Business & Military

Airbus believes electric aircraft, including airliners, are the future and it’s taking a leadership role in their development. Ken McKenzie, the company’s senior VP of strategy and corporate development, discussed what that future might look at in an interview at AirVenture 2017. Duration: 6:20 File Size: 6.3 MB download here

Mooney’s Chino, California-based design center, which did much of the work on the emerging M10 line, will move its operations to the Kerrville, Texas, factory headquarters. “We’re going to be consolidating efforts,” says Mooney’s Lance Phillips. The Chino facility was responsible for the design and development work on the M10 models, a product line that […]

Lycoming says it’s not ruling out labor charge allowances for engine shops and customers affected by the mandatory rod bushing service bulletin announced earlier this month. In this podcast recorded at AirVenture on Friday, Lycoming general manager Michael Kraft told AVweb that shops need to first do the inspections, then contact Lycoming about support. As […]

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 […]

A UPS Airlines 767 with an all-female crew (including maintenance support) arrived at AirVenture’s Boeing Plaza on Wednesday to serve as a backdrop for the annual WomenVenture photo. AVweb intern Ashley Anglisano spoke with Captain Alyse Adkins about her work with UPS Airlines, how she got to the left seat of the 767 and how […]

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta made his farewell appearance at AirVenture Thursday and had some advice for his successor and for the agency’s political masters. He spoke with Russ Niles after a news conference. Duration: File Size: download here

Three years ago during AVweb’s Aero coverage, we reported on a new four-place training aircraft from the Italian company Vulcanair. This week at AirVenture, the company showed the airplane in the U.S. for the first time. The Vulcanair 1.0 looks a lot like a Cessna Skyhawk because it’s intended for the same market: training. But […]

Inspired by the sight of two flying B-29s at Boeing Plaza this week, EAA said it’s ready to launch another bomber-restoration project, for the North American B-25 Mitchell in its museum collection, the Berlin Express. The aircraft, built in 1943, served during World War II, and later flew as an executive transport. In 1970, it […]

The NTSB’s final report on the fatal crash of an Icon A5 in a northern California lake in May is expected in the next few weeks and the speedy investigation was aided by information provided by the aircraft’s onboard flight data recorder. Icon CEO Kirk Hawkins said in an interview at AirVenture 2017 the cause […]

At AirVenture 2017, a B-52 has been on static display all week. In this video, Major Keith Vandagriff gave AVweb a detailed cockpit and aircraft tour. view on YouTube