TCM said more than a year ago that it wanted to get an aerodiesel into its product line and now it has one. The company bought diesel technology already developed from a European source and is forging ahead with its own program.

Kitplanes’ sister publication, Avweb, has posted a new video on Garmin’s touch-screen aera handheld GPS. The bulk of the flight testing was done aboard Kitplanes’ editor’s Glastar Sportsman. Avweb Editorial Director Paul Bertorelli reports on Garmin’s latest offering.

Gearing up for the Sun ‘n Fun extravaganza in Lakeland, Kitplanes editor Marc Cook and AVweb editorial director Paul Bertorelli are motoring around the west in Cook’s Glastar Sportsman visiting companies prior to the show. Here’s part 1 of their video blog report: