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Blue Mountain Avionics, which produced one of the first electronic flight instrument systems (EFISes) for the homebuilt aircraft market, has posted an official announcement that it will cease doing business.

American Legend Aircraft Company announced a cooperative ownership program whereby its Legend Cub can be purchased for as little as $2900 down, and flown for as little as $28 per hour. The new program is available through LetsFly.org.

Here's an over-the-transom report on the SeaRey LSA amphibian from Aviation Consumer's Jeff Van West, who is having more fun than he deserves.

Lancair International announced that its Evolution Turbine Serial Number 0001, which was on a sales tour in Northeast Georgia, experienced a gear-up landing after the pilot executed a go-around due to traffic congestion at an uncontrolled airport, KWDR.

Kitplanes talks to Lancair's Joe Bartels about the development of the piston-powered Evolution kitbuilt and other company news.

Sonex Aircraft, LLC is pleased to announce a special limited-time pricing offer for buyers of Sonex, Waiex or Xenos complete airframe kits. All buyers of those kits who purchase before August 31, 2009, will receive free shipping to the continental United States and Canada.

MGL Avionics has announced its new V10 VHF radio transceiver, the first commercial product whose audio processing and much of the transmitter and receiver circuitry is digital, with the commensurate outstanding quality, the company says.

With less than 60 days until Oshkosh, the Lancair development team has been pushing flat out to get the piston version of the turbine-powered Evolution flying. We were in Redmond the week after Memorial Day to see the engine fired up for the first time on the airframe, and now Lancair says that the Evolution has committed its maiden flight.

On the heels of Dynon Avionics releasing two new EFISes, the company has released Operating System 5.1, which adds several new features to both the flight displays but to its own autopilot as well. One of the key features in the 5.1 update is something called GPS Assist.

Among the events that will be taking place at the Zenith factory in the coming months are the Spring into Summer Fly-In on June 27, the 18th Annual Open Hangar Day on September 19, and various hands-on workshops throughout the summer. The factory is located at the Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ) in Mexico, Missouri.