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Mooney Airplane Company delivered its first Ovation 3 this AirVenture to Andre Kulaga. “I studied airplanes for the last couple years, and compared the price, performance, and the quality of the work,” said Kulaga, “…and I think Mooney is the best airplane out there.” The Ovation 3 is the normally-aspirated version of Mooney’s twin-turbo Acclaim. […]

Makers of electronic flight bags and cockpit computers have struggled with making the things readable in direct sunlight and no one has really figured out an elegant way to display approach plates. But at AirVenture 2006, we saw an intriguing gadget that appears to have broken the code. The eFLYBook from Arinc was described by […]

Diamond‘s newest project, the single-engine D-Jet prototype, made its world debut at AirVenture on Wednesday morning. The jet rolled in to a welcome from officials from EAA and the FAA, then was displayed at Aeroshell Square before flying back home to Canada mid-afternoon to get back to work. Diamond CEO Christian Dries said the five-place […]

Yesterday at Oshkosh, AirShares Elite said it will donate $100,000 worth of free flight time to help encourage AOPA’s latest effort to recruit new pilots. In the few weeks since AOPA launched its revitalized Project Pilot at its annual Open House in Maryland, nearly 1,000 AOPA members have already signed up to be mentors and […]

Spectrum’s principals and associated manufacturer Rocky Mountain met Wednesday to discuss future plans, including certification of the Spectrum 33 light jet and matters far more personal. The light jet and its test crew were lost Tuesday at about 4 p.m. in a crash at Spanish Fork-Springville airport. It’s been just four months since Linden Blue, […]

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Barely a year after its official introduction, Diamond’s DA42 diesel TwinStar is making a name for itself as a mega long distance flyer. Two were flown into AirVenture, from Germany, one across and the Atlantic and, get this, the other eastbound across the Pacific. We’ll have an interview with the three Swedish pilots who navigated […]

Ever wonder where the EAA gets pictures of all those pretty airplanes for their calendars and magazines? Well, if you come to Airventure with a showpiece, you might find out. David Hipschman, the new editor of Sport Aviation, has the pleasure of walking around the show and leaving notes for airplane owners saying the EAA […]