Air Shows & Events

Three years ago, AirVenture attendees saw a B-52H Stratofortress bomber makes its first-ever visit to Oshkosh, Rotax introduced its 915iS engine and EAA announced a new prize for innovations in aviation safety. When the Stratofortress came to town, crews had to remove 6,000 feet of runway lights to accommodate the aircraft, which has a second […]

Doc flight engineer Don Obreiter proposed marriage on the way from Wichita to Madison on the run-up to Oshkosh earlier this week. A delighted Diane Myers could only say yes, and the latest B-29 engagement—this one matrimonial—is now in the record books. Both Don and Diane live in Altus, Oklahoma. Don is an Air Force […]

At AirVenture this week, Textron Aviation proved that the Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop is getting closer to flight testing, displaying a full-scale mockup of the entire passenger cabin and cockpit. The mockup, which had a fully assembled executive interior with aft seats removed to accommodate a motorcycle, also had Garmin’s G3000 integrated avionics. Initially introduced […]

To say that aviation development and market uptake moves glacially is an insult to glaciers everywhere, or at least the piles of dirty snow that pass for glaciers in a world where average summer temperatures make Venus look temperate. I can develop a fairly long list, but let’s consider diesel engines for the moment. These […]

The Bally Bomber makes its Oshkosh debut 17 years after Jack Bally started the project of a lifetime. view on YouTube

Aspen announced its new ProMax upgrade at AirVenture 2018. The upgraded products feature faster processing, more vivid displays and improved typography. view on YouTube

Two new courses for drone pilots and several for aircraft mechanics are joining the lineup of online aviation training resources at King Schools. John and Martha King announced at AirVenture 2018 that they will be offering recurrent drone training and Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) courses beginning this August. The LAANC course will […]

Construction on the hangar that will become B-29 Doc’s permanent home is on time and under budget, director of Doc’s Friends Josh Wells announced at AirVenture 2018 on Thursday. Doc is one of only two B-29s still flying. The B-29 Doc Hangar and Education Center, located in Wichita, Kansas, is expected to be completed this […]

In 2013, Jack Pelton first took the helm at AirVenture, marking the first time the show was not led by a member of the founding Poberezny family. He acted as chairman of the board from 2012 until 2015, when he was officially named CEO. Terrafugia flew its Transition flying car in public for the first […]

I’m pleased to report my record as an aviation seer—never much to brag about to begin with—is now even more tarnished. I was fully expecting this to be the year that electric aircraft would make a bigger splash at AirVenture. But, just ripples. We reported on the Opener BlackFly in this video and news story […]