Air Shows & Events

Last year’s show was a stellar and exciting one, if you were a visitor or pilot looking for a great summertime aviation experience—but for reporters in search of news, it was a weeklong exercise in frustration. “The press conference schedule has been busy, but other than avionics, nothing of significance has emerged,” wrote AVweb’s Paul […]

Bose has the ProFlight in-ear headset aimed at commercial flight crews and now Clarity Aloft throws a new model in the mix with the Flex. With FAA TSO, it too is fair game for airline and also general aviation use, but at $725, it’s priced lower. Weighing 1.35 ounces, the Flex is Clarity’s lightest headset […]

At AirVenture 2018, Dynon introduced two new products, both bargain priced. The D3 is the latest iteration of the company’s pocket EFIS and the DRX is a budget dual-band ADS-B In receiver. view on YouTube

Lycoming’s Mike Kraft says the training market is keeping things humming at his plant. An order for 200 of its most expensive and technologically advanced engines doesn’t hurt either. AVweb’s Russ Niles spoke with Kraft at AirVenture 2018. Duration: File Size: download here

LSA Weight Restrictions Changing On the fence about that 150 purchase? Better buy it now because in two years there will be a significant price increase. Robert Ore Weight restrictions still two years away? WHY? How can a Cessna 150 not be a “Light Sport Aircraft”? Shoulda been done already. James Efird The LSA concept […]

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