EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — More than four years of work by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has paid off as the FAA has lifted a longtime moratorium on new “Living History Flight Experiences” in historic aircraft, particularly warbirds. Lifting of the FAA moratorium means that new applications and approvals can be finalized that allow […]
NASA tests ground collision avoidance technology at Oshkosh
NASA researchers chose pilots at this week’s AirVenture to evaluate improved ground collision avoidance technology that could soon find its way to a smartphone app or commercial glass cockpit systems. The technology, recently integrated in F-16 fighter jets and other military aircraft, is being adapted by engineers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., for use […]
New women’s aviation film premieres at AirVenture
The new PBS documentary film, “Beyond the Powder,” made its world premiere at AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh. “Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women’s Cross-Country Air Race” is a one-hour film documenting the 1929 Women’s Air Derby, and the women who continue to fly the cross-country race today as the Air Race Classic. The film highlights the […]
Kitfox introduces STi — STOL Inspired — wing
Kitfox has introduced another option for its S7 Super Sport design. Recently designed, and flown to EAA AirVenture, is a NEW STi (STOL Inspired) retrofittable wing option, which cuts takeoff and landing ground roll by more than 150 feet, and reduces cruise speed by less than 25 mph, according to company officials. Even though S7 Super […]
‘Reunited’ documentary celebrated at film festival
“Reunited,” the short documentary of Arizona resident and veteran Barney Wasowicz, will be celebrated at the 2015 Prescott Film Festival as an “Official Selection” on Sunday, July 26. Produced by Guidance Aviation in early 2015, the film portrays the untold true story of a World War II pilot being reunited with one of the nation’s remaining B-26s, the […]
Quest Aircraft to double production facility
Quest Aircraft Company plans to add approximately 75,000 square feet to its Sandpoint, Idaho, KODIAK production facility. Construction is slated to begin in August, with a targeted completion by the end of the year. “We are very pleased that the increased worldwide demand for the KODIAK necessitates the need to increase our production capacity,” said Sam Hill, Quest CEO. […]
BendixKing taps Western Aircraft for first AeroVue flight deck on King Air
OSHKOSH, Wis. — BendixKing, a division of Honeywell Aerospace, has tapped Western Aircraft in Boise, Idaho, to install the new BendixKing AeroVue integrated flight deck for a Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft. This installation will then serve as the certification basis aircraft for the Supplemental Type Certificate of the AeroVue product on the King Air B200 […]
Garmin upgrades GTN 650/750
Garmin has released expanded features and new enhancements for the GTN touchscreen avionics. New capabilities include customer-requested features, such as creating and executing customized holding patterns, search and rescue patterns, as well as animated NEXRAD weather imagery from a variety of weather sources. The GTN 650/750 incorporate enhanced navigation functions that are commonly found within Garmin Integrated Flight […]
Retracting flaperons too early brings down floatplane
The pilot reported that he took off from the surface of the lake in Wurtsboro, N.Y., in an FPNA A-22 Valor into a 9-knot wind. Once the light-sport floatplane climbed above the treetops, the pilot initiated a left turn and retracted the flaperons “simultaneously.” At that time, the control wheel rotated left, and the pilot […]