EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH – Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. (AEAC) reports that assembly has begun on the two-seat prototype “Sun Flyer” solar-electric training aircraft. The company has contracted with Arion Aircraft to help build the initial prototype trainer. “After extensive analysis of the options available for this critical phase of the development process, we have selected a company […]
PS Engineering celebrates three decades
In the summer of 1985, Mark Scheuer walked the aisles of the Fly Market at the EAA AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh, telling everyone who would listen about his new intercom. This year, PS Engineering’s products will be sold in a double-size booth in Hangar A at AirVenture. The portable aerocom was the company’s first intercom, […]
Dynon debuts new products, including ADS-B Out solution
Dynon Avionics unveiled a wave of new products and initiatives at AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, led by a 2020-compliant ADS-B Out solution. The new SV-GPS-2020 GPS Receiver/Antenna from Dynon lets SkyView and Advanced AF-5000 series customers add a 2020-compliant GPS position source for ADS-B Out for $590. As a drop-in replacement for the existing SV-GPS-250 receiver, owners of […]
Embry-Riddle hosts Drone Challenge at AirVenture
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 attendees can get hands-on experience at the controls of unmanned flying machines as part of the Small Unmanned Aerospace System (sUAS) Challenge during this week’s fly-in. The sUAS Challenge, which will include both obstacle and speed courses for the unmanned flying vehicles commonly referred to as drones, are part of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s […]
Bristell debuts fractional program for LSA
Bristell Aircraft introduced at this week’s AirVenture a new share program for its Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA). “This program offers shared ownership, share financing, aircraft management and operator training all from one organization,” said Lou Mancuso, company president, who noted that Bristell owns the aircraft and underwrites the shares. Aircraft shares are available in quarter, eighth and […]
Garmin introduces ADS-B Out solution for experimentals
Garmin has introduced the GPS 20A, an ADS-B Out compliant WAAS GPS position source for experimental amateur-built (EAB) and light-sport aircraft (LSA). For experimental aircraft owners that already have a Mode S Extended Squitter (ES) transponder, such as the GTX 23ES, the non-certified GPS 20A provides aircraft owners with a rule-compliant WAAS position source, which meets […]
Airplanista’s #Oshbash 2015 event Tuesday
Each year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the Airplanista Aviation Blog hosts a social media “meetup” event called #Oshbash. It’s a chance for those on aviation social media — primarily Twitter — to meet each other and enjoy the kind of fun and camaraderie that erupts when the room is full of aviators that love technology and social media […]
Cardiac event leads to crash
The RV-6A was one of a group of five airplanes traveling to a fly-in. The group planned to land at an interim stop before continuing to the fly-in the following day. The RV was the fourth to land at the airport in Knox, Ind. During the approach, it hit the ground about where a base-to-final […]
Picture of the day: Lazy afternoon
Bob Martin sent in this photo, explaining: “Flying over Quiver Beach on the Illinois River just north of Havana, on a lazy, cloudy April afternoon.”