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July 21, 2015

Airborne at OSH15 - 07.20.15: Redbird Sidekick, Pelton Upbeat, Hartzell Re-Props

Also: Aviation Gateway Park, New Vintage Plaza, L-3 Genesys, BendixKing's KI300, Jack Pelton Interview--Part 1, Lockheed Buys Sikorsky, ANN's AirVenture Innovation Preview ROCKED!

Redbird has become known as one of the most innovative companies in the industry, and this week at AirVenture, they rolled out a new idea they’re calling the Sidekick. ANN’s Tom Patton talked with Redbird founder Jerry Gregoire about what Sidekick is .. and what it does. Hartzell made a major announcement with Piper today that a Hartzell five-blade composite propeller is available for Piper’s M500 Turboprop. Hartzell

"There seems to be a little more optimism in the world of General Aviation." Source: EAA Chairman Jack Pelton.

A visual examination or check of an item in which no disassembly is required.

The Büker Pages

In the 1970s Frank Price and the "Texas Bücker Boys" experimented with adding wooden strips to the underside of Jungmeister wings to make the airfoil a little more symmetrical.