Julie Boatman

The RAF launched its Expanding the Map initiative five years ago—and on Tuesday at EAA AirVenture it announced the debut of the Fly Rocky Top program network of airstrips in eastern Tennessee.

At its press conference at AirVenture on Tuesday, Bristell shared its own part of this story—with a series of aircraft already Part 23 certificated (as of September 2025), and more variations on those themes enabled by the new Part 22 rules.

The Wittman Regional Airport will see an exciting spate of development in the next few years that is poised to add much-needed hangar space and infrastructure to the third-busiest airport in Wisconsin. High Flying Hangars has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the airport in order to develop a new premier hangar community at one of the most celebrated airports in general aviation.

AIRO Group, parent company to Aspen Avionics, went public in June 2025, and since then the consortium has been making moves towards greater positioning to grow not only its core avionics business but also its drone and electronics segments, according to John Uzcekaj, COO of AIRO Group at a press conference at EAA AirVenture Wednesday morning.

At EAA AirVenture on Monday, Epic received the official blessing from representatives from the European Aviation and Space Agency (EASA) in a ceremony at the company’s exhibit for type certification on the E1000 AX turboprop.

The latest to transpire is a new agreement launched between Elixir Aircraft and Turbotech. The two French companies announced on Wednesday the Elixir Turbine Industrial Program, which installs a Turbotech TP-R90 powerplant into the Elixir Carbon OneShot airframe. The two will develop the Elixir Turbine.

The multiengine instructor course uses the same methodology and tracking system as other courseware in the Cessna Flight Training System.

The Czech manufacturer recently debuted its Rotax 916is powered single, and will take it into the turbine world.

The smaller AeroLift 2500 is rated up to 2,500 pounds, while the larger 3500 will hold a Cirrus SR series.

EAA AirVenture 2026 featured a lot of our recurring favorites, and also a lot of joy surrounding the 250th anniversary of the U.S.