In development for years, the jet is ready for prime time’€¦pending funding

A globe-girdling four-place from South Africa lands in the United States.

New-gen devices rock transition and recurrency training.

John Monnett, designer and founder of experimental aircraft manufacturer Sonex, has been telling people the company’s plan “B” is “what you’ve been asking for,” and here at Sun ’n Fun, he revealed exactly what the plan is. The Oshkosh-based experimental aircraft guru also explained the company’s efforts to make its one-place SubSonex jet go faster—at […]

We first saw the Innovator, a blended-wing, two-place composite pusher, when it was displayed as a scale model at Sebring’s Sport Aviation Expo little more than a year ago. Wide and sleek with a twin-boom tail, its projected performance numbers were as attention-grabbing as its appearance. Now a full-scale flying model is on display here […]

In today’s wireless world, the GA cockpit has been playing catch-up, as Bluetooth and WiFi link panelware and personal devices. Now high-quality headsets have joined the movement with the debut of Lightspeed’s new Tango model. It’s the first ANR (Active Noise Reduction) headset to go wireless—and not a moment too soon. “Customers and pilots have […]

The popular Zenair STOL CH 750 Light Sport will once again be offered as a ready-to-fly aircraft, welcome news for aviators without the time or resources to build the aircraft themselves. Canada’s Zenair and Alabama’s M-Squared Aircraft—which will assemble the aircraft—made the announcement here at Sun ’n Fun. The new partners also disclosed how much […]

Could the long quest for an affordable replacement for leaded avgas finally be over? Swift Fuels announced its UL94 unleaded fuel is now available at a growing number of airports around the U.S., and its high-octane UL102 unleaded avgas has been selected for the final phase of a government/industry program to identify and certify an […]

Avidyne Corporation is adding a new capability to its line of IFD-Series GPS FMS systems, offering pilots an enhancement that “has either been unavailable or cost-prohibitive in their particular aircraft,” said Dan Schwinn, founder, president and CEO of the Florida-based avionics manufacturer. Schwinn also revealed having “a relationship” with a communications company that may give […]

Today the name Hartzell means more than propellers, after an aggressive acquisitions binge has expanded the product line under the Hartzell umbrella and created a growing engine components division. Now Hartzell Engine Technologies has acquired “one of the industry’s most respected brands,” Mike Disbrow, president of the division announced, and filled in the last of […]