Mark Phelps

Garmin came to EAA AirVenture with a full slate of news ranging from new apps for the iPhone to full certification for the G1000 in the CitationJet. The latter announcement came on July 19, and breathes new life into the CitationJet series for Cessna. For GPS695/696 users, the newest feature is georeferenced charts, meaning they […]

Cirrus Aircraft was first with an integrated whole aircraft parachute system, and continues the tradition of safety innovation with the introduction on Monday of its Perspective ESP flight stability augmentation system. Available on all SR-series aircraft for delivery this fall, the system ensures the aircraft will remain within a safe operating envelope even when the […]

Opening day of AirVenture 2010 arrived yesterday, and this year’s show has proved to be one of the most challenging in decades. With last week’s torrential rains, EAA has struggled with pumping out and otherwise preparing a soggy Wittman Field in Oshkosh, bracing for the arrival of the usual complement of approximately 5,500 airplanes. As […]

A British turboprop aircraft project has taken center stage at EAA AirVenture, thanks to its new CEO. Last week, Alan Klapmeier, founder of Cirrus Aircraft, announced he was taking the reins of Kestrel Aircraft. Also, the company has signed a lease on a 170,000-square-foot building at the soon-to-close Brunswick Naval Air Station. Formerly known as […]

Michael Maya Charles, new Editor-in-Chief of Flying will be signing copies of his book Artful Flying at the Flying Magazine tent at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. You can meet Michael and get an autographed copy of his book this Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 to 11am.

A new general aviation security initiative was unveiled yesterday at EAA AirVenture. And the electronic filing system for international general aviation flights has been streamlined. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security joined newly confirmed Administrator John Pistole of the Transportation Security Administration in outlining the new programs. The so-called ‘See Something, Say […]

At a press conference yesterday, EAA President and Chairman Tom Poberezny introduced Rod Hightower as the new EAA president, effective Sept. 7. Poberezny will remain EAA Chairman. Hightower is only the third president of the association, and the first non-Poberezny. Tom’s father Paul Poberezny founded EAA in 1953 and served as president until son Tom […]

The day before I left for EAA AirVenture, the big airport in Milwaukee was closed after 7.5 inches of rain flooded the runways. The forecast for my trip looked like there was a window of opportunity to get past morning storms around Chicago that were expected to dissipate during the afternoon. So earlier was better, […]

Tecnam, the Italian company that got its start as Partenavia, has released drawings of a proposed four-seat model, the P2010. The high-wing, strutted aircraft will have metal wings, a carbon-fiber fuselage and a Lycoming 180-hp IO-360-M1a engine. Performance goals include 133-knot cruise, 660-nautical-mile range and 990-pound useful load. Tecnam has sold more than 3,000 aircraft, […]

Early this week at the Farnborough Air Show, Hawker Beechcraft announced that its twin-engine Baron has become the only aircraft in its class approved for operations at London City Airport. The airport, located in the city’s docklands region less than five miles from London Bridge, requires steep 5.5-degree approach and climbout angles as well as […]