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Forward Vision has made progress with its low-cost (read: $20,000) Forward-Looking Infra Red (FLIR) Camera for GA airplanes. The system has been around for a over a year but is soon to be field-approved on certified airplanes and STC’d for the King Air C90. More STCs will follow. A FLIR lets the pilot see through […]

Innodyn now has its 165- to 225-hp 188-pound turbine for GA flying in a Super Cub, aims to have two engines delivered to customers/investors next month and is optimistic that a kit airframe manufacturer’s experience with the engines may lead to an announcement of the turbine as an option on those airframes. Expect it only […]

One of the stranger-looking aircraft around the edges of Aeroshell Square this year was the Dornier amphibian, powered by three big PT-6s arrayed across the high wing, the only one of its kind still flying. The aircraft was originally built in Germany in 1944, then after the war went to work for the Spanish Navy […]

The EAA Sport Pilot Tour that started last year will continue this fall, Dan Johnson told AVweb at AirVenture on Saturday. “We’ll have our second Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla., October 27-30, and we’ll have a static display at AOPA Expo [Nov. 3-5 in Tampa],” he said. In addition, the tour will visit at […]

Two pilots who were in the area to participate in AirVenture were killed in two separate crashes during the week. Richard James, 67, of Fennimore, Wis., died Tuesday in the crash of his North American P-51D. James had taken part in the warbird show, and was flying in formation with other aircraft and staging for […]

Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (CAM) is extending its features beyond the breed. Because CAM is certifying for the Columbia 350 and 400 Northcoast technologies‘ electric deice system (announced a few years ago), Northcoast is now pursing STCs for the Baron, Bonnaza, 172 and 182. The system would not be certified for flight into known icing, […]

Lancair Certified aircraft has officially changed its name to Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (CAM) and appeared at Oshkosh with a new logo, new features on its aircraft and its biggest presence to date. Randy Bollinger, V.P. of Marketing and Sales told AVweb, “We knew there was confusion [in distinguishing Lancair certified from Lancair kit aircraft],” […]

LetsFly, a company that has already established more than 100 flying co-operatives around the country, has partnered with EAA to promote extending the concept to LSA ownership. The co-ops are not quite the same as a fractional or flying club, according to LetsFly President Eldon Corry, but a unique concept. It’s a bit complex in […]