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We caught up with Swift Fuels’Chris D’Acosta at AirVenture to discuss the latest developments in the quest for a viable 100LL replacement. D’Acosta also brought us up to speed on his company’s efforts toward providing low-octane fuels for underserved portions of the current GA fleet. Duration: 10:54 File Size: 9.6 MB download here

You can fly into AirVenture using either VFR or IFR arrival procedures, but both require significant planning, familiarization with the published NOTAM, and a sharp scan of traffic. In this video, ride shotgun with AVweb news team members as they arrive and demonstrate how it’s done. view on YouTube

No one was expecting it, but at AirVenture 2015, Rotax introduced a new engine, the 135-hp turbocharged 915 iS. The company says it’s expected to be available by about 2017. Rotax/BRP’s Marc Becker gave AVweb briefing on the new engine. view on YouTube

Having already delivered around 25 of its new single-engine P2010 in Europe under EASA certification, Tecnam is nearing the finish line for FAA certification, as well. We stopped by their display at EAA AirVenture, where Shannon Yeager gave us a look at the four-place, high-wing aircraft. view on YouTube

EAA’s Give Flight program has five sets of kit wings under assembly on the AirVenture grounds this week. Ron Wagner explains that they will go to five EAA chapters across North America with the goal of launching flying clubs. view on YouTube

Although the FAA and industry have been quiet about it, the effort to find and certify a replacement for leaded avgas appears to be on track toward a 2018 approval, according to Lycoming’s Michael Kraft. In a podcast recorded with AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli at AirVenture on Wednesday, Kraft said the group overseeing the testing effort, […]

EAA this week announced it will fund a $25,000 innovation prize that aims to encourage the development of new ideas to help reduce the number of loss-of-control accidents in the GA fleet. Sean Elliott, EAA’s vice president for advocacy and safety, talks with AVweb’s Mary Grady about the rationale behind the prize, the results he […]

Former EAA President Tom Poberezny hasn’t been to AirVenture since he retired four years ago, but thanks to an invitation from Cirrus Aircraft he spent Monday roaming the grounds in Red Three, the chopped-top Volkswagen he used when he was still in charge. He took AVweb’s Russ Niles along for a ride on a windy […]

Boeing says more than half a million each of pilots and techs will be needed to feed the planet’s voracious appetite for air travel over the next 20 years and now is the time to attract them. AVweb spoke with Boeing’s Sherry Carbary about how that might happen. Duration: 2:36 File Size: 2.4 MB download […]

Wisconsin-based Engineered Power Systems (EPS) is moving forward with a clean-sheet aircraft diesel design that it hopes will fill a hole in the current heavy fuel market. While Continental has the low end of the power range locked down with its six-cylinder designs, EPS sees a market opportunity for diesels in the 320- to 430-hp […]