Air Shows & Events

Sunday in Oshkosh, the day before the official opening of AirVenture, started with an early-morning flood of Piper Cubs swarming in to cover the field with yellow, in celebration of the iconic airplane’s 70th anniversary. As the day went on, more and more aircraft arrived to join the thousands already here, among them a rare […]

It’s been a while since we’ve seen new avionics products from Bendix/King, so much so that the company has fallen to second-tier status with many buyers and dealers. But at AirVenture 2012, the company hopes to change that with the introduction of two new products — a smart audio panel and a new tablet app […]

Whether you’re a newcomer to flight, an experienced pilot in need of refresher training, or a lapsed pilot ready to return to the fold, the folks at EAA’s Learn To Fly Discovery Center have something for you at EAA AirVenture this week. Ted Sanders and Mark Adams, both experienced CFIs, have put together a series […]

It’s a busy show ahead this week for the light sport segment, Dan Johnson, chairman of the Light Aircraft Manufacturing Association, told AVweb at the LSA Mall on Sunday. The brand-new amphibious Akoya design from France will be here for the first time, and is sure to invite a lot of comparisons with the amphibious […]

Did you catch our podcast and video interviews from the 55th Annual Aircraft Electronics Association Convention in Washington, DC April 3-6, 2012? If not, click here for Friday’s AVwebAudio recapping our media coverage of the show.

AVweb attended the 38th annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida from March 27 to April 1, 2012 – and brought back an assortment of news and interviews. Click here for a handy index to all our coverage from the show, including podcasts, videos, and blogs.

With the 75th anniversary of the Piper Cub upon us, there were lots of good Cub stories around Sun ‘n Fun this year. One of our favorites, as described in this podcast with Bob Jones, is a 1946 J-3 that became a member of Jones’ family for several generations. Jones’ father was a duster pilot […]

Any taildragger pilot who’s jammed a landing — and that’s basically all of them — will tell you that nailing three-point landings without a bounce takes practice and sometimes even that’s not enough. But in the latest version of its popular utility aircraft, the Husky A1C on display at Lakeland, Aviat has added a nice […]

Deltahawk, the Wisconsin engine development company, continues to close in on its long-awaited goal of a workable four-cylinder aerodiesel engine. According to the company’s CEO, Dennis Webb, whom AVweb interviewed at Sun ‘n Fun, several companies (and the military) have test engines and programs in various states of progress, including a Cirrus SR20 test bed […]