Air Shows & Events

Texas Aircraft is jump-starting the launch of its new Colt light sport aircraft with a $12,000 discount for orders placed this week at AirVenture. The Colt was soft-launched earlier this year but as AirVenture gets underway, Texas Aircraft is ginning up serial production and expects formal approval under ASTM consensus standards in a few weeks. […]

Yup, it’s that time of year again. AirVenture 2019 has just started in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and AVweb is covering it, beginning with this golf cart tour of some of the stuff and events happening this week. Paul Bertorelli and Marc Cook took a quick run around the grounds to have a look.

Redbird Flight Simulations introduced GIFT Instrument Rating, a companion training program for Redbird simulators that is uses AI-monitored lessons and feedback to teach instrument concepts, at AirVenture 2019. GIFT Instrument Rating is the next phase of the company’s Guided Independent Flight Training (GIFT) program, which debuted in 2017. Like its predecessor, GIFT Private Pilot, GIFT […]

Last year, Oshkosh saw record crowds, playing host to about 601,000 visitors from 87 countries, along with accommodating more than 10,000 aircraft during the course of the show. AirVenture 2018 kept up with the trend toward increased focus on training—companies like Lycoming and Piper were noting that the surge in pilot training had been good […]

Franky Zapata’s jet-powered hoverboard has progressed from the shaky-looking platform that wobbled over water only in its first flight to serious consideration for use by the French military. The former jet-skiing champion dressed up as a futuristic soldier, complete with rifle, for a dynamic performance in front of dignitaries that included a smiling and clapping […]

A multinational team of pilots, astronauts and aviation professionals completed their mission to set a new record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth via both poles on Thursday. Called One More Orbit, the mission was led by Action Aviation Chairman Capt. Hamish Harding of the U.K., astronaut and International Space Station (ISS) commander Col. […]

The Patrouille Suisse, a Swiss air force aerobatic demonstration team, performed a planned flyby over the wrong town last weekend. The team was scheduled to conduct the maneuver above Langenbruck, Switzerland, as part of a ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Swiss aviator Oskar Bider, who became the first man to cross […]

Denny Cunningham is a retired FAA tower and ground controller and worked traffic at Oshkosh for nine years. He’s a former contributor to IFR and Aviation Consumer magazines. One of the highlights of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is the opportunity to view restorations of vintage aircraft. The best restorations are done to a condition better than […]

Eviation Aircraft has announced that U.S.-based Cape Air will be the first commercial customer for its all-electric Alice aircraft. The agreement was described as a “double-digit purchase option” but the exact number of aircraft Cape Air is considering was not disclosed. Eviation displayed the first “fully operational” Alice at the Paris Air Show in Le […]

It’s interesting to watch the thrust and parry that goes on at events like the Paris Air Show because there is no industry I can think of that is more detached from its customers. I would wager that about 90% of the millions of people who board airliners every day have never been to an […]