Air Shows & Events

This time last year, EAA staffers faced an unprecedented “Sploshkosh” challenge, with rain-soaked fields bogging down airplanes and shutting down parking, as weather around the country delayed arrivals. In contrast, AirVenture 2011 has opened to more manageable conditions, with bright sun and low humidity. Scattered clouds caused occasional IFR en route weather for some travelers, […]

There may already be lots of four-place single-engine airplanes in the world for buyers to choose from, but the folks at Flight Design say their new C4 will find a market. At a price point of $250,000, with a roomy cabin and lightweight carbon-fiber construction allowing for a hefty payload of around 1,300 pounds, Flight […]

We’re back with more photos from the 2011 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget. Grab your backpack and bottled water and join us for a quick tour of what caught our eye today. This image gallery requires JavaScript. The weather proved better today than yesterday, providing attendees with better viewing conditions at Le Bourget. In […]

The Paris Air Show is in full swing this week, and AVweb is monitoring the show for news and announcements. Plus, we’re taking in the sights at Le Bourget, as you’ll see from this gallery of photos snapped during the opening hours of the show. This image gallery requires JavaScript. Airbus’s protoype A400M heavy transport […]

AVweb was on hand for the annual Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida from March 29 to April 3, 2011. Click here for a handy index to all our coverage from the show, including podcasts, videos, and (yes) the storm.

The Sun ‘n Fun tornado last week was certainly a dramatic enough event, and affected enough people, that a T-shirt to commemorate it was inevitable. By Saturday, show-goers were turning up with gray T-shirts that proclaim, “I survived Sun ‘n Fun 2011,” with a graphic of a spinning tornado tossing tents, airplanes, and various critters […]

Able Flight, which helps people with disabilities learn to fly, awarded its first-ever career-training scholarship on Tuesday at Sun ‘n Fun. The scholarship will provide funding for Paul Lampasso, a former New York City firefighter, to attend a three-week course that leads to an FAA repairman certificate for light sport aircraft. Lampasso’s first career goal […]

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who chairs the General Aviation Caucus in the House, visited Sun ‘n Fun on Saturday to host a “Town Meeting” with a panel of GA leaders. Graves, who is a pilot himself, said it’s important for all of GA to “stick together” to ensure that vital policy issues are addressed. […]

The National Weather Service confirmed in a report released on Friday that a category EF-1 tornado hit the Lakeland airport on Thursday about noon time. The tornado had top winds estimated at 95 mph, a path length of just over a half mile, and a path width of about 30 to 40 yards. The NWS […]

In the main exhibit area at Sun ‘n Fun, most airplanes came through Thursday’s storm unscathed, but a few suffered minor dings, and a few others were totaled. At Cessna, a couple of airplanes ended up with cracked fairings, where they apparently were hit by flying debris, but for the most part, a little extra […]