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[29 Jul 2010 | No Comment ]

It’s at nearly gross weight before the pilot steps in and can only fly for 15 minutes, but that’s not the point. Sikorsky Innovations sees the Firefly as a testbed for the technologies that may make for a real electric helicopter.

[17 May 2010 | No Comment ]

The Woopy-Fly, a sort of paraglider/trike/ultralight hybrid shown on the world state at Aero Friedrichshafen this April, 2010, in Germany, has a wing that folds for storage like a paraglider.

[28 Feb 2010 | No Comment ]

The crash of a rare and historic English Electric Lightning MK T5 November 14, 2009, was unique for the history of model and the renown of its pilot, Dave Stock.

[24 Jan 2010 | No Comment ]

At the U.S. Sport Expo in Sebring, Garmin introduced operating software for the G3X EFIS that allows exstensive systems and engine monitoring for LSAs and experimentals. It also announced new G3X mode interface with the TruTrak autopilot.

[11 Jan 2010 | No Comment ]

Wouldn’t it be great if the modern primary flight display integrated the attitude indicator with the HSI? You’d have only one point to scan. Advanced Flight Systems’ new EFIS does exactly that. Rob Hickman gives us a tour.

[19 Dec 2009 | No Comment ]

So-called over-the-top or cross-control stall accidents have been common among general aviation pilots for years. But no one has ever really documented what happens in one–until now.

[27 Nov 2009 | No Comment ]

IFR Magazine’s Jeff Van West flew Garmin’s corporate Mooney to see how the G500/600 retrofit glass cockpit performs for instrument approaches.

[19 Nov 2009 | No Comment ]

Paul from AvWeb talks about some of the new products from the summit. Some of these things include updates to electronics, a hand glove flash light and a few other new technologies.

[5 Nov 2009 | No Comment ]

It burns 10 gallons an hour of auto gas and can do 150 knots. But is there a market for a Rotax-powered twin in the U.S.? AVweb’s Jeff Van West takes a closer look at this unique piston twin.

[21 Jul 2009 | No Comment ]

Airtex can make you a custom install-it-yourself aircraft interior. Here’s how they do it.

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