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The third and final phase of GoFly, a global competition for personal flying device designs, is now underway. Five Phase II winners, selected on the basis of their revisions to Phase I written reports and “demonstrated performance of progress,” were announced in March. Phase III will include a fly-off—scheduled for Feb. 29, 2020, and open […]

One way of learning new avionics is to sit in the airplane and punch buttons, but it’s easier to start with an online course which is why King Schools is offering new courses in partnership with Garmin. Adding to its extensive catalog of online training, King Schools announced at AirVenture that it’s offering training for […]

Just in time for its 90th anniversary, Lycoming has a new general manager in Shannon Massey, an inside-the-house elevation from Bell, a sister unit under the Textron umbrella. Massey, a chemical engineer, has been with Textron for more than 20 years during which she worked in materials science and operational manufacturing. AVweb met with Massey […]

When it got nearly impossible for Kevin Butler to face another day sweating it out in the kitchen, the 41-year-old cook knew it was past time for a change. The Los Angeles resident’s father was an aeronautical engineer so he grew up around airplanes and had always wanted to be a pilot so he squared […]

One of the longest in-development flying car projects, the Samson Switchblade, is still at it and as the company nears flight test, it was showing its new hybrid dash panel at  AirVenture this week. The panel combines data necessary for both flight and driving modes. The Switchblade first showed in mock-up in 2009 and has […]

The uAvionix booths at this year’s Airventure were packed layers deep with last-minute ADS-B buyers, while the 2020 mandate is T-minus 28 weeks. But high on the list of ADS-B equipage concerns is the developing ADS-B space-based Aireon tech in Canada (and the U.S. aircraft that will fly there), which looks to require diversity systems, […]

President and CEO of Women in Aviation International (WAI) Dr. Peggy Chabrian announced at AirVenture 2019 that she will be retiring from the position as of April 2020. Chabrian has served as president of WAI since its formal establishment as a non-profit organization in 1994. She also launched the annual WAI conferences, the first of […]

A Cessna 172 will be the centerpiece of the National Air and Space Museum’s  refurbished “How Things Fly” exhibit at its main facility in downtown Washington, D.C. Textron donated $10 million to the museum and the exhibit will officially be known as the “Textron How Things Fly Gallery.” It’s located in the east end of […]

Boeing signed an agreement with Tecnam at AirVenture 2019 to be the sole provider of aftermarket spare parts and distribution services for the Tecnam P2012 Traveller. The announcement comes as the first Traveller deliveries are getting underway, with Cape Air, the U.S launch customer for the P2012, officially accepting its first two P2012s last week. […]

Boeing has told shareholders its 777X likely won’t fly by the end of the year as planned because of issues with the GE9X engine. However it isn’t adjusting its late 2020 delivery projections for the aircraft and the first revenue airplane for Lufthansa is off the assembly line. The GE9X is the largest and most […]