Air Shows & Events

Twenty years ago this month—1998—was a seminal year for world’s biggest airshow: It officially became AirVenture, displacing the old name, the EAA Fly-in and Convention. (Locals still call it EAA.) That year also marked the beginning of a new trend: The avionics revolution with color GPS mapcomms were afield and various PR machines were making […]

The Lindbergh Foundation will be holding its first Innovation Forum featuring talks by industry innovators at AirVenture 2018. Topics include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, electric flight and autonomous aircraft. Each of the nine presenters will give a 12-minute talk, with question-and-answer sessions and lunch to follow. The talks, along with longer interviews with each presenter, […]

Now that the FAA has temporarily halted testing on an unleaded avgas replacement, a Kansas company says it may revive efforts to develop anti-detonation injection for light aircraft. By injecting a water-methanol mixture into the cylinders, so-called ADI allows engines that would otherwise require 100-octane fuel to burn lower octane. The injected mixture suppresses detonation […]

At AirVenture 2018, a German company called TQ Avionics introduced a new line of aviation comm radios and transponders. This brief product video explains what TQ is offering. view on YouTube

The Lindbergh Foundation will be holding its first Innovation Forum featuring talks by industry innovators at AirVenture 2018. Topics include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, electric flight and autonomous aircraft. The forum will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, at the EAA Aviation Gateway Park forums tent. Duration: 12:29 File […]

Redbird Flight Simulation is expanding its Guided Independent Flight Training (GIFT) program, including making it available for the company’s the at-home Jay and TD models. GIFT, which was introduced at AirVenture last year, is a series of smart simulator scenarios that can be used to augment private pilot training. Redbird will also be holding STEM […]

AVweb spoke with AirVenture Director of Communications Dick Knapinski about highlights of this week’s show. Duration: 3:40 File Size: 3.1MB download here

Most non-pilots come to AirVenture to look at the airplanes. But a lot of experienced owner-airmen make the annual pilgrimage to learn about engines. If that describes you, you might want to take a few minutes out of your AirVenture schedule to listen to Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation Inc. Mike is an 8,000-hour multi-engine […]

With the engine overhaul and aftermarket parts business growing ever more competitive, Superior Air Parts announced this week that it’s extending the warranty on its Millennium cylinder line to 37 months. A longer warranty will also apply to other components Superior markets into the field overhaul segment. “We feel like we’ve made some significant strides […]

With many popular models already approved, low-cost autopilot maker TruTrak says it’s expanding the number of aircraft that can be fitted with its Vizion autopilots and with several hundred already in the field, the company is refining kits to reduce installation costs. At AirVenture 2018 this week, TruTrak is showing its new autopilot in a […]