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Jonathan Trappe, a certificated balloon pilot who has redefined the concept of lawn-chair-small-balloon flying, launched from EAA’s AirVenture grounds on Thursday evening in his cluster balloon system with the aim to probably fly all night long. As of 10 p.m. Thursday night, he had crossed Lake Winnebago and was tracking southeast, making about 7 mph […]

It may be an aviation event but a car stole the show at the Gathering of Eagles fundraiser at AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 Thursday. The Ford SR-71 Mustang, the first-ever collaboration between NASCAR owner Jack Roush and the legendary Carroll Shelby, raised $375,000 for Young Eagles at auction. The car is, of course, an instant collectible […]

Diamond Aircraft says its in-house diesel engine, the Austro, is performing as expected after about a year in service and fleet life of about 11,000 hours. In a podcast interview with AVweb at EAA AirVenture Thursday, Ken Shaelkin, Diamond’s director of customer support, said there are 132 engines in service and many have gone through […]

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt hosted an open forum at EAA AirVenture on Thursday, an annual tradition, and addressed the usual questions about bureaucratic tangles, shrinking GA airspace, and fears about user fees. But first, the administrator took some time to express his satisfaction with the sport pilot/light sport aircraft experiment, and reiterated the concerns about […]

There’s a new iPad app, and it’s from Jeppesen – which you can now also find on Facebook in the form of its JeppDirect page, and both are new to the world as of this week. They’re calling the iPad app “Jeppesen Mobile TC.” The “TC” stands for terminal charts. The app allows users to […]

Korean manufacturer KAI aims to make the KC-100 South Korea’s first FAA-certified aircraft, and offer it as direct competition to top-end Cirrus and Cessna Corvalis turbocharged piston models, by 2013. What the KC-100 brings to the party is nearly full carbon-fiber construction, a cabin that adds one or two inches in width over Cirrus and […]

Cessna is showing a Citation Mustang at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this week with their latest upgrade package, called “High Sierra.” The interior features premium leather, hand-woven carpeting, and high-quality sidewalls and cabinetry. “The option package also includes synthetic vision for the G1000, two years or 400 hours of turnkey maintenance, and the Jepp-view chart upgrade,” […]

We doubt you’ll ever get three quarters of a million pilots to agree on anything outside of coming together at Oshkosh during the summer – but when it comes to finding common ground, the warbirds display area is a good place to start. Everyone makes their way here at some point during the show. Some […]

As regulatory authorities in the U.S. decide how to handle commercially manufactured non-ultralight electric-powered aircraft, Yuneec International is growing and improving its stable of electric-powered aircraft. The company’s two-place high-wing E430 debuted at AirVenture Oshkosh in 2009 and Wednesday, AVweb spoke with Clive Coote, Yuneec International’s managing director, about improvements to the design, the company’s […]

A recently formed grassroots coalition to press the FAA and industry groups forward met with high-level FAA officials Monday and delivered an unambiguous message: Any new fuel under consideration to replace avgas should be of at least the equivalent of 100 octane and to make that happen, the FAA needs to clarify the fuel certification […]