Air Shows & Events

Along the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea (PNG), a 750-mile-long river that snakes its way through jungles and swamps, only one thing stands between remote villagers and the stark reality of life-and-death medical events. Samaritan Aviation’s Cessna 206 on floats provides, at no cost, the most daring and extreme of medical evacuation services. Unique […]

Honeywell Aerospace has been working on the clean-sheet design Anthem integrated avionics suite, flying over 100 flight test hours in hopes of eventual FAA certification. It was showing the system at AirVenture 2022 at Oshkosh and Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano sat down with Honeywell’s Andrew Barker for an update on the project.

There is one thing for certain about a week in Oshkosh in July – you WILL worry your way through at least one strong thunderstorm. And while there is little you can do if it decides to hail (historically unlikely), and a tornado (less historically unlikely) is the nightmare scenario that you can’t do much about: wind! […]

Tailwind Technologies announced at AirVenture 2022 that it has combined Hartzell Propeller, Hartzell Aerospace Welding and Hartzell Engine Tech to form Hartzell Aviation. According to the company, the rebranding “reinforces the three organizations’ core competencies and their joint pursuit of improving General Aviation.” The organizations will continue to focus on the areas they specialize in […]

On opening day at AirVenture 2022 in Oshkosh, Daher revealed its newly certified Kodiak 900 turboprop single. It isn’t a replacement for the successful Kodiak 100, but instead joins the model lineup with more speed, more cabin space and more refinement. For this video, Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano took a look at the new […]

Mariano Rosales catalogs a busy day of aircraft arrivals at AirVenture 2022 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

In what’s surely a first for a small aircraft company, Yakima-based CubCrafters has announced it plans to raise investment capital by selling preferred stock to customers and aviation enthusiasts. The company will float the offer under the Security and Exchange Commission’s Regulation A, which exempts the usual registration requirements for traditional initial public offerings. Starting […]

Piper Aircraft announced at AirVenture 2022 that it has received its 1,000th PT6A-42A engine from Pratt & Whitney Canada. Piper has been using the engine model for its single-engine turboprops since beginning production of the Meridian in 2000, and it currently powers Piper aircraft including the M500, M600 and M600 SLS. Piper says its 1,000th […]