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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 […]

How do you improve upon the fastest, best-selling single-engine pressurized turboprop on the planet? After a top-secret development program, Daher revealed the answer in a ceremony at its Tarbes, France, manufacturing facility. While we haven’t flown the new airplane yet—though we’re already on it!—we can pretty much weigh in on the change right now. Daher […]

The FAA on Wednesday took the historic step in advancing the cause of safety in light GA and in adding immeasurably to the value of the used fleet by okaying an avionics solution that’s unlike any in the history of the agency. The news? On Wednesday, the EAA, which spearheaded the campaign, announced that the […]

How you can take advantage of Cuban airspace opening up

I know there’s a need for a new fuel for piston engines, because there remains a need for piston engines. This will probably always be the case, but it’s an accident of history that it is. The development of four-stroke gasoline engines came, not coincidentally, in tandem with the rise of the airplane. It’s not […]

From its Experimental Assembly Line in Capua, Italy, TECNAM rolled out its first P2012 Traveller, a joint development project between TECNAM and Cape Air, with international collaboration that includes Lycoming for the aircraft’s engines and Garmin for avionics. An 11-seat piston-engine twin, the P2012 Traveller is designed to comply with FAR Part 23 and EASA […]

We wrote last week about ICON Aircraft’s plans to be at Sun ’n Fun next week, and this week the company announced big plans for its AirVenture presence. On Thursday, July 28, at the Gathering of Eagles, the EAA’s annual fundraiser for its Young Eagle program, the organization will auction off an ICON A5, provided […]

Brittney Miculka, Redbird Flight

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird!it’s a plane! It’s an airship? Yes, at 302 feet long and cruising at 80 knots, the Airlander 10, created by British design company Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), will be the biggest aircraft in the world. Originally designed for the U.S. Army for surveillance purposes, the Airlander was […]