Aviation News

Bill Shuster still thinks it’s a great idea, and apparently so does Sam Graves, but it’s starting to feel like the rest of Congress is ready to move on from the ill-fated idea of ATC privatization and focus on the real issue at hand: how to properly fund the FAA so the agency can complete […]

The new owners of Lancair International, father and son team Mark and Conrad Huffstutler, brought their first offering to Oshkosh to put on display at EAA’s AirVenture. The four-seat composite Mako is an experimental alternative to the Cirrus SR22 or Cessna TTx. While the main gear is fixed, the Mako incorporates an optional retractable nose-gear […]

After a rough couple of years for Icon Aircraft, the California maker of the A5 light sport amphibian, the company now says it’s ready to turn its attention to high-rate production that should see as many as 200 airplanes produced and delivered in 2018. Icon handed over the first six airplanes in June and July […]

Garmin has introduced a low-cost ADS-B Out unit designed to help light airplane owners comply with the mandate that is coming up in January of 2020. The GDL 82 incorporates with most existing Mode C transponders, mounting in between the transponder unit and the antenna for a quick and cost effective installation. The GDL 82 […]

Demonstrating the performance and fuel efficiency of its SMA-powered compression-ignition Cessna 182 Skylane, Soloy Aviation Solutions flew nonstop to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from its home base in Olympia, Washington, a 1,485 nautical mile trip. The SMA SR305-230E engine consumed 80 gallons of jet-A for the flight, crewed by Soloy pilot Tony Uhl and […]

Superior Air Parts is celebrating its 50th anniversary as an aviation parts supplier this year. One of the company’s main missions is to make flying more affordable, said Superior Air Parts’ CEO, Keith Chatten, and it has done that through forums and seminars at air shows such as EAA AirVenture, among other things. Chatten said […]

In the first program of its kind, Cirrus Aircraft is offering up to three days of training to anyone who buys a Cirrus airplane, even a used plane purchased through a private transaction. The goal of the Cirrus Embark program, launched yesterday, is to improve the Cirrus safety record even further. Since Cirrus launched its […]

Breitling’s DC-3 is in the middle of its record-breaking world tour, which started in March and ends in September, making a stop at AirVenture Oshkosh and hitting its last stops before its final destination of the Breitling Sion Airshow in Switzerland. The DC-3, at 77 years old, will be the oldest plane to circumnavigate the […]

King Air 350 owners and those considering a King Air purchase got some good news yesterday at EAA AirVenture as several companies announced performance-enhancing modifications for the largest version of Beechcraft’s twin turboprop series. Hartzell Propeller and Raisbeck Engineering have partnered to create a supplemental type certificate for a swept five-blade composite propeller. The propeller […]

Another would-be flying car has hit the market, this one a three-wheeler with an unusual folding-wing concept that solves the problem of what to do with the wings in driving mode but presents a potential problem of how to handle crosswind landings. Called the Switchblade, the Experimental kitplane from a Northern California company called Samson […]