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Ameravia Aircraft, the U.S. distributor of Vulcanair Aircraft, announced Monday that it has 11 firm orders and 25 options on its new 172-look-alike training aircraft, the V 1.0. The Italian-built aircraft, which U.S. rep Mike McMann says is comparable or superior to the 172 in most ways, is only about two-thirds the cost of a […]

Stratos Aircraft has gone back to the drawing board and redesigned its 714 single-engine jet into the 716, a longer version with a larger and more comfortable cabin. At a news conference at AirVenture 2018, Engineering Manager Carsten Sundin said the company heard plenty of feedback from potential customers about the 714 cabin and decided […]

Gulfstream’s all-new midsize G500 jet has received both its type certification and production certificate from the FAA, the company announced last week. Deliveries are set to start later this year. “The tens of thousands of lab hours combined with the more than 5,000 hours we’ve flown the five G500 flight-test aircraft will help ensure we […]

Avidyne says the recent STC approval for retrofitting the IFD550 and IFD440 hybrid touch navigator in legacy Cessna 525/525A Citations gives the jets a sizable boost in capability, particularly for autopilot-coupled GPS VNAV approaches. The STC, which was announced at AirVenture this week, is specifically for the CitationJet models equipped with Collins Pro Line 21 […]

Continuing its evolutionary improvement of easy-to-install EFIS products, Aspen Avionics introduced the Evolution Max flight display system at AirVenture 2018 on Monday. The Max has a new, brighter display, a faster processor and larger font options, all of which current Aspen owners can apply as upgrades to equipment they may already own. The Max has […]

The weather is looking great, the grounds are filling up and aviation’s annual reunion is officially underway at AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh. As outlined by EAA Communications Director Dick Knapinski in this podcast, there will be a lot of big iron on Boeing Square this week as the event recognizes the tactical airlift and air-to-air […]

Well, we can’t say enough that no one should be doing this but the fact that it does happen results in coverage like this. Someone on the French protectorate of Mauritius, off the coast of Madagascar, has figured out the exact altitude and spot to position his drone (speculated to be a Parrot Anafi by […]

Twenty years ago this month—1998—was a seminal year for world’s biggest airshow: It officially became AirVenture, displacing the old name, the EAA Fly-in and Convention. (Locals still call it EAA.) That year also marked the beginning of a new trend: The avionics revolution with color GPS mapcomms were afield and various PR machines were making […]

The Lindbergh Foundation will be holding its first Innovation Forum featuring talks by industry innovators at AirVenture 2018. Topics include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, electric flight and autonomous aircraft. Each of the nine presenters will give a 12-minute talk, with question-and-answer sessions and lunch to follow. The talks, along with longer interviews with each presenter, […]

Now that the FAA has temporarily halted testing on an unleaded avgas replacement, a Kansas company says it may revive efforts to develop anti-detonation injection for light aircraft. By injecting a water-methanol mixture into the cylinders, so-called ADI allows engines that would otherwise require 100-octane fuel to burn lower octane. The injected mixture suppresses detonation […]