The Casa Grande, Arizona-based COPPERSTATE Fly-In will include the Fuelventure 400 on October 24. This event is a competition to determine the most fuel efficient aircraft. The intent of Fuelventure 400 is to spawn competition for fuel efficiency improvements. The competition is simple: each aircraft and passengers are weighed. Each entrant then flies a 400-mile […]
‘Fly4Life’ Mission Aviation Calendar Now Available
Missionary pilot and aviation artist, Jim Rendel, has created a 14-month calendar with detailed drawings of aircraft used between 1930 and 2010 in humanitarian and mission aviation. Rendel grew up in northwest Nigeria where his parents were missionaries with SIM (Serving in Mission). Growing up in a remote area meant that Rendel and his siblings […]
Continental Motors Demonstrates FADEC Fuel Economy
Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) is reporting it achieved a peak fuel economy of 30.7 miles per gallon in a Full Authority Digital Electronic Controlled (FADEC) piston engine aircraft. The fuel economy demonstration flight consisted of two legs of 339.3 nautical miles each. The flight was conducted in a Diamond DA20 powered by a TCM IOF240 FADEC […]
Avidyne Entegra selected for Lancair Evolution
Lancair has selected Avidyne’s Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck avionics system as an option for the Lancair Evolution aircraft. The Avidyne offering includes dual IFD5000 Integrated Flight Displays, WAAS-capable FMS900w Flight Management Systems, and 16-watt all-digital VDL-capable VHF radios. Additional options include Avidyne’s MLB700 SIRIUS/XM for broadcast datalink, the TAS620 for traffic alerting, and […]
Vick named EVP at Hawker Beechcraft
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation has appointed Shawn Vick as its Executive Vice President, responsible for leading the integration of marketing and sales, as well as further development of the company’s brand strategy and standard product definitions and offerings. “Shawn has extensive experience in both domestic and international sales and marketing,” said Bill Boisture, Hawker Beechcraft Chairman […]
CAF P-51C Tuskegee Airmen is Airborne Again
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) reports the Red Tail Project P-51C Tuskegee Airmen’s has returned to the skies. The first flight after a complete restoration was at 6:51 pm CDT on July 22, in Wahpeton, North Dakota. After five years the Red Tail Project has returnde the P-51C Tuskegee Airmen to flying condition. The aircraft […]
ForeSight brings enhanced vision unit to market
SportairUSA has introduced the ForeSight EVS (enhanced vision system) to the experimental marketplace. The unit will retail for $7,495 to $9,995, depending upon the customer’s choice of cockpit display. The package includes: camera, wiring harness and a choice of cockpit displays (7” Springer, slide-out LCD monitor which may be mounted in the panel or on […]
DA20 with Aspen Avionics certified
Transport Canada has certified Diamond‘s DA20-C1, equipped with the Aspen Avionics EFD 1000 Primary Flight Display (PFD). The DA20’s instrument layout retains the conventional Airspeed, Altitude, Turn & Bank and Vertical Speed Indicators, with the Aspen mounted in the center of the conventional 6-pack. “The ability to teach conventional instrument scan, offer an introduction to […]
Ethanol-powered race on, above runway at OSH
Paul Teutil, Sr., Fagen Orange County Chopper Paul Teutul, Sr. (above) of the famed Orange County Choppers, will race the ethanol-powered Fagen Orange County Chopper against Greg Poe in the ethanol-powered Fagen MX2 in front of the crowds on the main runway at EAA AirVenture, 2009. The race is currently scheduled for July 31 (Friday) […]