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Kitplanes magazine has introduced a monthly online newsletter aimed at those thinking about building or buying a homebuilt aircraft. The Homebuilders’ Portal will assemble archival material from 30 years of Kitplanes articles and columns and organize them into themes for each month’s issue. Editor Louise Hose said the idea is to give prospective entrants to […]

The first thing this morning, we visited the One Day Wonder pavilion in the middle of AirVenture 2014 and checked on the project to build and do initial taxi testing of a Zenith CH 750 kitplane before the convention wraps up Sunday afternoon. Charlie Becker, EAAs manager of homebuilt programs, told us that assembly is […]

EAA confirmed Thursday afternoon that the pilot of a Breezy which crashed at Wittman Field that morning died from his injuries. The female passenger remains in serious condition. Spokesman Dick Knapinski said the names of the victims have not been released nor are the circumstances of the crash known. The crash temporarily closed the airport. […]

Its not easy breaking out of pack at AirVenture. However, PC-Aeros Sun Flyer, a solar-electric proof-of-concept airplane, is getting attention-its developers are promising that the two-place version will cut the cost of flight training by over half. Charlie Johnson, president of PC-Aero, said that the single-place version on display at AirVenture is the most recent […]

The U.S. should study whether passenger jets should be equipped with anti-missile gear, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., said last week. The FAA, the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security should work together to explore the options, they said. The lawmakers cited the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 […]

After more than 20 years in development, the Delta Hawk Jet A piston engine is now headed for certification. At a news conference at AirVenture 2014, spokesman Dennis Webb said the engine has been installed in a Cirrus SR20 test aircraft and flew from Florida to AirVenture in one six-hour leg with plenty of fuel […]

The Citation CJ3+ business jet has successfully completed its first flight, Cessna said this week. Mark Tuttle, production flight test pilot, said he flew for 73 minutes, and all systems performed as expected. The flight took place from the company’s manufacturing site in Wichita, Kansas. The new airplane, which was announced in March, is an […]

Boeings massive presence at AirVenture 2014 was explained today when it announced a worldwide ab initio airline pilot training program that will qualify pilots to go directly into the right seat of airliners in virtually every country of the world except the U.S. Two weeks ago, Boeing released its widely respected market projections and trending […]

Over the next 20 years, an expanding global fleet of aircraft will create jobs for more than 1.1 million commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians, Boeing said in a forecast released Wednesday morning at EAA AirVenture. Overall, the global demand is driven by steadily increasing airplane deliveries, particularly wide-body airplanes, Boeing said, and represents a […]

Pipistrel announced on Wednesday it has completed all the spin testing required for Part 23 certification of Panthera, its four-place retractable airplane. “Panthera behaves just as expected in all configuration settings that CS-23 and FAR-23 design codes mandate,” the company said in a statement. CEO Ivo Boscarol added that the testing showed no need for […]