China-based Ehang has developed a lightweight electric quadcopter measuring 14-in. across that uses any Android or iOS smartphone or tablet to control its automated flight profiles.
On Monday, July 20, Icon Aircraft founder and CEO Kirk Hawkins presented keys to the first production A5 light-sport amphibian aircraft to EAA Young Eagles Chairman Sean D. Tucker and EAA Chairman Jack Pelton at AirVenture.
Just 30 minutes before Piper Aircraft’s press conference was to begin at AirVenture Oshkosh, Piper finalized an agreement with FlightSafety Academy for 26 new training aircraft with options for 20 more, its president and CEO said.
With thousands of drones already being flown throughout the U.S., unmanned aerial vehicles “are with us here and now” and must be embraced by the Experimental Aviation, says EAA chairman Jack Pelton.
What’s it like to be the first pilot to land a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress at EAA AirVenture? We asked Aircraft Commander Major Jeremy Holt about flying the classic eight engine strategic bomber into Oshkosh.
Icon A5 is pure joy in the air, generating the kind of excitement and emotion that kids have, such as EAA Young Eagles, when they first take to the air.
Tecnam’s four-seat, high-wing, single-engine P2010 is making its U.S. debut at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh as the company works to dramatically expand its U.S. business.
The historic Douglas C-47 Skytrain that led the Allied invasion of Normandy almost ended up as a Basler turboprop conversion, when it was discovered in a scrap yard here at Oshkosh.
Most people in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District know Sam Graves as their elected representative on Capitol Hill. But, since the late 1990s, he’s also been an enthusiastic and accomplished vintage warbird pilot who regularly flies these historic aircraft during the aerial demonstrations at EAA AirVenture.
Early on, I was stunned that I could take my airplane –– OK, we can call it a glider if you'd prefer –– out of my closet and throw all 28 lb. of it over my shoulders and go anywhere in the world to fly it.
EAA AirVenture purists will tell you that the only way to get to Oshkosh is in a light aircraft. As a card-carrying EAA member who greatly respects that tradition, I loaded up my Beech Bonanza F33A and began the annual 10+ hour journey from San Diego to Oshkosh on the eve of the show.
Yingling Aviation wants to bring down the cost of flying. So the Wichita company plans to remanufacture and transform older Cessna 172s into “essentially a new aircraft,” Yingling CEO Lynn Nichols said.
Sensationalized reporting on accidents, too many distractions serve to sway potential new pilots from general aviation, says former CEO of Cessna, Jack Pelton.
A bill that would allow thousands of pilots to fly recreationally without having a third-class medical certificate is a major issue with the general aviation crowd, said Jack Pelton, chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association and former CEO of Cessna Aircraft Co.
When massive Stratolaunch program begins to wind down, Scaled Composites promises a return to the Rutan days of smaller, fast-paced projects that result in flight testing of aviation breakthroughs.
