Viking 175 Represents Significant Milestone in Sport Aviation Viking Aircraft Engines has reached a significant milestone in sport aviation with the launch of the Viking 175 engine. This achievement follows the successful delivery of over 1,500 engines, a testament to Viking's commitment to innovation, reliability, and customer service. The Viking 175 engine, built on the […]
Simple Upgrade for Old Cirrus Owners Eases Wiring Hassles A new package for the Avidyne Vantage12 line will allow Cirrus operators to make the jump to modern avionics easier than ever before, replacing their old Entegra systems with modern 12-inch glass panels. The upgrade is about as simple and as easy as they can make […]
Aero-News Network To Showcase The Latest Developments In Technology, Design, And Innovation In The Aviation World The 50th Annual SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo is set to kick off with the 2024 SUN ‘n FUN Innovation Preview, presented by the Aero-News Network, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 10:30 AM EDT by accessing the URL, www.airborne-live.net. […]
New Brokerage Blends Real Estate and Aviation AV8 Realty is a unique brokerage operating at the nexus of real estate and aviation. The trailblazing brokerage is unveiling its cutting-edge platform, AV8Realty.com. This mobile-optimized Aviation Real Estate Exchange claims to be the first of its kind, catering specifically to the unique needs of pilots and aircraft […]
Aviation's Golden Age Epitomized by "Mr. Mulligan" In the annals of aviation history, the Golden Age stands out as a period of rapid innovation, daring feats, and a public enamored with the romance of flight. It was an era that saw the likes of Charles Lindbergh capture the world's imagination with his solo transatlantic flight […]
Gross Weight Increase Enables 1,000 Lb. Useful Load Vertical Aviation Technologies, based in Sanford, Florida, has made an exciting announcement regarding its Hummingbird 300L helicopter. The company has increased the gross weight of the aircraft to 2850 lbs, allowing for a useful load of 1000 lbs with a full interior. This enhancement is attributed to […]
TITAN Aerobatic Team Set to Make Debut at 50th Sun n' Fun In an electrifying announcement that promises to elevate the 50th SUN 'n FUN Aerospace Expo to new heights, the TITAN Aerobatic Team is set to make its eagerly awaited debut from April 9-14, 2024, in Lakeland, FL. Sponsored by TITAN Aviation Fuels since […]
The Wisdom of Kings Flight instructors strive in perpetuity to keep tabs on their students’ progress. During dual instruction, CFIs can easily gauge a student’s mastery of an aircraft, a maneuver, a procedure, or a flight environment. It is more difficult, however, to accurately assess a student’s grasp on aeronautical knowledge. In many, if not […]
The Aircraft Owner’s Friend For Continued Flight McFarlane Aviation Products is a unique company in that they intentionally look for obscure parts needed by aircraft owners to maintain their birds and keep them flying. A recent visit to the McFarlane display at Sun-n-fun 2023 found a wonderful smorgasbord of new parts long forgotten by the […]
AWA Is A Humanitarian Air Organization Bringing help and hope to humanity is what Adventist World Aviation (AWA), a non-profit, has aimed to do since its founding in 1995. AWA is a humanitarian air organization that supports the ministry of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in isolated areas for those requiring medical, physical, mental, […]
Re-Engined Aircraft a Perennial Fav for Turboprop Operators Blackhawk Aero came to Sun n’ Fun with some of their much-appreciated King Air 300 handiwork, a fully outfitted bird with all the aero parts, avionics, and winglets you can buy. The plane was a fitting backdrop for a quick chat to get the rundown on how […]
Funding For The Project Was Provided By Private Donors How would you like to see an online directory that shows you all the lakes and cabins available to you as a seaplane pilot or “Last Frontier” adventurer? Well, look no further! We caught up with Mr, Steve McCaughey, Executive Director of the Seaplane Pilots Association […]
Pilots say “5-Dimensional Motorsport” Coming Soon As the curtains close on Reno's final Air Race, another contender may have its eye on ascending to its vacant throne - Air Race X, a conceptually similar, but a new take on the sport. World Champion air racers Matt Hall and Yoshihide Muroya announced a presser revealing their […]
The Founding Board Consisted Of Females From The United States Air Force While roaming the grounds at Sun n Fun 2023, we ran into Madisen Kunkel, Marketing & Fundraising Director + Board Member of Preflight Aviation Camp, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded circa 2016, whose mission is to “transform beliefs about gender roles and inspire […]
System to Power ES-30 Hybrid-Electric Regional Airliner BAE Systems, the British multinational arms, security, and aerospace concern, has partnered with Swedish plane-maker Heart Aerospace for purpose of collaboratively developing a battery system for the latter’s ES-30 regional electric aircraft. The inchoate battery, the first-of-its-kind to be integrated into an electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) […]
Wild, Crazy, Too-Good-to-Be-True 'What-Ifs' Abound at Peak of SnF23 After a full week of very serious, professional work the Aero News crew is cutting loose for some April Fool's shenanigans! This year we went above and beyond, swinging for the fences with as many kooky stories as we could think of - everything from "what […]
Founded as the Taylor Brothers Aircraft Manufacturing Company in 1927 and purchased shortly thereafter by oil industry engineer William T. Piper for the princely sum of $761, the company known today as Piper Aircraft stands with competitors Cessna and Beechcraft as the Big Three of American general aviation light aircraft manufacturers. Long located in Vero […]
Also: April 1st WARNING, UH-60 Accident, CompAir 6.2 Flies, Pan Am Flt Academy Samson Sky, the “flying motorcycle” guys, have been a perennial fixture at airshows for years, many of us thought they were nothing but so many flashes in the pan… We have all just been corrected in a most pleasant manner. "We climbed […]
