The company reports it is in the final stages of achieving Type Certification for the A5, which will allow international sales.
FlightAware targets piston pilots
FlightAware has launched Aviator, a flight tracking suite for piston airplane pilots.
Picture of the Day: Welcome to Oshkosh 2021
Dana Brejakova sent in this photo of the rapidly-filling RV parking area at the 2021 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show, which kicked off July 26 and runs through Aug. 1.
GA turns to Congress to solve flight training crisis
“The FAA’s actions are actually creating safety concerns because they undermine a basic principle of aviation safety that a pilot should be trained in the aircraft he or she will be flying. This bill restores the FAA’s previous common sense interpretation of these flight training regulations and reestablishes a system which had been in place and working for decades.”
West Virginia aviation maintenance program first to incorporate virtual reality painting
In early July 2021, the Aviation Maintenance Technology program operated jointly by Marshall University and Mountwest Community & Technical College in Huntington, W.Va., received the go-ahead from the FAA to deploy the new system that simulates an aviation paint shop environment.
Italian trainer debuts at Oshkosh
The aircraft, which is making its debut at this week’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, is purpose built for flight training.
Picture of the Day: Fly-In at the IBEX
Tom Herbert submitted this photo and note: “The 2020 fly-in of Utah Backcountry Pilots at the western Utah dry lake bed called IBEX.”
World record set for airplane flying on only sunshine
Beam Global, a provider of sustainable technology for electric vehicle (EV) charging, reports it successfully set the world record for the longest flight in a production electric aircraft powered by off-grid, renewable solar energy, proving zero emissions aviation is here.
New search and rescue drone can detect cries for help
The drones detect cries for help and signals from buried victims from the air and simultaneously pinpoint their location, according to Macarena Varela, a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE) in Wachtberg, Germany.