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Icon Aircraft is celebrating the “significant milestone” of building its 100th airplane and predicting a bright if somewhat more restrained future for the stylish little amphib than the original marketing hype laid out. “It took us longer than anticipated to get here, but this is just the beginning,” said President and COO Thomas Wieners. “We […]

In this podcast, Dr. Geoffrey Bower, chief engineer for Airbus’ Vahana electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) demonstrator, talks with AVweb about the aircraft and the company’s plans for urban air mobility.

ATP Flight School has signed an agreement with Textron Aviation for orders and options for up to 100 Cessna 172 Skyhawks, the companies announced at AirVenture on Tuesday. According to ATP, the new aircraft will be supplementing and replacing aircraft in ATPs fleet and will be used exclusively by students in the school’s Airline Career […]

The latest avionics are usually popular with the crowds at AirVenture and this year is no different. In this video, Larry Anglisano took a look at a handful of products that were standouts on opening day.

Epic Aircraft announced at Oshkosh this week that it had completed all of its internal flight testing leading up to certification and has received its type inspection authorization. That means the Epic has passed the last hurdle before the FAA begins its flight-test review. Certification is expected in 2020. “The FAA wants to get pilots […]

Opener has donated a first-generation BlackFly personal ultralight aircraft to the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Opener BlackFly, which the company debuted at AirVenture last year, is a fixed-wing, all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. It has a range of 35 miles (restricted to 25 miles in the U.S.) and can travel […]

At AirVenture this week Continental announced a new STC to install its Prime IO-370-D3A3 engine into Cessna R and S-series C172s—a retrofit that could actually cost less than overhauling the Lycoming IO-360 it replaces. The Prime IO-370-D3A3 delivers 180 HP, includes roller tappets and comes with a recommended TBO of 2200 hours that extends to […]

At AirVenture this week Bose announced the ProFlight Series II, an improved version of its ProFlight in-ear headset aimed at the turbine market. Key enhancements to the set include a much thinner, lighter and more flexible interface cable and improved stability when the set is on the head. Bose also updated the set’s tap control—the […]

The return of air demonstration teams to the Air Venture air show was marked in 2016 with the graceful routine of the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds over Wittman Field. The nine-plane precision formation aerobatics display took place on the final two days at the show. Another Canadian aircraft wowed the crowd. The gigantic Martin […]

AirVenture 2019 may be cheek-by-jowl with spiffy little two-seat LSAs, but four years from now, sport airplanes with four seats might just be a thing, according to Dan Johnson of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association. In this podcast recorded Sunday at Oshkosh, Johnson said the FAA is beyond the talking stage. “They are moving on […]