radios, including the GTN750 […]

Historys most successful entrepreneurs are often said to be people who invent things people didnt know they wanted. MVP Aero apparently figures theres a burning interest for a combination flying fishing boat, RV and light sport aircraft and thats exactly what they introduced at AirVenture on Sunday afternoon, the day ahead of official opening day. […]

AirVenture 2014 looks to be a fun, exciting show. For AVweb’s initial coverage, Russ Niles and Paul Bertorelli took a golf cart tour of what’s coming up. view on YouTube