Air Shows & Events

The efforts of Yuneec, Sonex and Lange Aviation were recognized at EAA AirVenture on Friday as the three were awarded the first Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prizes. Yuneec took the honors for the best example of an electric aircraft, the E430; Sonex won for its efforts in developing subsystems and components; and Axel Lange took the […]

Honda Aircraft Company has concluded electrical-system checks of its first conforming flight test HondaJet, and its first static test aircraft is ready to endure static structural testing in August. Successful completion of power-on tests means that Honda can begin integration of the avionics and electrical systems and begin assembly of what they call “the most […]

California photographer Brian Flanagan captured images of the last seconds of Jack Roush’s Beechcraft Premier 1 as it dipped a wing and then pancaked on an infield area of Wittman Regional Airport Tuesday evening. The sequence shows the aircraft in a relatively steep bank over the runway before it hits hard, collapsing the gear as […]

So what did Mariano and Adam get up to today? They seem to have stayed out of trouble by taking in the afternoon air show (and, we’d wager, probably a few bratwursts). CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW AeroShell Aerobatic Team. AeroShell Aerobatic Team. Chuck Aaron. Duggy Dropping […]

“We’ll take other airplanes as trade-ins — and if a customer has a deposit on another jet, we’ll take that in trade, too,” Eclipse Aerospace President Mason Holland told AVweb at EAA AirVenture on Thursday. Holland flew into the show in his own Eclipse jet, but it was parked off the field at an FBO […]

Jonathan Trappe, a certificated balloon pilot who has redefined the concept of lawn-chair-small-balloon flying, launched from EAA’s AirVenture grounds on Thursday evening in his cluster balloon system with the aim to probably fly all night long. As of 10 p.m. Thursday night, he had crossed Lake Winnebago and was tracking southeast, making about 7 mph […]

It may be an aviation event but a car stole the show at the Gathering of Eagles fundraiser at AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 Thursday. The Ford SR-71 Mustang, the first-ever collaboration between NASCAR owner Jack Roush and the legendary Carroll Shelby, raised $375,000 for Young Eagles at auction. The car is, of course, an instant collectible […]

Diamond Aircraft says its in-house diesel engine, the Austro, is performing as expected after about a year in service and fleet life of about 11,000 hours. In a podcast interview with AVweb at EAA AirVenture Thursday, Ken Shaelkin, Diamond’s director of customer support, said there are 132 engines in service and many have gone through […]

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt hosted an open forum at EAA AirVenture on Thursday, an annual tradition, and addressed the usual questions about bureaucratic tangles, shrinking GA airspace, and fears about user fees. But first, the administrator took some time to express his satisfaction with the sport pilot/light sport aircraft experiment, and reiterated the concerns about […]

There’s a new iPad app, and it’s from Jeppesen – which you can now also find on Facebook in the form of its JeppDirect page, and both are new to the world as of this week. They’re calling the iPad app “Jeppesen Mobile TC.” The “TC” stands for terminal charts. The app allows users to […]