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Embraer, which had announced previously that it intends to fill out its line of business jets, showed full-size cabin mock-ups of two new midsize jets it is considering at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta. The Brazilian manufacturer is calling them the MSJ (midsize jet) and the MLJ (midlight jet), and both are all-new designs that […]

At AirVenture Diamond Aircraft made the U.S. unveiling of its fastest, most powerful piston single, the five-place, fixed-gear DA50 SuperStar. Powered by a 350 hp turbocharged Teledyne Continental engine, the Super Star will be around a 200-knot airplane-no specifics on altitude, power settings or fuel flow were given-with an initial range of 900 nm, though […]

Borrowing a play from the automakers’ book to create buzz around a show, Eclipse unveiled its Eclipse Concept Jet (ECJ) on the first day of Oshkosh. The little single-engine jet was built in great secrecy in Virginia by a firm specializing in one-off creations. Eclipse managed almost total surprise except for a number of people […]

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened a new art exhibition entitled, “Generous Friends: Building an Art Collection for the National Air and Space Museum” that will run through the fall of 2006. The exhibit includes donor contributions of commissioned art pieces from special NASA projects. The 72 pieces of art, drawings, paintings, sculpture, […]

Seiko Epson Corporation claims to have invented the world’s lightest flying micro robot, the Micro Flying Robot, introduced in Tokyo in August. The prototype robot was originally created as an aid to security, disaster rescue and space exploration. The robot, resembling a miniature helicopter, measures 3.4 inches by 5.3 inches, weighs 0.4 ounces with its […]

Click here to see FLYING’s video coverage of AirVenture – Watch streaming videos online! The 2004 edition of AirVenture Oshkosh is just around the corner. If you’re heading out for the festivities, or if you just want to follow along, check out all the news at flyingmag.com. While last year’s EAA AirVenture celebrated the achievements […]

One of the defining features of Diamond’s little four-seat DA42 Twin Star is the choice of powerplants, the newly certified Thielert turbo-diesel engine. With light weight, impressive fuel consumption figures and excellent high altitude performance, the diesel seems a great fit for the airplane. Still, Diamond has been test flying the airplane with a pair […]

Renowned actor Harrison Ford, an active pilot and a member of the EAA, is the association’s new chairman of the Young Eagles program. Ford replaces Chuck Yeager, who will carry on as chairman emeritus. Young Eagles has flown more than one million young people since its inception in 1992. While the program achieved its goal […]

Personalities In late February, 600 of Gordon Baxter’s friends and admirers gathered at the Holiday Inn in Beaumont, Texas, for an 80th birthday tribute celebration in his honor. Flying readers perhaps know Baxter best for his much-beloved “Bax Seat” column, which ran in Flying from 1971 to 1998 and made it common practice for readers […]