In a surprise announcement today at AirVenture, Tom Poberezny said he is retiring as chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and AirVenture Oshkosh. In a hastily called news conference under the historic Brown Arch in the heart of the AirVenture grounds, Poberezny said: “I am so proud of what we have been able to […]
Archives for 2011
Roy Clark’s airplane to be raffled
Wings of Hope, a global humanitarian charity headquartered in St. Louis, was presented with country music legend Roy Clark’s private plane, a four-seat Piper Tri-Pacer, to be raffled to help American children with major health issues get to life-saving treatment. Clark said he has spent hundreds of hours enjoying his plane and he hopes the […]
IMC Club 2.0 debuts
Instrument proficiency organization IMC Club International has reached an agreement with PilotWorkshops.com to make Pilot Workshops training modules an integral part of IMC Club’s monthly chapter meetings nationwide. Under the new IMC Club structure, dubbed IMC Club 2.0, all members will have access to a portion of the IFR Mastery workshops each month produced by […]
FAA halts more projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA issued additional “stop work orders” over the last 24 hours to construction and technology contractors for critical modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass an FAA bill. The FAA halted dozens of major projects ranging from long-term runway safety initiatives to NextGen air traffic control research and […]
#OSH11: Electroair gets STC for electronic ignition system
Electroair has received the first FAA Supplement Type Certificate (STC) for a pure electronic general aviation piston engine ignition system. The initial STC is for all Lycoming four-cylinder engines installed on Cessna aircraft, with additional aircraft expected to be added over the next several months, company officials said on opening day of AirVenture. Performance and […]
#OSH11: Flying cars invade iconic drive-in
A handful of flying cars invaded Ardy & Ed’s Drive-In, an Oshkosh institution since 1948, on the day before AirVenture kicked off. A story by EAA’s Mary Jones reports: “Under police escort, three Maverick flying cars and one Aerocar motored from EAA’s Kermit Weeks Hangar on 20th Street to Ardy & Ed’s on South Main […]
#OSH11: Aspen unveils Connected Panel
At Oshkosh today, Aspen Avionics unveiled its patent-pending line of Connected Panel products that integrate data from handheld devices with certified avionics installed in an aircraft’s panel. Connected Panel includes hardware, software, and application components that provide two-way wireless communications between panel avionics and personal smart devices to streamline flight-related activities. This technology is enabled […]
#OSH11: Second century of aircraft manufacturing
DAHER-SOCATA is commemorating its 100 years of continuous aircraft production with a series of activities at EAA AirVenture this week in Oshkosh. Stéphane Mayer, newly appointed President and CEO of DAHER-SOCATA, and member of the DAHER Group executive board, symbolically stopped the centennial countdown clock at the end of a news conference on opening day, […]
#OSH11: Honor Flight takes off Wednesday
On Wednesday, a group of World War II Navy veterans will have the opportunity to visit the powerful memorials dedicated to their honor in Washington, D.C., on an Honor Flight that leaves Oshkosh bright and early in the morning. EAA, Southwest Airlines, and Old Glory Honor Flight Inc. have joined to give the veterans the […]