Event Calendar
Virginia Regional Festival of Flight
Largest full-featured fly-in on the East Coast. Aviation vendors, aircraft judging, forums, young people's activities. Pancake breakfast and other food daily. Reserve RV and tent camping sites, information on web site. Under-the-Wing camping free. Discounted 100LL and autogas. Parade of Flight Saturday, Rally Adventure Sunday. Car and motorcycle show both days.
Date(s): 05/04/13 - 05/05/13
Location: Suffolk Executive Airport (SFQ)
Address: 1200 Gene Bolton Dr
City: Suffolk
State: Virginia
More Info: http://www.VirginiaFlyIn.org
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Diesel engines are beginning to make tiny inroads into the Experimental aircraft market, although they're a ways from gaining market share. At the Aero show in Friedsrichshafen, KITPLANES saw an interesting three-cylinder model from a company called FlyEco.
New side-by-side testing by Rotax reveals that the 912iS yields substantially better fuel economy than the company originally claimed. In this exclusive KITPLANES video, Rotax's Alexander Mitter reveals the test details.
We get a detailed look at Garmin's new G3X package. Paul Bertorelli talks to Garmin's Jim Alpiser at the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
At Sun 'n Fun 2013, KITPLANES editor Paul Dye flew his RV-3 into Lakeland. In this video, he gives us a tour of the airplane's unique design and construction.
Superior Air Parts is showing the new XP-400, a 215 hp variant of the popular four-cylinder powerplant.
Zenith Aircraft introduced a new version of its CH750, the Cruzer. It's intended to be faster than the STOL version of this airplane.
