Piper Aircraft has started fabrication and assembly will begin in August of the first conforming flight test article of the company’s new single-engine Altaire business jet. Inaugural flight of the conforming PiperJet Altaire is anticipated to be in 2012 with certification and deliveries in 2014. “The Altaire is pioneering the single-engine business jet, just like […]
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China Pavilion debuts at Oshkosh
For the first time ever, there is a China Pavilion at AirVenture. China and the Asia-Pacific region has become the world’s fastest growing aviation market and that is only expected to increase with the recent decision to open up low-altitude airspace for the development of general aviation in China. The China Pavilion is set up […]
Club Glove sponsors Young Eagles Celebrity Golf Classic
Club Glove, which designs and manufactures golf bags, club covers, travel bags, accessories and luggage, will be a sponsor of EAA AirVenture’s Young Eagles Celebrity Golf Classic on Wednesday, July 27. The company also is exhibiting on the grounds during the week-long show at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Featuring popular sports and aviation celebrities […]
L-3 donates 60,000th Stormscope for Young Eagles auction
L-3 Avionics Systems recently produced its 60,000th Stormscope Weather Mapping System, a product continuously manufactured since its 1976 introduction to general aviation. To commemorate the milestone, the company has donated the 60,000th Stormscope for the Young Eagles auction at AirVenture. First released as the Stormscope WX-7, the instrument “continues to perform and sustain its tactical […]
Fly the distance with NextGen
By JEFFREY BOCCACCIO. Today we introduce our newest blog, Fly the distance with NextGen, which will explore what the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) means to GA pilots and what we need to do to prepare for it. The author, a private pilot and chief engineer at MatchBox Aeronautical Systems, wants this blog to […]
FAA reauthorization expires, 4,000 furloughed
WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt expressed disappointment Friday after Congress adjourned for the week without passing a clean FAA reauthorization extension. Because of Congress’ inaction, many states will have to bear a significant economic burden and many airport projects will be halted. “I’m very disappointed that Congress adjourned today […]
Full court press on BARR
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) have declared that, following a court’s decision not to suspend the government’s looming deadline for curtailing the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, the three associations will move ahead toward a full hearing on the matter. Earlier this […]
Chris Heintz to be honored at AirVenture
Likely the largest gathering of Zenith aircraft owners and builders ever assembled will convene on Oshkosh at AirVenture 2011 to celebrate the man who created them. Over the years, Chris Heintz has introduced more than a dozen kit aircraft designs, including the STOL CH 701, Zodiac CH 601, CH 650 LS and LSi, STOL CH […]
Sun ’n Fun names new president
John Leenhouts, a 27-year veteran of the United States Navy with a distinguished record of service as a carrier fighter pilot, has been named president of Sun ’n Fun Fly-In. “Sun ’n Fun is very proud to announce that John “Lites” Leenhouts will serve as our next President,” Chairman Bill Eickhoff said. “We were all very […]