EAA AirVenture

Best Tug’s booth in Hangar C at the AirVenture showgrounds in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was mobbed on Tuesday afternoon as Mark Patey introduced the company’s latest tug—the Sierra. With lots of high-tech features, the Sierra was just finished before the team left for the show, so it is truly a fresh product. Designed for use at […]

Volocopter’s mission is simple: bring urban air mobility to life. A Volocopter 2X flight at EAA AirVenture on Tuesday, July 27, helped refine that mission. It represented the first ever publicly-crewed test flight of a fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi in the US. The aircraft took off at 2:45 pm and […]

An EAA news release yesterday confirmed that the association “is partnering with Siemens Digital Industries Software to collaboratively grow youth engagement and education in the aviation industry as part of the EAA Aeroeducate initiative. Siemens Digital Industries Software will become the official technology partner of EAA for education in aviation and aerospace. EAA AeroEducate brings […]

Flying, the world’s most widely read aviation magazine, has been sold to digital media entrepreneur Craig Fuller. Fuller, the founder and CEO of transportation digital media provider FreightWaves, acquired Flying from Bonnier Corporation, a market leader among American outdoor enthusiasts, which has owned Flying for more than a decade. Flying is a 94-year-old lifestyle publication […]

Flying 150 nm on a single charge, the full-sized, electric-powered prototype of the eVTOL developed by Joby Aero marked a milestone earlier this month, the company announced on July 27 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The mission, part of Joby’s continuing flight-test program, was carried out near the Joby Electric Flight Base at Big […]

FlightAware operates the world’s largest flight tracking and data platform through a network of more than 32,000 of its own ADS-B receivers combined with ATC radar data. James Parkman, a senior technical project manager at FlightAware, helped steer members of his team at the flight data company to create Aviator, a new add-on option for […]

At the Boeing Plaza at the center of the EAA AirVenture showgrounds on Monday, July 26—the first day of the show—Textron Aviation debuted the Cessna 408 SkyCourier, the company’s high-wing, twin turboprop utility airplane. If you want to see the airplane, you need to rush over to Boeing Plaza. The SkyCourier will return to the […]

Piper Aircraft introduced its new interim president and CEO John Calcagno at EAA AirVenture on Monday, July 26, and Calcagno expressed enthusiasm for his new role at the legendary manufacturer after 11 years as its CFO. “It goes without saying that I’m honored to be here at Piper Aircraft,” and he went on to stress […]

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) said in a news release that it plans to host 16 professional development center (PDC) sessions running Monday throung Friday at EAA AirVenture 2021 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All sessions will take place at NAFI’s booth, #316, and they are open to member and non-member CFIs. “Launched in 2017, […]

Just ahead of EAA AirVenture 2021, Garmin released two products for the general aviation marketplace—one, Smart Glide, is a safety enhancement to engage during an engine power loss, while the other is an improved GI-275 engine indicator system. When the pilot of a single-engine aircraft experiences a sudden power loss—whether instructor induced or for real—they […]