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When it launched in 2017, I was only vaguely aware of an ITV video series called “In The Cockpit.” It’s still available on YouTube and this week’s Best of the Web links to one of the most engaging episodes. The series itself highlights EasyJet, a rapid-growth, U.K.-based budget airline. There is no better glimpse of […]

Goodyear has three iconic airships in the U.S. and a fourth based in Europe. For AirVenture 2021, they had Wingfoot Three stationed at Oshkosh for the entire week, where AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli spent a glorious half day fooling around the airship and interviewing the crew. This video details how the blimps must be tended 24/7/365. […]

Bye Aerospace is making progress on its electric eFlyer trainer. In this interview recorded at AirVenture last month, AVweb caught up with George Bye to see where the certification program stands.

With a wide range of modification services in its portfolio, Blackhawk Aerospace finds EAA AirVenture a must-go show.

Founded by Chauncey Spencer II, son of groundbreaking aviator Chauncey Spencer, the African Americans in Aviation Traveling Museum is the result of two decades of research conducted with the hope of preserving and sharing the history of black aviators in the U.S. More information about Spencer and the museum is available at ces-ii.com.

In 2017, Stratos showed up at AirVenture with a slick single-engine experimental jet. (It’s the blue one in the video.) This year, they’re following up with the 716X, a larger, faster version that’s also initially a kit airplane. It will eventually be sold as certified, six-seat aircraft. Here’s an AVweb video summary of the project.

Guardian Avionics brought its smartLink 851 connected cockpit technology to AirVenture 2021. The iPad-based system acts as a multi-function display along with including a carbon monoxide detector and USB charger.