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Continental Aerospace Technologies' Prime IO-370 certified engine has been seeing increasing use, including being selected by Piper to power its new Pilot 100 and 100i trainers. AVweb caught up with Continental CEO Rhett Ross at Sun 'n Fun 2019 to learn more about it.

This was shot a couple of years ago in the fall just as winter was approaching. A good reminder that winter can be beautiful. Photo by Douglas Morley.

Cirrus recently announced the second generation of its SF50 VisionJet. In this video shot at Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Adam Hahn gave AVweb a tour of the new cabin improvements.

Properly designed, intercoolers allow a turbocharged engine to develop more power at higher altitude and improve detonation margins and engine longevity.

With a stall speed of 31 knots, climb rate of more than 1500 FPM and no handling vices, the King Katmai is at home in the bush or on the pavement.

Vitatoe Aviation's turbonormalized P210 conversion may just have turned the Cessna P210 into the airplane it should have been all along. I've liked the P210 ever since I first flew it in 1979. It's fast, carries a good load, has honest handling and the pressurization spoiled me.

Shelley Rosenbaum Lipman writes: "I was interested in the article on the KSN770 published in the Sept. 13 AVwebFlash, in which it states that 'graybeards may still prefer [to use] a transfer key' as opposed to using touchscreen controls. I'm not a graybeard (is there a politically-correct term for female pilots, too?), but I am a human-factors engineer, and I'm always amazed at the proliferation of touchscreen and data-entry techniques in today's avionics." ... Click through to read the rest of this letter and other mail from AVweb readers.

Diamond's single-engine five-place D-JET prototype S/N 003 arrived Thursday at Oshkosh with blended winglets that change the jet's look and improve its performance as the jet heads toward advanced performance testing. Diamond's test program has flown about 70 hours since January. Test pilot Mark Elwess told AVweb the winglets have delivered measurable improvements in cruise,low-speed handling,roll authority and lateral stability. "It handles like a sports sedan," said Elwess, "and now it's better." A forthcoming prototype, S/N 004, will be a conforming model that reflects the now "frozen" aerodynamic design and incorporates some changes not seen in S/N 003. Diamond hopes to take that design through certification. And the company's specific plan for certification means some exciting flight testing may still lie ahead.

Textron Aviation has announced the signing of a multiyear agreement with Kansas utility company Evergy to meet “nearly all” electricity needs for its facilities...

Textron Aviation has announced that it will be extending previously implemented employee furloughs and reducing workweeks due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The exact...