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AirVenture 2005 marked the first where the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft rule was a done deal. What better way to celebrate than to give pilots and wannabe pilots a central location to view all the different models that fall into the LSA category? That place was the LSA Mall, located in a grassy area just […]

A first-ever attempt to auction off an entire aircraft manufacturing company at AirVenture didn’t go off quite as planned. The auction of Lake Aircraft’s assets, from its Type Certificates to parts, attracted more than 50 interested spectators during the big show in Oshkosh, but auctioneer Marty Higgenbotham failed to get a single bid. His auction […]

An estimated 700,000 people attended this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh. While the highlight of the week was the arrival on opening day of White Knight and SpaceShipOne, this year’s big show was non-stop, with the Global Flyer making an appearance, as well as the debut of the new HondaJet and the unveiling of many new […]

A rare Dornier Do-24 ATT is scheduled to make an historic landing on Aug. 27 in New York Harbor. The tri-motor amphibian, designed in the late 1930s by German aviation pioneer Claude Dornier, recently underwent a multimillion dollar restoration overseen by Dornier’s grandson, Iren Dornier, who owns Southeast Asia Airlines in the Philippines. The original […]

Looking for something you can turn upside down? The MX2, a two-place all carbon fiber Unlimited aerobatic airplane, is now on the market. You can see the MX2 in action at the 2005 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in Denison, Texas, Sept. 25-30.

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. […]