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AOPA’s Oshkosh Coverage
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- Continental Motors delivers 100th FADEC
- TBM 850 gets synthetic vision
- Diesel engine coming for LSAs
- Lycoming announces electronic platform
- Rocket races coming next year
- New turboprop engine nabs airframe manufacturers' attention
- Build A Plane builds on early success
- Found Aircraft emerges from the outback
- Remos introduces new LSA
- A dream of a flying machine takes off
- Aspen Avionics adds new models, upgrades offerings
- SkyCatcher catching on with Cessna visitors
- Embraer embracing business jet market
- New Garmin Web site eases download hassles
- Mooney models get panel upgrades
- Jeppesen goes back to the future with new VFR paper charts
- Flying car ready for takeoff this year
- Mustang restoration will honor Tuskegee Airmen
- New Eclipse CEO begins changes
- World record attempt set for Nemesis NXT
- Liberty Aerospace continues Vanguard development
- S-Tec, Chelton complete move
- XM offers upgraded in-flight weather data
- Avidyne unveils smaller retrofit glass
- PS Engineering intros PMS800B with MP3
- L-3 adds synthetic vision to SmartDeck
FAA to give LSA industry a ‘health’ assessment
FAA officials told leaders of the light sport aircraft (LSA) industry at Oshkosh last week that an assessment of several LSA manufacturers will begin in September to determine the overall health of the industry. Read More >>
Skylark LSA will be made in USA
After the FAA approved the sport pilot and light sport aircraft (LSA) rules, the industry braced for a European invasion. Aircraft that already met the specifications had been flying overseas for years. Now one company is throwing things in reverse. Read More >>
King courses moving online
King Schools will make its pilot exam courses available online. Read More >>
Oldest Boeing makes appearance at Oshkosh
Photos of a restored 1928 Boeing 40C on display at AirVenture. See The Photos >>
Cirrus Vision SJ50 quietly greets public
The big thing about the first public flyby of the Cirrus Vision was the noise; there wasn’t any. Read More >>
Lycoming to offer LSA engine
Lycoming is entering the light sport aircraft (LSA) arena. At Oshkosh the company unveiled a new fuel-injected engine, a derivative of a model well known to general aviation. Read More >>
AOPA Insurance Agency writes LSA policies
Are you looking at the light sport aircraft market and thinking it may be for you? Are you worried about how to get insurance on this new class of aircraft? The AOPA Insurance Agency can help. Read More >>
Diamond promises pressurized DA50
Diamond Aircraft is proposing to build the first new pressurized piston single in decades. The company said this week that it will offer two versions of the DA50, the SuperStar and the Magnum. Read More >>
AOPA offers free legal advice at Oshkosh
Forget to close a flight plan after landing? Have a barrier preventing you from getting your medical certificate? Ever receive an FAA letter of investigation? If so, you’re like the many AOPA members who discussed these topics with AOPA’s Legal Services Plan panel attorneys on July 29 at Oshkosh. Read More >>
Mooney models get panel upgrades
Owners of Garmin G1000-equipped Mooneys will soon be able to upgrade their cockpits to include synthetic vision technology and to take advantage of WAAS and SafeTaxi features. Read More >>
Garmin certifies G600 glass-panel system
Garmin has received FAA certification of its long-awaited glass-panel retrofit for the general aviation fleet. The G600 can now be installed in 785 kinds of aircraft—pistons and turboprops, singles and twins—under 12,500 pounds. Read More >>
Flight Design tries something metal
Flight Design, the German company that has led quarterly sales since the light sport aircraft movement started, has introduced a nearly all-metal model of its popular CT. Read More >>
Icon A5 introduced with bright lights, glitter
Slick videos and Hollywood lighting introduced the Icon A5 light sport aircraft to the Oshkosh crowd on the eve of the opening of this year’s EAA AirVenture. Read More >>
New Bendix/King display systems due out soon
Continuing its plan to leverage the storied Bendix/King brand, Honeywell this week announced further details of its new primary flight display and multifunction display meant for aftermarket installation in lighter GA airplanes. Read More >>
