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The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) is challenging CFIs young and old to sharpen their own hand flying skills to pass that knowledge along to students. In an announcement at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 the national association of instructors said it’s launching the SAFE CFI-PRO workshop to reduce the number of inflight loss […]

Sling Aircraft’s Jean d’Assonville and Wayne Toddun made the trip from Torrance, California, to the Lakeland area for Sun n Fun 2019 without a fuel stop. From an easy ride at 17,500 feet with a ripping tailwind to dodging rain showers in a frontal system at 800 feet over the Gulf of Mexico, the pair […]

Last year Vashon Aircraft set out to revolutionize the Light Sport market with an under-$100K, all-metal, Continental-powered glass cockpit-equipped airplane that was both easy and fun to fly. To see how that’s been working, AVweb’s Russ Niles caught up with company founder John Torode at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 in Lakeland, Florida. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun this week, Levil Avionics debuted a new ADS-B In receiver to drive various tablet-based systems with no-cost weather and traffic. In addition to the dual-band receiver, the Astro Link has a built-in WAAS GPS receiver and full AHRS module for attitude information. This allows the Astro Link to provide valuable backup […]

In this podcast from Sun ‘n Fun 2019, GAMI’s Tim Roehl offers the details behind the new GAMISPEC 550 engines, gross-weight increases for various Bonanza models, and then offers an update on GAMI’s unleaded avgas replacement. Duration: 12:54 File Size: 23.6 MB download here

Last month, Superior Air Parts grounded the experimental-class XP-400 and XP-382 engines after a pair of crankshaft failures believed to be caused by detonation in these engines. Superior then undertook the process of buying these engines back from homebuilders and paying for return shipping. In this podcast, Scott Hayes, Superior’s VP of sales and marketing, […]

The Lightspeed Aviation Foundation was founded in 2010 with the idea of finding ways to promote a vibrant general aviation community. Lightspeed Aviation founder and president Allan Schrader discussed the foundation and its recent initiative to support new pilots with AVweb at Sun ‘n Fun 2019. Duration: 4:25 File Size: 4.07 MB download here

A week ahead of Sun ‘n Fun 2019, MGF is finishing certification work on its new SkyDisplay light aircraft HUD (Head Up Display) and AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli took a demo flight in it with the company’s Charlie Schneider. view on YouTube

The historic C-47 “That’s All Brother” stopped in at Sun ‘n Fun 2019 before heading overseas this summer as part of the D-Day Squadron, the American contingent participating in the Daks Over Normandy flyover which will be crossing the English Channel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019. Pilot and member […]