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Attendees at Oshkosh headed over to the NASA pavilion and try their hand at docking the Orion spacecraft, NASA’s next-generation space vehicle. The simulator at Oshkosh is a simplified version of a system Lockheed Martin uses to test all the functions of Orion. Larry Price, Orion deputy program manager at Lockheed Martin, says the simulator […]

Kitty Hawk, a California startup that made a splash—literally—with a man-carrying multi-rotor, recently brought its machine to AirVenture this week for demonstration flights. Although the first demo was winded out, Kitty Hawk co-founder Todd Reichert told AVweb in this video that the company views the Kitty Hawk as transitional technology. “This is step one in […]

Buyers who’ve been holding out for cheaper ADS-B Out hardware may want to check out what uAvionix introduced at AirVenture this week. It’s a lightweight ADS-B Out that simply replaces a navigation light with a LED lamp and a miniaturized transceiver incorporated with an onboard blade antenna. See an AirVenture video report on the product […]

Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart (Ret.) stopped by AirVenture this year to sign autographs and share his story as a Tuskegee Airman. Stewart is currently 93 and fought in World War II with the United States Army Air Corps and Air Force. Stewart finished his military training at the age of 19. He trained in […]

Stan Lee, known as the creator of comic-book heroes Spider-Man the Hulk, and the X-Men, arrived at Oshkosh on Friday to announce a partnership between his charitable foundation and EAA. The Stan Lee Foundation promotes literacy, education and the arts. Lee announced in a news conference on Boeing Plaza that he will work with EAA’s […]

The Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck is now available for the Cessna Caravan and Cessna Grand Caravan EX, Textron Aviation said at EAA AirVenture this week. The option has been OK’d by both the FAA and EASA, Textron said. Features in the new flight deck include significant flight-display modernization with faster processing times, improved […]

Last year at EAA AirVenture, Textron Aviation unveiled a mock-up of the cabin in its all-new Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop (click here for the AVweb video tour), and this week at the show, the company provided an update on its progress with the airplane. Manufacturing of the first full-airframe test article has begun, the company […]

ATP Flight School, in Florida, has ordered 15 Skyhawks to add to its training fleet, which already includes 115 of the airplanes, Textron Aviation announced this week at EAA AirVenture. Deliveries of the new Skyhawks, each equipped with Garmin G1000 NXi avionics and an angle-of-attack display, will begin in the third quarter. “With demand for […]

The EAA Pilot Proficiency Center (PPC) is now a regular feature of AirVenture, with presentations and simulators available for an hour of free, loggable dual instruction. The 23 different scenarios are posted on eaapilotproficiency.com, with all the briefing materials, so pilots at the show can arrive prepared. Pilots not at the show can download basic […]

One person was killed and two injured, when a Lake Renegade crashed on takeoff from the AirVenture Seaplane Base on Thursday. The victims, all believed to be from Minnesota, were trying to fly home when the amphibious flying boat flipped as it was taking off from a choppy Lake Winnebago. The aircraft remained partially submerged […]