Aviation News

EAA Chairman and de facto president Jack Pelton addressed reporters at a regularly scheduled press conference and discussed a variety of topics. Included was the FAA’s charging for services for air traffic controllers, which EAA is fighting in court and on Capitol Hill. Pelton explained that for the week of AirVenture, the FAA essentially owns […]

At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Redbird Flight Simulations announced that it is going to start rehabbing existing Cessna Skyhawks (early to mid-1980s models) for use in its training programs at its Skyport FBO in San Marcos, Texas, as well as selling them to other flight schools. Most noteworthy of the upgrades will be the Centurion 2.0 […]

Bendix/King is gaining speed in its attempt to bring its brand back to a competitive position against the formidable competition. At a press conference on the first day of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show, Bendix/King’s Roger Jollis announced a brand new product, the KLR 10 Lift Reserve Indicator, which is indeed an angle of attack […]

It took 14 long months but in the end the FAA sided with Icon Aircraft by granting a weight increase of up to 250 pounds for the Icon A5 light-sport amphibian. Icon CEO Kirk Hawkins announced at an AirVenture press conference this morning that the good news means the company can increase the A5’s max […]

Lightspeed took the wraps off of its new Zulu PFX headset at AirVenture on Monday, unveiling what it claims is “the quietest aviation headset available.” The company says the PFX, which stands for “personal flying experience,” was developed over the course of two-plus years using a number of new features to improve noise cancellation and […]

Video footage and other evidence shows that the Southwest 737 whose nose gear collapsed upon touchdown at LaGuardia Airport last week landed nose gear first, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Board reported that at four seconds before landing the 737-700 was pitched up about two degrees, whereas at touchdown the airplane was […]

At a news conference at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Jeppesen introduced several new aviation programs for the iPad. Responding to the popularity of Garmin’s G1000 integrated glass-panel avionics, which is now the standard package for most new training airplanes, Jeppesen has introduced a G1000 avionics training app. The G1000 avionics training covers VFR and IFR […]

Afton, Wyoming-based Aviat Aircraft brought a surprising new version of its popular backcountry two-seater, the Husky, to AirVenture this week. The new Husky CNG, a version of Aviat’s Husky A1-C, has been fitted with an additional fuel tank, contained in a belly pod underneath the fuselage, carrying compressed natural gas (CNG) that has been used […]

Two men headed for EAA AirVenture in a Piper Cherokee died on Saturday afternoon when they crashed into Lake Michigan shortly after departing from Batten Airport in Racine, Wisconsin. Coast Guard rescue crews located the airplane submerged in the water a few miles off the coast near Milwaukee at around 5:30 p.m., an hour and […]

| The five members of the National Transportation Safety Board seated at the semicircular dais are demanding answers. Inside the theater-style auditorium at 429 L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C., they grill safety experts and industry leaders for four long days. Their mission: to understand why the previous year was the deadliest ever for emergency medical […]