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Five sets of kit wings under assembly on the AirVenture grounds this week will go to five EAA chapters across North America after they’re completed. The wing-building program, Give Flight, partners EAA with three kitplane makers – Sonex Aircraft, Van’s Aircraft and Zenith Aircraft, along with Aircraft Spruce and Specialty, which is donating tools for […]

For at least a year, Rotax has been hinting at a new higher horsepower engine and on Tuesday at AirVenture, it delivered. The new, 135-hp turbocharged 915 iS is a follow-up to the 912 iS introduced in 2012. Although the new engine shares similarities with the 912 iS, it has a reinforced crankshaft, newly designed […]

EAA will get the first Icon A5 Light Sport amphib and will use it for Young Eagles flights. At a well-attended event at AirVenture 2015, Icon CEO Kirk Hawkins said part of the impetus behind the development of the aircraft was to bring new pilots to aviation. He said the Young Eagles participants who have […]

The 100-hp Gemini diesel engine will now be offered as a factory option on Legend Cub light sport aircraft, the two companies announced at EAA AirVenture on Monday. “With its high torque, very efficient fuel burn and the ability to run on Jet A, diesel or bio-diesel fuels, the 100-horsepower Gemini will be an extremely […]

At AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, BendixKing announced the KI-300 solid-state electronic attitude indicator. Designed as a retrofit replacement for the company’s mechanical, vacuum-driven KI-256 and KG-258 attitude gyros, the KI-300 has the same form factor as the KI-256/KI-258 gyros—which means it will bolt into the same location as the old iron gyros it replaces—but […]

Lockheed Martin has entered into a “definitive agreement” to acquire Sikorsky Aircraft for $9 billion, the company announced on Monday. “Sikorsky is a natural fit for Lockheed Martin and complements our broad portfolio of world-class aerospace and defense products and technologies,” said Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin. “Together, we’ll offer a strong portfolio of […]

CubCrafters has sold its Type Certificate for the CC18 Top Cub to the Liaoning Cub Aircraft Corporation of China, the company announced Monday at their headquarters in Yakima, Washington. Under the terms of the deal, which was four years in the making, CubCrafters will retain a license to continue manufacturing and marketing the aircraft for […]

Avidyne sees the future of avionics—or at least one version of it—driven by independent developers of apps that can work with panel-mount products through Bluetooth and wireless. And to make that future a reality, it announced at AirVenture Monday a software developer kit for its IFR440/540 panel-mount GPS/FMS units. Both of these products have built-in […]

Assembly has begun on the first prototype of Aero Electric’s Sun Flyer training airplanes, the company announced Monday.Aero said it has contracted with Arion Aircraft of Shelbyville, Tennessee, to build the airplane, which they plan to develop into what may be the first FAA-certified, all-electric aircraft. Arion produces the LS-1 Lightning light sport airplane. “After […]

As the industry continues to push back against the high price of new aircraft, another company has joined the emerging trend in remanufactured aircraft. In conjunction with AOPA, Wichita-based Yingling Aviation announced Monday at AirVenture the Ascend 172, a ground-up remanufacture of the popular Cessna Skyhawk. As are several other shops, Yingling is restoring older […]