Air Shows & Events

Representatives from the FAA met with industry advocates at Sun ‘n Fun on Wednesday to discuss a variety of issues that have arisen regarding light-sport aircraft since the category was created 10 years ago. “We had a very productive three-hour meeting, and the FAA was very responsive,” Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers […]

GoPro action cameras capture cool in-flight video, but when shooting from inside the cabin, the propeller disk and cabin windows can blur otherwise good footage. The EAGLE360 from Airborne Sensor is an STC-certified belly pod that houses up to three GoPro cameras. Company CEO David Tenenbaum gave AVweb a demo at Sun ‘n Fun 2014 […]

After about five years of planning and fundraising, Judy Rice took off from Sun ‘n Fun Thursday afternoon in a red Cirrus SR22T, with her navigator Fred Nauer in the right seat and astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the back. Aldrin was riding along for the first leg of the trip to show his support for […]

People who think flying airplanes is expensive havent tried flying helicopters, which is one reason not many people try rotor-wing flying. Building on its experience with fixed-wing motion-based simulators, Redbird is aiming to push reset on helo training with a new motion simulator called the VTO. The company was showing the machine at Sun n […]

There’s a reason you don’t see many helicopter simulators. Helicopter flight dynamics are difficult to model, and modeling a simulation that can hover is a challenge. But with it’s new VTO simulator, Redbird says it has done just that. At Sun ‘n Fun, where Redbird introduced the VTO, the company’s Roger Sharp gave AVweb a […]

Mahindra Aerospace’s GippsAero GA8 Airvan has been available in North America for more than a decade, and it’s finding a home in a variety of environments and locations, including Alaska. AVweb’s Rick Durden spoke with GippsAero’s Earl Boyter at Sun ‘n Fun 2014. Duration: 5:50 File Size: 5.3 MB download here

Seeking to provide a flight planning app for Android users, FlightPro has launched an app it refers to as intuitive, fast, and pilot-friendly. CEO T. R. Wright described the app to AVweb’s Rick Durden in a podcast at FlightPro’s booth at Sun ‘n Fun. Duration: 5:15 File Size: 4.8 MB download here

Our weekly immersion into SocialFlightuncovered the month’s big Kahuna, Sun ‘n Fun, as well local activities including local FlyDays, an EAA chapter breakfast and a fish-fry and fly-in. We’re reporting this from under clear skies and great weather as the 40th annual Sun ‘n Fun fly-in, airshow, convention and celebration is going on in Lakeland, […]

At Sun ‘n Fun 2014, Airborne Sensor introduced the Eagle360 GoPro camera pod. It’s an STC-certified external pod housing that can accommodate up to four GoPro cameras. Weighing under 5 pounds, the Eagle360 is easy to install on the belly of the aircraft and is designed with four camera bays for placing the GoPro forward, […]