Also: Pilot Shortage?, ICON A5, WingX, New ISS Crew, Masten Video!, Aero Car... and More!!!

With Oshkosh just around the corner, the NTSB has issued a lengthy list of recommendations to the FAA concerning the operation of Experimental and Amateur-Built (E-AB) aircraft.

Garmin, who has been strangely silent for most of 2012, has finally broken that silence with three new product announcements. Boeing’s annual Pilot and Technician Outlook, released last week, projects the need for almost half a million pilots in the coming twenty years and that has industry analysts concerned. ICON Aircraft announced that its A5 Light Sport Aircraft will be powered by the new Rotax 912 iS engine.  The two companies collaborated during the development of both the Rotax 912 iS and the A5 to ensure a seamless integration of the new Rotax. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Don’t forget that we’ll be bringing you live coverage of Oshkosh again this year, with Daily Airborne Programs, Monday through Friday, July 23rd through 27th at 8PM Central Time. We hope you’ll join us.

Airborne 07.17.12 is chock full of info about the half-week period ending Tuesday, July 17th, 2012... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Glen Moyer, this episode covers:

• NTSB Issues E-AB Safety Recommendations
• Garmin New Products
• Pilot Shortage?
• ICON To Be Powered By Rotax iS
• Rotax Expert to Host Oshkosh Seminars
• WingX Adds AirVenture Notam
• ANN Does Oshkosh 2012!!!
• New Crew on the ISS)
• AVW: Xaero 444 Meter Free Flight...
• Aero Car For Sale

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