Air Shows & Events

The SocialFlight mobile app has recently been expanded to include a feature that adds thousands of airport restaurants to the SocialFlight interactive map. Founder Jeff Simon sat down with AVweb at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 to discuss how it works. Duration: 3:23 File Size: 3.12 MB download here

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has begun offering new chapter-run flight training scholarships funded by the Ray Foundation. EAA’s Rick Larsen and David Leiting shared the details with AVweb at Sun ‘n Fun 2019. Duration: 7:30 File Size: 6.9 MB download here

L3 Commercial Aviation has placed an order with options for up to 240 new Pipers over the next ten years, the company announced at Sun ‘n Fun this year. The new aircraft, a mix of single-engine Archers and twin-engine Seminoles, will be going to “expand and modernize” fleets at the company’s Airline Academy pilot training […]

Famed Apollo astronaut Michael Collins will be the featured guest at EAA AirVenture 2019’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing on the Sea of Tranquility. Collins will be joined by Joe Engle, another Apollo alumnus, but who never flew in that program. Engle did fly on the Space Shuttle and is the […]

Piper Aircraft announced the addition of a new PA-28-based trainer aircraft on Tuesday at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 in Lakeland, Florida. According to Piper, the VFR-only Pilot 100 and the IFR-capable Pilot 100i version were designed to meet “the need for a new trainer aircraft at a price point that could support the growing demand […]

At the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Palm Springs, California, in March 2019, Garmin introduced two new standalone panel mount GPS navigators, the GPS 175 and the GNX 375. The latter includes both navigation and onboard ADS-B In/Out. In this video shot at the show, Garmin’s Jessica Koss gives AVweb viewers a tour of the […]

Trig Avionics officially introduced its new TX56 and TX57 Nav/Coms at the 2019 Aircraft Electronics Association Convention. Company CEO Andy Davis went over some of their key features with AVweb at the show. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun 2019 in Lakeland, Florida, Garmin revealed the first STC-certified G3X Touch glass cockpit in a Grumman Tiger. The certified G3X Touch suite was revealed to Garmin dealers last week and this week it’s showing off the system to potential buyers in the Grumman, which is parked in the Garmin exhibit at […]

Piper Aircraft announced the addition of a new PA-28-based trainer aircraft at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 in Lakeland, Florida. The VFR-only Pilot 100 and the IFR-capable Pilot 100i version were designed to meet the need for a durable, lower-cost aircraft option for flight schools. Piper CEO Simon Caldecott gave AVweb the details at the show. […]

Continental Aerospace Technologies’ Prime IO-370 certified engine has been seeing increasing use, including being selected by Piper to power its new Pilot 100 and 100i trainers. AVweb caught up with Continental CEO Rhett Ross at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 to learn more about it. Duration: 4:27 File Size: 4.1 MB download here