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Our photographers spread out around OSH and captured even more-stunning images of planes and pilots, along with an ouchie and some brilliant aerial shots!

At Sun ‘n Fun, as with AirVenture Oshkosh, recent years have created a new attraction using the Lightplane airstrip at both the nation’s two largest airshows. STOL — Short Takeoff and Landing — competitions have become a huge crowd draw. On pleasant evenings, crowds can be five deep all along the runway fence. STOL comps […]

It took around 25 years for aircraft designers to embrace fully the bigger-is-better approach to next-gen planes, but once they did, the fun was only just beginning.

This expanded definition of what constitutes a light plane and how they can be built could revive a segment facing existential challenges.

The newly emancipated pop star is gaga about aviation, and more than a million of her fans think that’s a very cool thing.

Science and technology, including aviation, are often affected by powerful outside forces that, like it or not, drive change in all segments of life. Here are six world events that have changed the way we fly in the most dramatic ways imaginable.

The airshow star reported trouble to ATC before the dramatic touchdown.

Think about this: A Rotax-powered aircraft capable of high-speed cruising at 185 miles an hour? That’s pretty fast and some go quite a bit faster …although not in the USA, as Light-Sport Aircraft …not yet anyway. Most readers are aware that FAA will make big changes to the LSA regulation (info also in this video) probably at […]

You’ve heard some pilot say: “That airplane is so sleek it looks fast even when sitting parked on the ramp.” This is one of those airplanes. While most light aircraft producers concentrate on either kits or fully-built, a few swing both ways. Some builders unwilling to experiment with two very distinct business models permitted others […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything, and for commercial pilots, the many changes have hit especially hard.