Aircraft

Flying along the Atlantic Coast recently I glimpsed the future of aviation without even realizing it at the time. Enjoying my unique view of the sunlight glimmering on the waves as they pounded the sandy beaches below, I noticed out of the corner of my eye a traffic target on my DiamondStar’s Garmin G1000 flight […]

Flight Design released photos of the first C4 proof of concept airplane ahead of the planned first flight in Germany. The company said at AirVenture Oshkosh that the flight team is preparing the all-composite four-seater’s systems, controls and instrumentation for the maiden flight, scheduled to happen soon. Additional work is being done on the other […]

Volunteers are currently hard at work at EAA’s One Week Wonder tent at AirVenture as they strive to build a Zenith CH75 Cruzer in just seven-days’ time. More than 1,000 volunteers have lent their hands to the program, which kicked off earlier this week on the showgrounds as One Week Wonder participants set up shop […]

Waco, Texas-based Blackhawk Modifications announced at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a new engine upgrade program for the Cessna 208A Caravan and 208B Grand Caravan. The new program replaces the 600-horsepower and 675-horsepower Pratt & Whitney turboprop engines of those airplanes with an 867-horsepower PT6A-140 engine. While no numbers are available yet, Blackhawk said the upgrade […]

Tecnam’s four-seat P Twenty Ten has received the paperwork from EASA, signing off on CS 23 certification for the new high-wing. The announcement came four years after the Italian company announced the program, and Tecnam is now ready to deliver the four-seater to customers in the Czech Republic, France, Poland, the United Kingdom and Spain. […]

Mooney Aircraft company is back in business. Yesterday, at a press conference at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Mooney’s CEO, Dr. Jerry Chen, handed over the keys to the new owner of the first M20TN Acclaim Type S to roll off the production line since the company reopened its doors after a lengthy hiatus. The Acclaim […]

Continuing the rapid trend toward diesel power in light airplanes, Continental Motors yesterday launched the V6 CD 300, a 310 horsepower jet-A-burning engine that’s due to hit the market in about two years. Continental has also dropped the Centurion name from its diesel line, which it acquired as part of its purchase of Thielert in […]

Piper owners and students training for their multiengine ratings will have an easier time flying their Seneca Vs as Piper has achieved an amended type certificate adding Garmin’s GFC 700 autopilot, which is integrated with the G1000 avionics system. The FAA sign-off was achieved a little more than one year after Piper started installing the […]

Mahindra Aerospace, the maker of the Australian-designed Airvan, announced at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, that it is adding floats to its eight-seat utility airplane, which has been rebranded the Airvan 8. Wipairee Inc. is engineering the floats and has installed a set designed for the Cessna 206 Stationair for initial evaluations. The float-equipped Airvan took […]

Icon Aircraft brought the first production-conforming Icon A5 to Oshkosh, and it’s a stunner. Icon founder Kirk Hawkins unveiled the red and white LSA, dubbed ESN-1 for engineering serial number 1, at the show on Sunday night. The slick two-seater was built at Icon’s headquarters in California over the past five months and flew for […]