Air Shows & Events

The weather is looking great, the grounds are filling up and aviation’s annual reunion is officially underway at AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh. As outlined by EAA Communications Director Dick Knapinski in this podcast, there will be a lot of big iron on Boeing Square this week as the event recognizes the tactical airlift and air-to-air […]

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 […]