features_old

A new vendor at Sun ‘n Fun this year is AirplanesDirect, an online company that is working to bring advanced Web tools like those used by Amazon and other online sales sites to the aviation marketplace. The site aims to provide buyers and sellers of aircraft with an interactive site that supports live chat, video […]

The nationwide network of 275 Cessna Pilot Centers will work with a new AOPA program to help student pilots access financing for their flight training, Cessna announced this week. The program can help students access up to $25,000 in loans for training. “The AOPA program is a great opportunity for people who have always wanted […]

The first time Brigadier General Dan Cherry (USAF Ret.) encountered Nguyen Hong My was in the skies above Vietnam, in 1972. General Cherry was flying an F-4D Phantom when the two clashed, and My was severely hurt in the crash of his MiG-21. Last year, the two met for the first time face to face, […]

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. When the aviation community learned last year that Alan Henley, the lead pilot with the Aeroshell Team, had broken his neck in a fall at home, they quickly rallied to find a way […]

Sam Bousfield, CEO of Samson Motorworks, came to Sun ‘n Fun this week with a scale model of his planned two-seat “flying motorcycle,” along with some nifty computer animations. But he promised that by later this year, in time for EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, he’ll have some actual hardware — not a complete prototype but […]

With the world economy still in an uncertain state, many manufacturers and other vendors came to Sun ‘n Fun with low expectations, but some at least have been pleasantly surprised. “We sold this airplane within two hours of the start of the show,” said Tom Peghiny, president of Flight Design USA, as he stood in […]

JPI has introduced an innovative new engine monitor that solves the age-old problem of where to put a square box on panel of round holes. The EDM 730/830 fits in a standard 3 1/8-inch hole and the face is offset. The display can be mounted two ways horizontally and two ways vertically so the combination […]

We’ve been at Sun ‘n Fun for a few days now, and we finally got a chance to take in the afternoon air show! Well, at least our photographer Mariano Rosales did – and, as always, his shots are the next best thing to being there. CLICK FOR LARGER INDIVIDUAL IMAGES EACH IMAGE WILL OPEN […]

CubCrafters announced a few weeks ago a new design, the Super Sport Cub, and this week the aviation public is getting a first look at the airplane, here at Sun ‘n Fun. Front and center at the CubCrafters booth, the airplane is attracting plenty of attention. It is not yet officially LSA compliant — CEO […]

When the NTSB last week issued a report calling for the Zodiac CH-601XL aircraft to be immediately grounded due to concerns about aerodynamic flutter, it caught the manufacturers by surprise This week at Sun ‘n Fun, Mathieu Heintz of Zenair provided AVweb with an update on the company’s response to the concerns raised by the […]