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Meet The Administrator -- And The EAA President's Awards

ANN Daily OSH Touch N Go: 07.27.06 (ANN's Special OSHKOSH Daily News Program) ANN Daily OSH Aero-Briefing: 07.27.06 (ANN's Special OSHKOSH Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special OSH Feature -- TITW, The EAA's Presidents Awards: 07.27.06 (ANN Special "Osh-Kast" Feature, with Tuesday's presentation of the EAA

Rain, Rain Go Away

If You Don't... We'll Still Play!

Alas, weather has been a factor at this year's AirVenture.

Comp Air Adds To Its Already Prodigious Line

Gives Details Of Two New Models At Oshkosh

Comp Air's Ron Lueck shared details of two big new models -- the Comp Air 9 and the CompAir 12 -- at a press conference on Tuesday at AirVenture.

Blakey: Good News On Medicals... But Q's Remain Over Future Funding Plans

Text Of FAA Administrator Marion Blakey's "Meet The Administrator" Speech

Below is the full, unedited text of FAA Administrator Marion Blakey's opening speech Wednesday to attendees of the annual "Meet The Administrator" -- formerly "Meet The Boss" -- forum at AirVenture 2006. Aero-News has COMPLETE audio coverage of the event -- as well as the subsequent Q&A session -- available here. You may also read our commentary on the forum here.

Cessna Releases Next-Gen Official Photos

NGP, SLSA Concept Represent Company's Single Engine Future

After the introduction of the Cessna Special Light Sport Aircraft Proof of Concept Monday, and the fly-by of the Next Generation Piston technology demonstrator, the company released these three images, which are computer graphic renderings of the two aircraft.

Diamond's D-Jet Roars Quietly Into Oshkosh

A "D" You'd Love To Get

The Diamond Jet, or D-Jet for short, made its first public appearance Wednesday in a little town in Oshkosh, WI -- where several thousand aviation enthusiasts suddenly ratcheted up their aircraft aspirations.

First Ovation3 Delivery Solves A Mid-Life Crisis

Add Another Mooniac To The Roll

For Eva Kulaga, her mid-life crisis involved the acquisition of a convertible. For husband and Illinois business owner Andre, it involved the acquisition of Mooney's first new Ovation3 smack dab in the middle of AirVenture.

Plane Pullers To Unite At Lehigh Valley For Good Cause

Benefit For MDA Aims To Move B727 Twelve Feet

So what's the big deal about moving an airplane? You get a pilot, a little go-juice and you move. Worse comes to worse... you get a tug.

Aero-News Network and Microsoft Flight Simulator Announce Strategic Partnership

"As Real As It Gets"(tm) Meets "As Real-Time As It Gets"

Aero-News Network, the 24/7 real-time news service for "all things aviation" and Microsoft Flight Simulator X, the world's premier PC-based flight simulation product, announced a partnership that will bring Aero-News' trusted news and resources directly to Microsoft Flight Simulator X pilots.

A Very Secure 'Meet The Administrator' Session Offers New Medical News

An affable Marion Blakey greeted several hundred Oshkosh visitors Wednesday for EAA's annual "Meet The Administrator" session. An unprecedented security presence that included a police dog and handler as well as some two dozen security personnel from various agencies, however, struck a discordant note as the event got underway.