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Patty Wagstaff’s incredible flying exploits are well-known to millions of fans, but less well-known is how Patty spends her off-season — for the last six years, she has spent the winter in Africa, training park wardens in Kenya, so they can fly air patrols to deter poachers. Under Patty’s instruction, the accident rate of the […]

Garmin hosted a session at its seminar tent that was billed as an update to ADS-B. But the truth seems to be there’s not much new to report. A Q&A session after the presentation got down to the more nitty-gritty: ADS-B will be required by 2020 but the details of what compliant equipment will be […]

A Lancair Legacy II crashed on approach to Wittman Field at Oshkosh about 9:30 Thursday morning, and two men on board were killed, said EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski. He identified the two as Roger Buck, 62, of Carnegie, Penn., and John F. Linden, 56, of Washington, Penn. According to early reports, the airplane was on […]

OK, it looks even goofier than a kneeboard, but it might be that much more handy. Jack Cribbs is a woodworker from Plymouth, Mass., who needed a better way to write down measurements. Realizing what he needed was a pad and pen attached to his wrist, he went into his shop and put together WristWriter […]

The principals behind the revival of Symphony Aircraft claim that production of the two-seat high wing will resume in June of 2009. Trois Rivieres, Quebec, will remain its home for manufacturing. An initial production of 15 planes is the target for the end of next year, with annual volumes increasing to between 50 and 80 […]

If Rolls-Royce has its way, a turboprop single may soon roll out of the Kerrville, Texas, home of the Mooney Airplane Company. Wednesday at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, the two companies inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on what they bill as a “joint engineering project” designed to explore development of a turbine-powered Mooney M20 […]

“Meet the FAA Administrator” sessions here at EAA AirVenture have often been contentious in the past — providing a venue for the angry, the frustrated, the determined voices of GA to vent their concerns to the person at the top. But this Thursday, as Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell made his debut appearance at Oshkosh, the […]

On March 2, 2008, a turbonormalized Cirrus SR22 was destroyed when it crashed shortly after takeoff in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing all four people aboard. Shortly after the aircraft departed from Runway 20, the airplane’s engine lost power, and the aircraft hit a building and exploded. Further investigation revealed that the aircraft had been […]

AAI Acquisition Inc., the Russian-backed company that bought the assets of Adam Aircraft, is aiming for certification of the A700 very light jet in the first quarter of 2010. The company has hired former Sino Swearingen, Rockwell and Beech executive Jack Braly to guide the process, which resumed recently with two structure tests performed for […]

Pilots want to know about airplanes — and share what they know — and a new Web site that was unveiled this week aims to provide a space for that to happen. “It’s kind of like the Wikipedia for aviation,” HowItFlies.com webmaster Keith West told AVweb, here at EAA AirVenture. Pilots can share information, opinions, […]