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Legends Airways and Tecnam announced the signing of a purchase agreement for five Tecnam aircraft at AirVenture 2021. The initial deal includes two P2008 LSAs, two four-seat, single-engine P2010s and one P2006T twin. The aircraft will be used for Legends’ Part 141/Part 61 flight school at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Lakeland, Florida. “Tecnam […]

Electric aircraft developer VoltAero is launching a fractional ownership program for its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft, according to a company announcement at AirVenture 2021. The “Pioneer” fractional program will be part of a partnership with on-demand flight services company KinectAir. Washington-based KinectAir also plans to add Cassio aircraft to its fleet, which is currently made up […]

BendixKing has signed an agreement with electric aircraft developer Eviation to install the AeroVue Touch flight display in the all-electric Alice aircraft. The display will feature the Honeywell SmartView synthetic vision system along with the standard moving map, aeronautical charts, traffic and weather and vertical situation display. Alice will also make use of Honeywell’s compact […]

AirVenture 2014 saw a deluge of press conferences with more than 20 being held on the first day of the show alone. Textron Aviation introduced the diesel-burning Turbo Skyhawk JT-A, which caused some shock-and-awe with its $435,000 sticker price. The company also announced new upgrades for the TTx, new interior options for the Stationair and […]

Glendon Fraser, director of the Newburgh, New York-based Lee A. Archer Jr. Redtail Youth Flying Program, accepted the keys to an appropriately red-tailed Piper Pilot 100i trainer during a ceremony at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Tuesday, July 27. Acting President and CEO of Piper Aircraft John Calcagno made the handoff in front of a vintage […]

After more than three decades of research and development, general aviation finally has an approved unleaded 100-octane fuel. At AirVenture on Tuesday, the FAA formally awarded a supplemental type certificate (STC) to General Aviation Modifications Inc., the Ada, Oklahoma, company that itself spent more than a decade developing a fuel it calls G100. The fuel […]

A Montana pilot is in jail after he allegedly stole a Cessna 172M and made an emergency landing on a highway near Hamilton, Montana. The Ravalli Republic is reporting Kacey Shane Gessner was charged with grand larceny in a Ravalli County court and bail was set at $50,000. Gessner was also wanted on five outstanding […]

All three people aboard a Challenger 605 were killed when the aircraft crashed near Truckee-Tahoe Airport on Monday. The flight originated in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Identities of the victims were not immediately released. The aircraft was registered to Tarco Aviation Funding LLC in Fort Lauderdale but its flight history suggests it was based in the […]

During EAA AirVenture, flight-tracking specialist FlightAware announced Aviator, a new subscription-based service. FlightAware’s free service is popular among pilots and others with an interest in keeping tabs on airline flights and other aircraft activity. Aviator ramps up the sophistication of the data available, and FlightAware believes pilots, aircraft owners, renters, their family and friends, FBOs […]

KITPLANES editor-at-Large Paul Dye will be selling a limited supply of his book, Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, at the Belvoir Publications/KITPLANES booth on the north wall of Hangar A at AirVenture all week. Dye plans to be at booth 11 – 12 each day and books can be purchased […]