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The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation found its way to AirVenture Oshkosh this year, offering rides in a historic Huey aircraft that flew combat missions in the Vietnam War, but the foundation does much more.AVwebspoke with the foundation’s Rick Welch, who said the group’s primary goal is to maintain and showcase Army aircraft to preserve the […]

Sonex has announced it is accepting $10,000 deposits for its SubSonex Personal Jet, saying it expects deliveries of the $125,000 “ultra-quick build kits” (a price set for the first 10 depositors) to begin as early as mid-year, 2014, depending on demand. The SubSonex is a single-seat aircraft powered by the PBS TJ-100 turbojet, which produces […]

At EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, the Terrafugia flying car flew in public for the first time. AVweb was there and shares this video. view on YouTube

The president and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company (HAC) stood before two FAA conforming HondaJets displayed for the first time at AirVenture, Monday morning, and thanked EAA for its support, before the jets flew in formation for the airshow crowd later in the afternoon. HAC President Michimasa Fujino, who years ago sketched the jet on […]

Terrafugia, the company that has been working on a flying car prototype, will fly their Transition roadable aircraft at EAA AirVenture this week for its first public demonstrations. CEO Carl Dietrich spoke with AVweb’s Mary Grady about the ongoing development of the program. Duration: File Size: download here

The FAA said on Friday it has issued its first restricted category type certificates to two unmanned aircraft systems. The approval is “a milestone that will lead to the first approved commercial UAS operations later this summer,” the FAA said. The two systems are small — Insitus Scan Eagle X200 weighs about 44 pounds and […]

Federal prosecutors allege that a former military pilot who for the past eight months flew helicopters in the Syracuse, N.Y., area for Mercy Flight Central passed the company’s background check using a false name and did not hold proper FAA certification. John Dial allegedly went by the name Alex Coussirat when applying for his EMS […]

A 60-percent drop in deliveries for business jets meant a $203 million decrease in revenues for Cessna in the second quarter, compared to last year, parent company Textron reported last week. Cirrus reported income growth of 36 percent so far this year. Textron said Cessna delivered 20 new Citation jets in the second quarter, compared […]

Citing a shortage of qualified pilots, the U.S. Air Force has offered bonuses of up to $225,000 to active-duty aviators who re-enlist by September 30. The program requires a commitment of up to nine years. The purpose of the program is to retain highly qualified aircrew members at a fraction of the cost incurred to […]

Continental Motors announced today that it has bought the bankrupt assets of Thielert Aircraft Engines for an undisclosed sum. The deal has been in the works for several months and overnight makes Continental the volume leader in aircraft diesel manufacture. Continental and its parent, the China-based AVIC International, said that the management of Thielert would […]