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Epic Aircraft's Rick Schramek announced that the first two "customer-built" Victory and Escape turbine aircraft had been completed and were displayed at Sun 'n Fun. The Victory is a single-engine turbofan with a fuselage-mounted Pratt & Whitney PW600 engine.

Garmin is offering a limited time, $5000 Spring Special retrofit rebate on the G600 all-glass avionics system.

The FAA's Don Lausman gave a talk today at Sun 'n Fun as an update on the revisions to the Advisory Circulars governing Experimental/Amateur-Built rules.

Aspen Avionics celebrated its second visit to the Sun n Fun fly-in by providing information on new product improvements and announcing new funding that gives the company the stability to move forward, according to company CEO and president John Uczekaj.

Honeywell has announced that owners of its Bendix/King AV8OR handheld navigator may now add XM weather products, an air traffic interface, obstacles and other functions via a free software download by going to Honeywells Wingman Services web site or the company's web site.

Marc Cook reports on flying the Kitfox LSA.

Kitplanes editor Marc Cook profiles Kitfox during a visit to the company's Homedale, Idaho, headquarters.

The guys finally make it out of Winnemuca after two days of snow and ice and cross the Sierras back into the Golden State.

Marc and Paul runnamucca in Winnemucca!That's in Nevada, by the way - and home of the friendliest FBO on the planet. Good thing, 'cuz the boys have been snowed in there for two days.

"Do you realize how obsessive you are?" That's Paul's observation as the boys wing their way across Idaho and Nevada. Ya notice things when cooped up in the same cockpit for three days ...