Aircraft

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 […]

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 look at Opening Day of The Greatest Aviation Celebration in Oshkosh (Photos by Jon Whittle)

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, […]

The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration is in full force at Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Field despite inclement weather preceding the show. Check out flyingmag.com daily (and below updated links) for photo galleries, editor blogs and, if we can catch up with them long enough, videos featuring _Flyin_g’s venerated columnists sharing their must-do’s at Oshkosh. And don’t […]

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, […]

As many as 4,500 of Hawker Beechcraft Corp.’s (HBC) 6,000 employees could lose their jobs in the next two years, according to a report from the Wichita affiliate of NBC News. The union that represents employees at HBC quoted a letter from company management concerning ongoing meetings with union leaders. The company cited: “… serious […]

It’s easy to get overwhelmed. The sensory overload of EAA AirVenture can take over and cause first-time visitors to scurry around in all directions like a drug-sniffing dog let loose at Woodstock. Even veteran AirVenture-goers can lose focus in the face of so much to see and do. And let’s not get all anxious about […]

This weekend (July 24-26), more than 30 Douglas DC-3s/C-47s are expected for a reunion known as The Last Time. (True fans of the iconic transport have expressed doubts regarding the name of the event.) To be held at Whiteside County Airport, Rock Falls, Illinois, the gathering marks the 75th anniversary of the first flight of […]