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Extra Aircraft has unveiled the newest addition to its lineup, the EA-300LP. The model was specifically designed with the competitive and performance pilot in mind, according to Ken Weaver, Extra’s president. The most noticeable redesigned feature is the EA-300 LP’s cowling for improved engine air flow. A lightweight carbon-fiber honeycomb composite was used in the […]

Liberty Aerospace, which manufactures the certified XL2 , has opened its fifth “factory direct” sales office at DuPage County Airport in the Chicago area. The company also has offices in California, Texas, Maryland and Florida.

There’s a new airship making the rounds this summer. In May Ameriquest, a mortgage company, launched Ameriquest Airship Freedom, a 206-foot blimp painted red, white and blue. The blimp is traveling coast to coast this summer with stops at sporting events, county fairs and other celebrations. It is one of only two blimps in the […]

Eclipse continued its now-traditional flurry of news announcements this year at Oshkosh. Not least of them concerned a service called Jet Complete, which takes care of everything but fuel and tires for a basic $115 per flight hour fee, which covers all scheduled maintenance. For an additional $94 an hour, unscheduled maintenance can be included. […]

“We want to be the premier aviation engine company,” Lycoming’s new CEO, Ian Walsh, told a gathering at the company’s Oshkosh display July 26. Walsh announced an advanced research and development program with its own, dedicated space, which is working on a number of long-range projects. Closer to fruition are 11 models in a kit […]

The Beech Aircraft division of Raytheon announced four new products and a sharper focus on products support at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Most visible was the C-90GT, described as “a luxury sport utility vehicle.” The C-90 airframe looks no different except for the cowlings, which house big PT6-A-135A engines, flat-rated at 550 hp each to […]

Mooney is back — and better than ever. The 60-year-old company, which emerged from bankruptcy just a few years ago, is “running at full throttle,” according to Gretchen Jahn, CEO of the Kerrville, Texas-based company, which is on target to more than double its 2004 sales. Last year, the company delivered 36 airplanes. Already this […]

Cub Crafters introduced its new, ready to fly Sport Cub, which made its maiden flight just a week before the show. That same week the company made the first delivery of its certified Top Cub. The company, which started in 1980 rebuilding Super Cubs, holds numerous STCs and aftermarket kits for the venerable Cub.

Although women have been involved in aviation nearly since its beginning, some museums give the impression that Amelia Earhart was the only woman to fly, ignoring the thousands of women who came after her or even those who flew before her. That’s not to say Earhart was not important. In addition to being a record […]