Air Shows & Events

Our weekly foray into SocialFlight‘s web site for all that’s happening in general aviation uncovered the highest airshow on earth, a World War II-themed airshow, a Civil Air Patrol pancake feed and a potluck fly-in. On Saturday, June 7 from 10:00 a.m. to noon what is billed as the Highest Show on Earth, an airshow […]

That’s not a Beech, and it didn’t just roll off the line. It’s Joe Shepherd’s immaculately restored Lockheed 12A Electra Junior. We got story on this aircraft (and a good look at it) at Sun ‘n Fun 2014. Learn more here. view on YouTube

Three-time national aerobatic champion and International Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff will speak at Build A Planes 2014 Teachers Day event on Tuesday, July 29 at EAAs AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. The annual event brings teachers together from across the nation to examine ways to use aviation to motivate kids to learn science, math, […]

Piper chose the Aero show two weeks ago to unveil its new diesel-powered Archer DX for good reason. The work on the conversion was done at Continental/Technifys skunk works at the Altenburg airport, a former East German military base where Thielert did all of the original test flying for its initial certification of the Centurion […]

The Federal Aviation Administration has released the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 Notice to Airmen (NOTAM – PDF), featuring arrival and departure procedures for the Experimental Aircraft Associations 62nd annual fly-in convention July 28-Aug. 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The NOTAM, which is in effect July 25-Aug. 4, outlines procedures for the many types […]

Our weekly review of the fly-ins posted on SocialFlight showed that with warmer weather, fly-ins are increasing in number as well as associated activities. We found fly-ins that included everything from a pig roast to a spot landing contest. The Orange Municipal Airport in Orange, Mass., is hosting a fly-in pig roast on Saturday from […]

In the U.S. we know it as Part 23, but the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is concerned with revisions to what the rest of the world knows as CS-23. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli caught up with Greg Bowles form GAMA at Aero in Friedrichshafen to get the lowdown on changes to the rule and what […]

As the revision of aircraft certification rules gains momentum, both the Flight Design C4 and Pipistrel Panthera will benefit from less onerous cert requirements, according to GAMA. At last weeks Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany, GAMAs Greg Bowles, whos based in Brussels, told AVweb that the regulatory revision, known as CS23 worldwide, will directly benefit the […]

Winding up my Aero coverage this week, I spent the day and a morning at Pipistrel, in Slovenia. If you dont have a map handy, Pipistrels factory is located atAjdovscina, just east of Trieste on the Italian border. Its in a beautiful broad valley with a Mediterranean-type climate and a population that seems to be […]

Of all the shows I attend, Aero is the only one that I wish would run a day longer. That there was so much to see at this show that I was aware of but simply couldnt carve the time to explore makes me wonder what I completely missed. Next stop AirVenture, I guess. But […]