Aviation News

Two people were transported to a local hospital after crashing in a Breezy Experimental category airplane east of Wittman Regional Airport’s Runway 36R on Thursday morning during AirVenture Oshkosh. The 9 a.m. incident closed the airport for more than an hour as rescue crews worked to put out a fire. Video of the scene shot […]

Head up display systems have been around for decades in military airplanes and have started to emerge into the cockpits of business jets in the past few years. While some companies have tried to introduce the system into light aircraft, the effort has yet to see any success. This may change with a new system […]

Levil Technology, a maker of portable GPS and AHRS (attitude heading and reference system) products, has partnered with startup firm Aero Glass of San Diego to introduce eyewear that puts a full-featured flight display right in the pilots forward field of view. Levil Technology has been selling beta units this week at Oshkosh consisting of […]

A Mooney M20L crashed yesterday in a Costco parking lot in San Diego. The Los Angeles Times reported that one of the passengers, an 80-year old woman, died as a result of the crash while the other occupant survived the accident with injuries. No one on the ground was hurt. From the attached video, it […]

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 […]

The IMC Club’s IFR Proficiency Center at AirVenture Oshkosh has been busy all week, with well-attended educational talks hosted by experts from Jeppesen and instructor-guided training scenarios using Redbird simulators linked to live ATC through PilotEdge. Sponsored by EAA, Hartzell, Jeppesen, Redbird and Flying magazine, the inaugural IFR Center has clearly demonstrated that proficiency matters, […]

FreeFlight Systems has received FAA certification for its Rangr FDL-978-RX ADS-B receiver with optional built-in WAAS GPS receiver. The Rangr unit receives ADS-B Flight Information Service Broadcast (FIS-B) data services including graphical weather. It also receives ADS-B Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B) data when integrated with a certified ADS-B Out transmitter, and “sees” other traffic directly […]

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 […]

A high-tech scientific research glider intended to soar at altitudes of 90,000 feet gained a prestigious backer when Airbus yesterday announced its participation in the Perlan Project. The not-for-profit aeronautical research organization designs high-altitude gliders to test the difficulties of flight at the edge of space and to study weather patterns below. The project start […]

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. […]