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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.

For Mike Nass and Wendy Forseen, finding the perfect place for their June 18 wedding involved some flight planning. The couple got married aboard a historic DC-3 owned by Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington, Ill. The ceremony took place in the air as the DC-3 flew over the couple’s hometown of Clinton, Iowa. “It was […]

Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) introduced its new BRS-6, an airplane parachute for the Light Sport Aircraft market. The new model, which is compliant with ASTM standards for LSA aircraft, has a larger rocket and has been redesigned to fit into more aircraft, according to BRS officials.

Have you ever mistaken a taxiway for a runway? Even the guys that drive the big iron can make that mistake – especially at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. In the last four years eight airline crews have mistaken Taxiway Tango, which measures 9,500 feet x 100 feet and runs parallel to the runways, for a runway. […]