The folks at ANN move around fast -- that's how we get all those stories long before anyone else. But... when it comes to getting around fast, even we have to admit that we take a back seat to those speed-demons from Bend, Oregon... the Lancair Certified Aircraft gang.

Klyde Does Oshkosh--Day Two

Can We Pick Cool Sponsors... Or What?

OK... you've heard our reports about all the work we're doing and how grateful we are that ten really cool companies ponied up to the task of sponsoring this immense effort. With nearly a dozen of the best fly-writers in the biz to take care of, ya just gotta know that this is a massive and expensive undertaking... heck, the beer bill alone... well, never mind. It ain't a pretty story. However, we're truly thrilled that long-time ANN Sponsor ControlVision is helping us out this year...especially when they're making so much cool news of the their own!

Superior Air Parts today announced at AirVenture 2004 that it will introduce a new engine to the sport aviation market, the XP-360-Plus.

Every year we come to Oshkosh for the AirVenture extravaganza, and every year we find out about another hidden treasure that few seem to know about.

"Eight years ago, under the Arch in St. Louis, we kicked off the X PRIZE competition. Today I'm pleased to announce that the first team is ready to make an attempt to claim the $10 million, with other teams close behind. The American Mojave Aerospace Ventures Team and the Canadian da Vinci Project Team are just two of the 26 competing groups who will someday make it possible for spaceflights to be conducted from commercial spaceports across the globe. When the ANSARI X PRIZE competition is won, it will herald the start of a new renaissance of spaceflight in which the general public will have their chance to fly next." Source: Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman and Founder of the X PRIZE Foundation, who says Scaled Composites now plans to begin its official attempt a