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Swift Fuel: Drop in 100LL Replacement in 2023
Chris D’Acosta, CEO of Swift Fuel updated an AirVenture audience today on his company’s efforts to provided a drop-in replacement for 100LL by 2023....
Understanding the Test Program
The EAA’s Pilot Proficiency Center next to the Museum offered a great opportunity Wednesday afternoon to pilots looking forward to their homebuilts first flight...
Let’s be Careful Out There
We get it folks—its been a long week, you’re tired, and you are ready to put Wittman Field in your mirror and head for...
Advanced Flight Systems Introduces Upgraded EFIS
AFS's Rob Hickman describes what's new in the company AF-6600 large-screen EFIS, which includes a new processor and greatly upgraded screen. The AFS line...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal – Oshkosh 2022 Edition – Day 6
In my tramps around the AirVenture grounds over the years, I have side swiped KidVenture on multiple occasions. Decades ago, KidVenture was a small...
Trig’s New VHF Nav/Com Demo
Just when we thought the market has seen the end of the traditional VHF nav/com radio, Trig Avionics comes to AirVenture 2022 with two...
Badland Aircraft Speeds Up Production
Badland Aircraft, a manufacturer of Part 103 legal ultralights with folding wings, have been working through an order backlog that has customers waiting months...
Sling It!
Keen to show off their new High-Wing variation of the well-regarded low-wing TSi, South African airframer Sling has done so in spectacular fashion by...
Lycoming Assembly Workshop
It would be impressive for one to attend AirVenture and go home without a record number of steps tracked in their smart phone health...
Vintage Airplane Camping Neighbor
20-year old Jake Lammes flew to AirVenture solo from Oklahoma in his 1956 Cessna 172. He brought a cookout kit we can all rightfully...
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Dan’s World
Columnist and RV builder Dan Checkoway advocates keeping it simple so that you can actually afford to fuel and fly your homebuilt aircraft. He claims many builders buy into the hype about the latest and greatest equipment must-haves, and then complain about the price at the pump.
Rites of Passage
Throughout human history, societal groupings of like-minded people have developed certain requirements for new...
The Future of Homebuilding: Builders
If we could magically transport a modern homebuilder back to the 1960s, they would...