Unleaded Fuel Debate Heats Up in Oshkosh

Unleaded Fuel Debate Heats Up in Oshkosh

FLYING Magazine OSHKOSH, Wisconsin Kriya ShorttTensions flared briefly at a forum on progress toward an unleaded replacement for avgas Monday at EAA AirVenture. During the public comment period after formal presentations, Tim Roehl, president of General Aviation...
Textron Loans Pipistrel Velis Electro to Smithsonian

Textron Loans Pipistrel Velis Electro to Smithsonian

FLYING Magazine The world’s first type-certified electric aircraft will soon be on display at one of the most popular museums in the U.S. On Tuesday, Textron eAviation announced it will loan a Pipistrel Velis Electro to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum...
Pepsi Stinson SR-7 Turns Heads at EAA AirVenture

Pepsi Stinson SR-7 Turns Heads at EAA AirVenture

FLYING Magazine For more than a little while, vintage aircraft enthusiasts have watched with bated breath as Garry and Janne Ackerman’s Stinson SR-7B restoration shaped up at RARE Aircraft. The aircraft is on display this week at EAA AirVenture’s Vintage Aircraft...
Extra 330SX Unveiled at EAA AirVenture

Extra 330SX Unveiled at EAA AirVenture

FLYING Magazine OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—Extra Aircraft unveiled one of the first U.S. models of its single-seat aerobatic Extra 330SX on Monday at the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) headquarters during EAA AirVenture. The aircraft, a successor to the Extra 330SC,...
Ultimate Issue: It’s Time to Air Out the Kit Question

Ultimate Issue: It’s Time to Air Out the Kit Question

FLYING Magazine Experimental aviation has been a serious thing since, well, the beginning. Orville and Wilbur were homebuilders, for sure, but it wasn’t until after World War II that the FAA agreed to carve out a licensing path for airplanes built in your barn or...
Cirrus Delivers 10,000th SR Series Aircraft

Cirrus Delivers 10,000th SR Series Aircraft

FLYING Magazine OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—Cirrus is celebrating a major milestone as the company has delivered 10,000 SR series aircraft and 560 SF50 vision jets, making it the third largest aviation manufacturer in the world. The company’s 10,000th SR Series aircraft,...
Donation to Expand Bob Hoover Academy Fleet

Donation to Expand Bob Hoover Academy Fleet

FLYING Magazine The Bob Hoover Academy will receive three CubCrafters EX-2 CarbonCub kit airplanes over the next three years for its students to build, thanks to a donation by The Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation, the organization announced at EAA AirVenture on...
Boom Unveils Supersonic Overture Flight Deck

Boom Unveils Supersonic Overture Flight Deck

FLYING Magazine Boom Supersonic, the developer of a supersonic passenger airline that has attracted the interest of United Airlines and American Airlines, on Tuesday gave a pair of key updates on its flagship Overture aircraft and Symphony engine. At the Farnborough...
Embraer Signs A-29 Super Tucano Deal With Paraguay

Embraer Signs A-29 Super Tucano Deal With Paraguay

FLYING Magazine The Paraguayan Air Force (PAF) has entered into an agreement to purchase six Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light combat aircraft, the manufacturer said Tuesday.  Under the terms of the purchase agreement, which was announced Tuesday during the Farnborough...
Farnborough Airshow Kicks Off With a Handful of Orders

Farnborough Airshow Kicks Off With a Handful of Orders

FLYING Magazine Monday was day one of the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K. Over 75,000 visitors were expected over the course of the five-day event in the small British town southeast of the capital. With Royal Air Force flyovers, and more than 1,200...