• 2003
• 2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• 23
• 24
• 25
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• 30
• 31

All News

August 06, 2013

A Teacher With Lofty Goals Takes Off In Spirit Of Aviation

Kentucky Institute For Aerospace Education Growing Momentum

Last week at AirVenture, ANN met up with Tim Smith, CEO of the Kentucky Institute for Aerospace Education (KIAE).  Tim is an educator with a passion for making a difference in STEM education.  He first appeared at AirVenture in 2008, with a group of students from a high school in Frankfort, Kentucky, towing along the skeleton of an Aeronca 60-TF. 

Read More

Win A Vacation And Spend A Day With John And Martha King

King Schools Introduce The “Let Us Be Your Mentors” Sweepstakes

King Schools announced a new sweepstakes to honor, celebrate, and promote mentoring in aviation at a news conference at AirVenture 2013 on Thursday.

Read More

Everybody Loves A Parade, Even At Oshkosh

International Pilots Gather For A Show Of Colors

A couple of old friends popped into the ANN news trailer and invited me to a parade. "Now everyone loves a parade but this is an air show", I politely chided them, "what do you have in mind?" Off we headed to the International tent where pilots of almost every nation were gathering for camaraderie and to take part in the annual International Visitors Parade.

Read More

Missing Pilot's Wife Pleads For Financial Help To Continue Search

Presumably Lost When Single Plane Went Down In The English Channel

The wife of a wealthy banker whose light aircraft apparently went down in the English Channel says that she needs £30,000 for a three-day search to solve the mystery and find his body.

Read More

Over 10-Thousand Airplanes, 500,000 People Attend AirVenture 2013

Pelton Says Event Was Safe, Organization Overcame 'Big Challenges'

EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said that the 2013 edition of AirVenture was an unqualified success, with about a half-million people on the grounds over the course of the week.

Read More

Disney's 'Planes' Has Pilot Roots

Scriptwriter And Creative Development Director Both Have A Love Of Aviation

Just hours before the world premiere of the new Disney movie "Planes" at AirVenture last Friday, I met with Scriptwriter Jeffrey M. Howard and Creative Development Director Paul Gerard in the performer’s tent at AirVenture. With the afternoon air show in the background, we discussed inspirations for this movie, and how they mixed their love of aviation with their roles at Disney.

Read More

Sennheiser Has New Headset And Free CVR For GA

Headsets, Flight Planning And Aircraft Rental Made Better

Sennheiser introduced its S1 'Noisegard' headset to the United States at AirVenture 2013. It fills in the gap between the S1 Digital ($995) and the S1 Passive ($369) headsets. The Noisegard has active noise reduction but differs from the digital model by using analog technology.

Read More

A New Social Service For Pilots

Never Fly Alone Again

A new company named, "YALLDO," has started a web & mobile app for inviting people to fly. It is hoped that this web site will cause people that have stopped flying to be reinvigorated, and that people who haven't yet gotten the bug to fly will do so in this program.

Read More