Flight Design, the German company that makes the CT-line of light sport aircraft, has been through the wringer in recent years with a series of reversals that no one could have anticipated. Its parent company entered insolvency in 2016 and was operated at a low level of activity by a receiver company, but the company more »

Continental Motors announced at Oshkosh that it is introducing a couple of new diesel engines: the 265-hp CD-265 for fixed-wing applications and the 285-hp CDR-285 for rotary aircraft. Like the rest of Continental’s CD-200 series, the new models are air-cooled, turbo-charged powerplants. The new engines are both based on Continental’s 4-cylinder CD-230, which was originally more »

Last year when Bendix/King announced its KI 300 replacement attitude indicator, a lot of people—including us—loved the things it did. There were also a lot of folks who wanted more. As background, the KI 300 is a solid-state replacement attitude indicator with a bright display that can take the place of an older mechanical AI more »

At its AirVenture Oshkosh press conference on Tuesday, Piper president Simon Caldecott shared some remarkable numbers for the company not based on the sales of its hot turboprop single, the M600, but on some products that many observers had all but written off. In 2013, ATP Flight School signed on for 15 Piper Archers with more »

Everybody knows we need more young people in aviation, but just how we do that with lasting effect is a question that hasn’t been satisfactorily answered. Perhaps until now, that is. At Redbird Simulations’ impressive AirVenture Oshkosh exhibit space, the company set aside a big space to provide an in-depth aviation experience for students who more »

Dual Electronics has introduced a portable ADS-B receiver that builds on the strengths of its previous products. The dual-band, GPS-equipped unit gets free Flight Information Service Broadcast (FIS-B) weather and Traffic Information Service Broadcast (TIS-B) traffic data. Like other units of its type, the Dual Electronics receiver can display its information on a variety of more »

The new Garmin GDL 52 portable, dual-frequency ADS-B In receiver and SiriusXM satellite link seems to have a little bit of everything. To start with, it provides traffic data—including audible alerts—aviation weather products and audio entertainment. The unit also includes a WAAS GPS which will provide aircraft position, speed and altitude information. To display the more »

Let’s say you’ve got a King Air 350, Beechcraft’s biggest and fastest King Air. Then let’s imagine you could add 40 knots of cruise airspeed, shorter runway performance, greatly enhanced climb power and improved hot and high performance, as well. Would you what that kind of upgrade? For Blackhawk, the Waco, Texas-modifier that focuses much more »

Recently certified for all Part 23 aircraft, Approach Aviation’s new FlexAlert Multifunction Annunciator provides a way to group many critical warning and condition annunciations into one display. The unit is compact—3 inches wide and 1.3 inches tall—with the idea that it can be mounted directly in the pilot’s field of view on most panels. It more »

When I first saw the news that ForeFlight was coming out with a $199 USB thumb-drive-sized ADS-B device I was curious …but not sold. While I liked the idea, I wanted to see how it worked. So I decided to give it the ultimate test drive, taking it into the hornets’ nest that is the more »

If you thought the only single-engine personal jet at Oshkosh was from Brand C, think again. Stratos Aircraft unveiled at Oshkosh AirVenture the Stratos 714, a 400-kt., four- to six-place single-engine Very Light Jet with a 1,500 nm range and 41,000 ft. service ceiling, designed primarily for owner-operators. “That’s what a VLJ is all about,” more »

As of July 21, aircraft float maker Wipaire has swapped out their old Amphibian Gear Advisory advisory system for a newer model. The company’s Laser Gear Advisory system, now standard on Wipline float purchases, uses lasers to detect the type of landing surface beneath the plane. The system’s laser becomes active at around 400 feet more »

Boeing Global Services has released its eighth annual Pilot & Technician Outlook. The Outlook is an industry study which forecasts the expected number of airline pilots, technicians, and air crew needed globally in the next 20 years. This year, the numbers are staggering. The company expects that the world is going to need 637,000 more more »

Most aircraft manufacturers bring their aircraft to AirVenture, and Daher is no different. Examples of its TBM turboprop line are on display at Daher’s booth. However, this year the company brought along something else as well: a little piece of aviation history. For the last six years, Daher, in partnership with the Association Héritage Avions more »

How do you lose an easy 26 pounds in a helicopter? If you’re in a Robinson R66 or R44, the answer is to switch out your battery. A few days ago, True Blue Power announced that its 17-amp hour TB17 lithium-ion battery has been granted type certification on the R66 and R44. It will also more »

Textron Aviation on Monday updated the progress of its Cessna Denali turboprop single, a program the company formally announced more than 18 months ago at NBAA and to which it assigned a brand, Cessna, and name, Denali, at AirVenture last year. In a phone briefing last week, Textron Aviation’s Brad Thress announced a few milestones more »

For the first time, the B-29 Boeing Superfortress Doc has landed at Oshkosh AirVenture. Arriving on Saturday, the warbird received a large and enthusiastic welcome. Sean Elliott, EAA’s vice president of advocacy and safety, flew Doc in from Wichita, Kansas. Doc, originally part of the Seven Dwarves squadron, was retired in 1956. Its retirement wasn’t more »

Genesys, the Mineral Wells, Texas, company that makes the S-TEC line of autopilots, announced at Oshkosh AirVenture on Monday its new S-TEC 3100 digital autopilot that provides a tremendous amount of capability compared with legacy autopilots for this class of plane, including the remarkably popular rate-based units built by S-TEC for hundreds of models of more »