Air Shows & Events

Expanding its line of headset-friendly eyeglasses for aviators, Texas-based Flying Eyes came to Sun ‘n Fun 2022 with its new Ophthalmic series eyeglasses. Aviation Consumer Magazine Editor Larry Anglisano spent some time with founder Dean Siracusa at the Flying Eyes booth at the show for an overview.

Whelen Aerospace Technologies (WAT) introduced the newest addition to the Parmetheus product family at Sun ‘n Fun this year. In this video, WAT director of business development Matt Dondoneau talks to AVweb about the G3 PAR 36 and G3 PAR 46 landing lights.

An airplane-loving design student’s senior project gave rise to a family business dedicated to building scaled replica fighters “the right way.” ScaleBirds is a Groton, Connecticut-based company with plans to offer affordable kits for radial- and inline-engined mini-fighters—engineered as sport planes with a high “fun” quotient.

Airshow goers like gadgets, and this year at Sun ‘n Fun Garmin brought two new aviator smartwatches at two price points—the $550 D2 Air X10 and the $1300 flagship D2 Mach 1. For this video, Aviation Consumer Magazine Editor Larry Anglisano stopped by the Garmin booth and got an overview from Garmin’s Pat Coleman.

Daher and Pratt & Whitney Canada were excited to debut their joint project, Daher’s TBM 960 powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PT6E-66XT turboprop. AVweb spoke with Daher’s Nicolas Chabbert and Nick Kanellias at this year’s Sun ‘n Fun Expo.

Craig Barnett’s crazy idea two and a half decades ago has turned into a long-lasting aviation service. In 1997, when Barnett started offering professional design services to aircraft builders and owners, it was something of a novelty. Airframe manufacturers had their own design staffs, of course, but homebuilders were left to go it alone, or […]

Every year at Sun ‘n Fun one or two planes generate a buzz that sparks everyone’s interest. This year, that plane is the Scale Wings SW-51, straight from Eggenfelden, Germany. What distinguishes this 70% replica of the iconic P-51 Mustang fighter of World War II is the unbelievable attention to detail. The whole airframe is […]

This year at Sun ‘n Fun, Textron Aviation introduced several upgrades for its Cessna piston aircraft along with the Beechcraft Baron and Beechcraft Bonanza. Also on display was a cabin mock-up of the new Beechcraft Denali single-engine turboprop. Textron Aviation vice president for piston sales Christopher Crow gives AVweb an overview of both programs in […]

The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) is launching a new initiative aimed at accelerating aerospace business growth and developing “successful individuals, businesses and concepts” by supporting entrepreneurs and established companies in fully developing their ideas. In addition to mentorship, the Elevate Aerospace and Logistics Business Incubator will provide open co-working areas and dedicated desks along […]