Air Shows & Events

AVweb’s Air Shows & Events section offers comprehensive coverage of major aviation gatherings, including EAA AirVenture, Sun ‘n Fun, NBAA-BACE, and more. Stay informed with the latest news, product announcements, pilot perspectives, and multimedia content from the heart of the aviation community. Whether you’re a general aviation pilot, industry professional, or aviation enthusiast, this section keeps you connected to the pulse of the aviation world.

Special Report: Sun ‘N Fun 2001

It’s A Wrap: Sun ‘n Fun Sunsets For 27th Time As the sun sets on the 2001 installment of the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-in and Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport empties itself of planes and people, it’s time to take a look back at the week. Although the local weather cooperated, low ceilings and thunderstorms elsewhere in […]

If It’s April, This Must Be Sun ‘N Fun

March teases us nearly every year here where I live in Kansas, tempting us with a sampling of spring weather, then pulling us back in to winter once or twice as surely as sunrise and sunset. But March’s teasing seldom frustrates me as much as my non-aviating friends and neighbors. What these folks don’t know […]

Special Report: Women in Aviation International (WAI) Conference, 2001

Current predictions indicate that within the next few years there will be a pilot and maintenance technician shortage that will impact the aviation industry in gigantic proportions. With fewer candidates for these jobs coming from the armed forces, the aviation industry – including the military – has come to view the female population as a […]

Heli-Expo 2001 Gallery

Back to AVweb‘s Heli-Expo 2001 coverage. Entering the exhibit hall Agusta/Bell AB 139 mockup Honeywell’s AB 139 cockpit display Bell 412 EP spec sheet Eurocopter EC 130 B4 showed off its brand new type certificate Another view of the Eurocopter EC 130 B4 Eurocopter EC 130 B4 fenestron Honeywell’s helo EGPWS display Honeywell’s Primus Epic […]

Heli-Expo 2001: Lots of Rain Outside; Warm and Fuzzy Inside

Be sureto check out AVweb‘s exclusive image gallery from Heli-Expo 2001! Most should remember the lyrics of an old rock song that promised, “Oh, it never rains in southern California … it pours.” Well, that was the story for about half of the Helicopter Association International’s (HAI) annual Heli-Expo 2001. Off and on during the […]