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The world’s largest fly-in should be a fun, peacetime party. There’s no need for it to involve the chaos of air combat.

A majestic sound and vision—a diamond formation of 1950s era Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars—is noticeably missing from this year’s AirVenture air show at Oshkosh

For me, five “perks of the job” came in a 24-hour period on July 17-18 just ahead of EAA AirVenture 2015 in the form of five flights in five unique aircraft.

In a delightful twist of fate at Oshkosh, I was able to take part in a formation flight of three P-51s, two of which carried the “Old Crow” title.

Ryanair more than tripled its fleet in the last 10 years--growing from 98 aircraft to 324 aircraft. Slide over the infographic to see how the fleet has evolved.

Chapman says he was less constrained by airspace boundaries than he was at the Paris Air Show because there is no nearby airport to Oshkosh that could create a traffic conflict.

This writer, working for Reuters news agency 35 years ago, had bagged a rare flight in an operational B-52. We would “bomb” a bridge, then return home.

China-based Ehang has developed a lightweight electric quadcopter measuring 14-in. across that uses any Android or iOS smartphone or tablet to control its automated flight profiles.

On Monday, July 20, Icon Aircraft founder and CEO Kirk Hawkins presented keys to the first production A5 light-sport amphibian aircraft to EAA Young Eagles Chairman Sean D. Tucker and EAA Chairman Jack Pelton at AirVenture.

Quest Kodiak 100 creator Tom Hamilton clearly recalls the summit meeting he attended at Mission Aviation Fellowship’s headquarters in the late 1990s.

Air France, Western Europe’s fifth largest scheduled airline by fleet size, underwent many fleet changes in the last 10 years. See the visual representation of Air France's fleet as it changed from 2005 to 2015.

The CH-46 Seaknight, or “Phrog” as it’s more commonly referred to, is getting ready to take its last flight into retirement next month.

Sixty years ago, the Cessna 195 was viewed as general aviation trash. Now it’s seen as a treasure.

The historic Douglas C-47 Skytrain that led the Allied invasion of Normandy almost ended up as a Basler turboprop conversion, when it was discovered in a scrap yard here at Oshkosh.

Most people in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District know Sam Graves as their elected representative on Capitol Hill. But, since the late 1990s, he’s also been an enthusiastic and accomplished vintage warbird pilot who regularly flies these historic aircraft during the aerial demonstrations at EAA AirVenture.

Early on, I was stunned that I could take my airplane –– OK, we can call it a glider if you'd prefer –– out of my closet and throw all 28 lb. of it over my shoulders and go anywhere in the world to fly it.

EAA AirVenture purists will tell you that the only way to get to Oshkosh is in a light aircraft. As a card-carrying EAA member who greatly respects that tradition, I loaded up my Beech Bonanza F33A and began the annual 10+ hour journey from San Diego to Oshkosh on the eve of the show.

Launched this week, Bird B Gone is a a new humane bird repellent for hangars.

Lufthansa Technik’s Hamburg facility invested three million euros in a new system to store and retrieve parts.

A roundup of orders and announcements from day 3 of the Paris air show, courtesy of SpeedNews

Development of revolutionary engines at GE Aviation is setting the stage for the next 50 years in military aircraft propulsion, engineers there believe.

Aircelle unveiled its new electro-luminescent aircraft display that allows companies to place logos and ads on aircraft in lights.

How to use economic predictive behavior to better position for future trends.

IATA is stepping up its campaign to press Venezuela to release $3.7 billion in funds that belong to airlines.

IATA has boosted its 2015 collective net profit forecast for the world’s airlines to $29.3 billion, up 47.2% over the the $19.9 billion projected by the organization in December 2014.