Air Shows & Events

Large-scale events have been canceled or postponed around the world, EAA is still preparing for AirVenture to go ahead as planned in late July. EAA’s Dick Knapinski says that AirVenture “is going on as planned. We’re watching things and keeping in touch with health officials. But four months away it’s too far away to make […]

With AOPA calling off its San Marcos, Texas, fly-in scheduled for the end of May, another aviation event is being at least postponed. “Out of an abundance of caution for our members, attendees, vendors, and staff, Go Wheels Up! Texas and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) have decided to indefinitely postpone Go Wheels […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced the cancellation of its 2020 International Operators Conference (IOC2020) and 2020 Business Aircraft Finance, Registration & Legal Conference due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The organization will also be concluding its Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC) at close of business today, a day before it was scheduled […]

Women in Aviation International (WAI) hosted nearly 4,500 attendees and 180 exhibitors at its 31st annual conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, last week. Representatives were present from 31 countries including Nigeria, Canada, Ghana, Australia and Iceland. In addition to speakers and professional development and education seminars, the conference featured Girls in Aviation Day Orlando, […]

While the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, will be postponed on fears of Covid-19 spread, Sun ‘n Fun says it plans to go forward on the planned schedule. However, show organizers say they’ll provide more sanitation, including frequent garbage collection, hand sanitizer stations, disinfectant wipes and sprays and microphone wipe downs for presenters. Sun ‘n […]

Due to worries over the COVID-19 epidemic, Aero 2020 will be postponed to an as yet undetermined date, show organizers have announced. “For the past few days, we have received massive cancellations and clear signals from our exhibitors and potential visitors. We will postpone Aero to a date that has not yet been fixed,” said Roland […]

The Florida-based Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) announced last week that its flight scholarship initiative has produced its 100th private pilot. The initiative, which awards scholarships to teenagers with the goal of “developing the next generation of aerospace professionals,” began in 2012. There are currently 40 pilots in training in the program. “When we rolled […]

The world’s only civilian Sea Harriers are up for sale as the current owner, Nalls Aviation, pursues other opportunities. Owner Art Nalls bought a single-seat carrier-borne version of the VTOL fighter from the British Royal Navy and has flown it in airshows since 2007. According to airshowstuff.com, bookings have declined in recent years, prompting the […]

Airbus officially introduced its Model Aircraft for Validation and Experimentation of Robust Innovative Controls (MAVERIC) blended wing body technological demonstrator on Tuesday at the 2020 Singapore Airshow. Airbus believes the design could “reduce fuel consumption by up to 20 percent compared to current single-aisle aircraft.” The remote-controlled scale model demonstrator measures 2 meters (about 6.56 […]

Italy-based aerospace company Leonardo has signed a contract to purchase Swiss OEM Kopter, the company announced at the 2020 HAI Heli-Expo in Anaheim, California, on Tuesday. Kopter is developing the clean-sheet SH09 single-engine helicopter, which flew for the first time in October 2014. According to Leonardo, the acquisition will replace its plans to invest in […]