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The FAA’s 2023 Reauthorization Bill hit a snag when language in the bill appeared to require airports to continue selling 100LL gasoline. California Rep. Jay Obernolte explains to AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli how an amendment fixed the problem.

Tecnam’s two-seat P-Mentor trainer came onto the scene in April 2022 having already received its EASA CS-23 type certificate. With FAA certification expected soon, AVweb’s Kate O’Connor took a look at the aircraft at AirVenture 2023.

Attendees are heading home after a busy week at AirVenture 2023. Mariano Rosales catalogued some of the departures from Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) as the show comes to a close.

Aithre Aviation has been cranking out a wide variety of products sharply focused on cockpit health monitoring, and it came to AirVenture 2023 with a new Bluetooth multifunction sensor that attaches to the headset for full-time biometric monitoring. Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano took a look at the Illyrian II with Aithre’s Dr. James Runnels.

Continental Aerospace vice president for global sales and applications engineering Oliver Leber talked with AVweb at AirVenture 2023 about the FAA validated type certificate for the CD-300 engine, testing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) on the CD-100 and some of the company’s sustainability initiatives.

Few aircraft are instantly recognizable as NASA’s bulbous Super Guppy heavy transport. It has been on the job since the 1960s, transporting large aircraft and spacecraft components. It will be used to transport the heat shield for the Artemis Moon missions. AVweb took a quick look and shot this video.