Aspen Avionics introduced its patent-pending line of Connected Panel products this week at AirVenture, with officials saying the products “seamlessly integrate aviation application data from personal 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 […]
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#OSH11: FAA Administrator: It’s not business as usual
When Randy Babbitt took the job as FAA administrator, he never thought he’d be in this position: Overseeing the furloughs of 4,000 employees and the halt of airport construction projects around the country because Congress couldn’t agree to extend the agency’s funding. But even with all that going on, he made of point of visiting […]
Controllers call on Congress to resolve FAA stalemate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Paul Rinaldi urged lawmakers today to immediately pass an FAA extension. Rinaldi cautioned Congress not to leave for its upcoming August recess before passing an extension to restore the jobs of 4,000 laid-off FAA employees. Of the 4,000 furloughed employees, NATCA represents nearly 1,200 from its […]
#OSH11: Flight Design shows off C4
When you walk in the Main Gate at AirVenture this year, one of the first things you see is the mockup of Flight Design’s new four-seater, the C4. Jokes about explosives aside, the four-seater from the German company is turning out to be a hit, company officials said at Oshkosh. Introduced at AERO in Germany, […]
#OSH11: Flying High Coffee fuels aviation
Every morning this week at AirVenture, Rob Riggen and his crew at Flying High Coffee are brewing 25,000 cups of coffee to give to exhibitors, volunteers and EAA staffers. That’s just a small amount of the coffee consumed by pilots, notes Riggen, a CFI and coffee aficinado, who estimates that aviation consumers drink $100 million […]
Pelton wins LAMA President’s Award
Jack Pelton, recently retired president and CEO at Cessna, has won the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association’s (LAMA) President’s Award. More than 600 industry experts were polled, with Pelton receiving the most votes, according to LAMA officials. Pelton helped bring the Skycatcher — Cessna’s LSA — to market, which has already gathered 1,000 orders, the largest […]
#OSH11: Virginia couple win Phillips 66 Leadership Award
He’s flown 1,025 kids. She’s kept youth scholarships funded and created a private pilot grant program for budding aviators. Together, they’ve run Young Eagles chapters in two states, coordinated hundreds of events, endured countless forms and paperwork, and relentlessly recruited ground volunteers, pilots and donors. Yet, Ginny and Richard Largent are far from finished in […]
#OSH11: Cessna to host ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ cast
Cessna is bringing four personalities from Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” to AirVenture. Ariel Tweto, Luke Hickerson, John Ponts and Doug Stewart will be at Cessna’s display from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30. They will sign autographs and talk about the show, […]
#OSH11: Centurion touts ‘motor of the future’
Centurion Aircraft Engines AG & Co. KG is showing off its diesel aircraft engines this week at AirVenture. Officials with the German company report the amount of cumulative flight time logged by the fleet has risen by half a million hours, to reach 2.7 million hours. “Around 1.36 million of the flight hours account for […]