On Friday, April 13, 2012, Fernando de Arruda Botelho, Brazilian industrialist, pilot, and booster of aviation and training took off with a friend in Fernando’s T-28 from his airport at Itirapina, Brazil.

About 20 minutes into the flight, under circumstances that remain unclear, the T-28 went into the ground half a kilometer from the field, and a fire ensued. Both men died immediatel... Read More

Sensenich Propeller will be celebrating 80 years in business at the Airventure Oshkosh 2012 fly-in this year, by giving one of its next 80 customers an 80% discount on his or her new prop.

"I hate gimmicks," says company President Don Rowell, "but hey, this is a birthday celebration; and who wouldn't want 80% off?"

To be eligible, a private customer (not an airframe man... Read More

Woodinville, WA – Dynon Avionics announces SkyView support for the new Rotax 912iS engine. Development of this capability has been underway for several months, with availability in the summer of 2012.

Support for the 912iS engine will be via a new SV-EMS-221 module. The SV-EMS-221 receives many engine parameters directly from the 912iS engine computer via its new dual-channel CAN bus ... Read More

RFSC:It is an honor to be able to sit down and talk to the inventor on the CANaerospace Protocol, Mr. Michael Stock. Thank you and welcome to Sun-n-Fun 2012!
MS: You are very welcome.
RFSC: Let’s start off with the basics. What is a CAN Bus?
MS: The CAN Bus like many other serial databuses combines data on one end and serializes it and sends it over the bus at a very high speed s... Read More

Lakeland, Florida, March 31, 2012: Redbird Flight Simulations, Inc., and the Instituto de Arruda Botelho (IAB) announced today what is probably the largest non-aircraft deal at Sun 'n Fun, a million-dollar+ sale of dedicated and flexible flight training devices (simulators), including specifically-configured units for the Cessna Caravan, King Air C90, and Piper Matrix, plus a total of three X-W...... Read More

TECNAM, The World’s Leader in Light Aircraft, Announces the United States Release of the New P92 Tail Dragger (TD)
Sun ‘n Fun, 2012: TECNAM Costruzioni Aeronautiche Srl in conjunction with its North American distributor, has released it’s latest LSA model to the United States this week at the 38th annual Sun ‘n Fun air show. This model is a continuing evolution of the best selling P92 serie... Read More

by 1st Lt. Ernest Lee
Forty-five British Air Cadets attending Sun-n-Fun 2012 Fly-In located in Lakeland, Florida were given introductory training in CAP Emergency Locator Transmitter location techniques by Capt. Joe Tomasone, Florida Wing. Introducing them to a training ELT and a �sniffer� locating receiver, Tomasone taught the basic principles of ELT and EPIRB operation, methods of usi... Read More

by 1st Lt. Ernest Lee

Totaling nearly 200 people, cadets and adults from the Civil Air Patrol and Naval Sea Cadets met with their counterparts from the British Air Cadets, and Norwegian high school students from Nannenstad School in Oslo, Norway. Gathered at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy on the grounds of Lakeland Linder airport, Florida, the cadets and students had to opport... Read More

New owner Magnaghi Aeronautica presents design improvements
and programs at the Lakeland “Sun ‘n Fun” airshow.

Lakeland, FL, March 28 2012 — Today, at the “Sun ‘n Fun” airshow in Lakeland, top executives from Magnaghi Group announced the acquisition for their company of the Sky Arrow related assets, including all existing product certifications.
The Sky Arrow, an Italian... Read More

Wichita, KS – Representing a prototype for a possible ASTM compliant single seat aircraft, Belite will be showing a state of the art ultralight aircraft at Sun N Fun. Belite is legally flying this aircraft under FAR Part 103, which allows operation without a medical or pilot’s license and also without aircraft registration.

The “Wow Plane” can be seen at Belite’s exhibit in the Lig... Read More