Air Shows & Events

Honeywell has significantly increased the number of business jets it predicts will be sold in the next 10 years to 14,000 and Embraer says it, too, is revising its projections upward. The Brazilian planemaker last year predicted that about 11,600 business aircraft would be sold between 2006 and 2016 but says that’s too low. The […]

Cessna will deliver almost as many business jets next year as the entire industry did a few years ago, and CEO Jack Pelton says there’s no end in sight to the jet boom. “Last year, we delivered 307 business jets. This year we expect to deliver 380. Next year, we plan to deliver 470,” said […]

The business aircraft market has never been hotter, but that doesn’t mean everything is perfect. As the National Business Aviation Convention rolls into the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on Tuesday, NBAA and its allies in general aviation remain embroiled in a political battle in Washington that could fundamentally change the way general aviation […]

This year, we shot quite a bit of original video at Oshkosh. While we didn’t have time to publish everything we captured, we did put together a dozen or so videos to give you the flavor of the show and highlight a couple of interesting products we found in the exhibitor hangars. Here’s a complete […]

It’s been a busy year for everyone here in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. From product roll-outs to the ongoing fight against user fees, AVweb‘s audio news team was onhand (with microphones) to get reactions and exclusive commentary from the industry’s biggest players. In case you missed any of our daily audio coverage, here’s a quick recap of […]

Boeing’s Blended Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft — designated the X-48B — made a 31-minute first flight last Friday at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound unmanned quasi flying wing climbed to 7,500 feet during the inaugural jaunt. “We’ve successfully passed another milestone in our […]

The FAA has opened a toll-free line specifically to gather information on the performance of Lockheed Martin-managed Flight Service Stations. Dialing the number (888-358-7782) will allow the caller to record a message describing the experience he or she had with flight services. AOPA President Phil Boyer said the phone line was his group’s idea after […]

A Canadian company has come up with a nifty way to add motion to your favorite flight simulator. Kelowna, British Columbia-based Dreamflyer is perfecting a virtual cockpit that “moves” in concert with control commands. By mounting up to three LCD screens to a “cockpit” suspended and balanced on a frame, the virtual pilot uses a […]

The FAA says that if contractors can finish Wittman Field’s new air traffic control tower in time, it can be ready to use it for next year’s EAA AirVenture. FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro said that if they can occupy the building by the end of next February, that will give technicians enough time to install […]

Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but perhaps the most ungainly looking aircraft at AirVenture (or anywhere else for that matter) was the people’s choice. A 1939 Grumman Duck, which looks something like a biplane in an unnatural relationship with a submarine, in the first National Aviation Hall of Fame’s Best of […]