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Piper Aircraft vice president of sales, marketing and customer support Ron Gunnarson reported on current market conditions and announced a new company division during a press briefing today (July 25). He said the market was “pulling well” last year. Piper delivered 236 aircraft in 2022, he said, a 14 percent increase over 2021. He said […]

Boeing is predicting the aviation industry will need a staggering 2.3 million skilled workers over the next 20 years to meet the growing demand for air travel. The company said in its annual manpower forecast that 649,000 pilots, 690,000 technicians and 938,000 cabin crew will be needed as the current wave of retirements plays out […]

Part of Van’s Aircraft’s public forum at AirVenture this morning focused on the development of the high-wing RV-15, which made a splashy debut here last year. Skeptics might wonder if much is happening given that the airplane on display here looks a lot like it did last year. But that would be to ignore the tremendous amount […]

Sensitive to aviation as a source of greenhouse gasses, Continental says it’s finishing up testing that will make HVO or hydrotreated vegetable oil a fuel option in its CD-100 series engines. There are three engines in the line, the CD-135, -155 and -170. All three are currently approved to use Jet-A. The company gave no […]

Pipistrel President and Managing Director Gabriel Massey met up with AVweb at AirVenture 2023 to discuss the company’s trajectory, the flight training market for electric aircraft and how the MOSAIC proposal for updating LSA regulations could impact Pipistrel.

Diamond Aircraft was presented with the FAA type certificate for its single-engine, retractable-gear DA50 RG in a ceremony held on Tuesday at EAA AirVenture 2023. Immediately following the event, the first DA50 RG was delivered to U.S. customer Jordan Cram via Diamond dealer Premier Aircraft Sales. Concurrently with the DA50 RG, Continental Aerospace announced that […]

In this podcast recorded at AirVenture 2023, ICON Aircraft CEO Jerry Meyer sat down with AVweb to discuss a new propeller option for the A5, company updates and the potential effects of the recently proposed MOSAIC regulations.

The developer of the only available unleaded replacement for 100LL says he met with an industry committee charged with smoothing the transition to an unleaded future for the first time last week. George Braly, whose G100UL is available by STC for all gasoline aircraft piston engines, said he met with members of the Eliminate Aviation […]

Cirrus Aircraft officially launched its new private pilot training program on Monday at the 2023 AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in convention. Designed for student pilots looking to earn their private pilot certificates, the Cirrus Private Pilot Program includes online ground school lessons and interactive simulator sessions paired with flight training provided by Cirrus standardized instructor pilots (CSIPs). […]

A trio of minor runway mishaps on Saturday and Sunday caused some anxious moments and inconvenience for some pilots as traffic poured in to Wittman Field for AirVenture 2023. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski said that on Saturday the pilot of a Bonanza landed on the opposite runway to which he or she was cleared. According […]