This Is THE Year To Be Seen, Be Heard, And Be Counted

Analysis/Opinion by Jim Campbell, ANN E-I-C/CEO Unlike most of you, I leave for Oshkosh in a couple of days… There is much to do, as always, and this year we have the additional chore of installing our own permanent office in the Media Mall on the Wittman Field grounds – just one more indication of the commitment we feel we need to make to the Oshkosh experience and its place in the aviation world. And that provides me an excellent segue into the topic I wanted to address today… I've heard all manner of worisome complaints, criticism and comments about what may or may not happen at Oshkosh this year and, in particular, about what the FAA did in the last few months to make this

Chip Yates Will Try To Beat His Original Record Of 202 MPH At Mather Airport This October

Pilot Chip Yates, the founder of Flight of the Century, Inc., will attempt to break his current world speed record of 202 miles per hour in an electric airplane in front of the crowd at Mather Airport on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at the California Capital Airshow.

PAC15EX Allows Audio Panel Control Through EFIS

Today’s homebuilder, already facing a tough balance between price and performance for avionics suites, is now confronting a new dilemma: Lack of panel space. Thanks to the popularity of ever-larger "glass cockpit" MFD and PFD displays, available panel space is being gobbled up quickly. To solve this, PS Engineering, Inc. announces the PAC15EX, with initial offering of this integrated audio system by GRT Avionics.

Kent Couch Was Fined For Flight Last Year

It sounds so easy. Just attach a big bunch of helium balloons to a lawn chair and drift with the wind. But Kent Couch says beware the FAA ... and the high price of helium.