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At last year’s show, Icon Aircraft debuted its concept for a two-seat amphibian sport plane that was meant to attract new pilots to general aviation. On Monday, the first flying copy of the aircraft arrived at Oshkosh, and company CEO Kirk Hawkins said he has over 400 orders for the Icon, and one-third of those […]

Tecnam’s P2006T light twin is not technically new — it’s been selling in the European market for a while — but the company, based in Italy, is now introducing it to the U.S. market. “It offers twin-engine safety at single-engine costs,” said Lynne Birmingham, U.S. representative for Tecnam, as the airplane was shown to the […]

The type certification program is under way and certification testing will continue well into 2010. The 50/50 joint venture that is GE Honda has seen nearly two years of engine testing (since September 2007), is weeks from producing a conforming design and soon faces 12 months of tests that “will be very busy,” according to […]

Alternative fuels, electronic engine controls and firewall-forward upgrades of so-called “legacy” aircraft are among the ongoing research and development projects on which Lycoming Engines briefed AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 attendees Monday. Senior Vice President and General Manager Ian Walsh highlighted his company’s continuing involvement in projects as diverse as alternative fuels (including the promising Swift Fuel), […]

EAA AirVenture is not yet open to the public, but we took advantage of the day to talk with vendors and attendees preparing for show. We also armed AVweb intern Adam Cutler with a camera and set him loose on an unsuspecting Oshkosh. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW […]

If there’s an established trend in portable navigators, it’s buyers asking for-or at least manufacturers providing-approach plates and charts in electronic form. Bendix/King joined the club Sunday at AirVenture with the new AV8OR ACE portable, a follow-on to a product it introduced last year. The ACE has the same basic software platform as the previous […]

If you live and work in remote parts of the world where roads are scarce, Steve Saint’s Maverick design could be just what you need. It drives off-road, it can deploy a sort-of parachute wing with less than five minutes of tinkering, you can even take off the tires and replace them with pontoons for […]

The folks at Carter Aviation Technologies have been talking about their personal air vehicle project for a couple of years now, and on Sunday at EAA AirVenture they debuted the prototype. The four-seat gyrocopter combines vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with efficient high-speed flight and a 600-mile nonstop range, the company said. President Jay Carter […]

Fly4LifeThe public benefit presence organized by EAA’s Fly4Life program this year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh showcases what for the people it serves is a critically important segment of general aviation — some 63 organizations staffed by pilots who donate their time and aircraft to offer the benefit of flight to people who could not otherwise […]

EAA AirVenture leaves an impression on everyone who attends and now attendees can leave a permanent record of their passion for Oshkosh. EAA is selling paving bricks around the newly redone “Brown Arch” that has been the prominent landmark entrance to the main aircraft parking area since just after the event moved to Oshkosh in […]