AirVenture 2023: Farewell, OSH
Attendees are heading home after a busy week at AirVenture 2023. Mariano Rosales catalogued some of the departures from Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) as the show comes to a close.
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AirVenture 2023: Aithre’s Headset Biometric Sensor
Aithre Aviation has been cranking out a wide variety of products sharply focused on cockpit health monitoring, and it came to AirVenture 2023 with a new Bluetooth multifunction sensor that attaches to the headset for full-time biometric monitoring. Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano took a look at the Illyrian II with Aithre’s Dr. James Runnels.
Spot Emergency Satellite Comms Claim 9,400 Saves Over 15 Years
Flying light airplanes can easily take you outside of cellphone range, especially for pilots who fly in backcountry environments. A forced landing, even if successful, could leave you out of touch and with no good way to call for assistance. That can be deadly if the pilot or a passenger is injured. As part of […]
Extra Aircraft Introduces Launch Buyer For Its Improved 330SX Model
Extra Aircraft’s recently promoted CEO Duncan Koerbel introduced the buyer of the first production Extra 330SX on Friday (July 28) at the International Aerobatics Club building during EAA AirVenture. Longtime Extra operator and Advanced/Unlimited USA Team pilot Bob Freeman sat in the front row of the press conference and later posed for photos with Marcus […]
AirVenture Crash Victims Identified, Investigations Continue
Authorities have released the names of four people killed in two fatal accidents within three hours of each other at AirVenture 2023 Saturday. The first involved a T-6 Texan that went down in Lake Winnebago under unknown circumstances with two people on board. Dead are Devyn Reiley, 30, of New Braunfels, Texas, and her passenger […]
Podcast: Continental On CD-300 FAA Type Certification, Sustainability Initiatives
Continental Aerospace vice president for global sales and applications engineering Oliver Leber talked with AVweb at AirVenture 2023 about the FAA validated type certificate for the CD-300 engine, testing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) on the CD-100 and some of the company’s sustainability initiatives.
AirVenture 2023: True Blue Power’s New Lithium Batteries
If you haven’t shopped the aircraft battery market in a while, you’ll be overwhelmed by new tech, including lithium-ion options. True Blue Power—a division of Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics—was showing off its new lithium-ion batteries (including a 12-volt option) at AirVenture 2023. Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano stopped by the True Blue Power booth for […]
