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AVEMCO SHARES TIPS ON PREVENTING HURRICANE DAMAGE
Tropical Storm Fay washed through south Florida earlier this week, causing little damage but reminding everyone in hurricane-prone areas that the season is here. AVweb Editor-in-Chief Russ Niles spoke with Mike Adams, the vice president of underwriting for Avemco Insurance, about what aircraft owners can do to prevent hurricane damage.

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Marc Cook, Editor-in-Chief of Kitplanes magazine, sat down with some of the people who are most directly affected by the FAA's new homebuilt rules during EAA AirVenture 2008. This week, we released the fourth of Marc's conversations, and now we're presenting all four to AVwebAudio readers, just in case you missed any earlier installments.

FAA'S NEW KIT-BUILDING RULES DRAW FIRE
Why? The agency tried to simplify questions about the 51 percent rule, but actually ended up punishing the entire industry for the sins of a few. Kitplanes Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook has blogged about it here on AVweb and written about the new rules elsewhere. Hear more in this podcast interview with Marc, the first of a series.

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VELOCITY'S SCOTT BAKER ON THE FAA'S NEW HOMEBUILT RULES
Kitplanes Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook and Velocity Aircraft's Scott Baker try to make sense of the FAA's new rules for homebuilt airplanes (and maybe figure out just what constitutes 51% these days).

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ZENITH'S SEBASTIAN HEINTZ TALKS WITH KITPLANES ABOUT THE FAA'S NEW HOMEBUILT RULES
At EAA AirVenture 2008, Kitplanes Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook sought out some of the most influential people in the homebuilt sector and asked their opinion on the FAA's revisions to the 51% Rule. In the latest installment of this series, we listen in on Marc's conversation with Zenith Aircraft's Sebastian Heintz.

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LANCAIR PRESIDENT JOE BARTELS DISCUSSES THE FAA'S NEW HOMEBUILT RULES WITH KITPLANES MAGAZINE
Kitplanes Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook wraps up his series of conversations on the FAA's new homebuilt rules. This time, Lancair President Joe Bartels shares his insights on the needs, wants, and ultimate aims of homebuilding — and how the FAA can accomodate them.

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