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Aircraft Spruce Is a Proud
Sponsor of the
39th Annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In
Come join Aircraft Spruce in Lakeland, Florida at Sun 'n Fun
(Hangar B, Booths 1-9) April 9-14, 2013.
Avoid freight charges by placing a pre-show order for pick-up at our Sun
'n Fun booth. Orders must be placed by 12:00pm on
April 4. For online orders, choose Store/Airshow Pickup at
the shopping cart, then select a valid date between April 9-14, and
complete checkout. It's that easy! Call
1 (877) 4‑SPRUCE or
visit AircraftSpruce.com
for additional details and restrictions.
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SPOKANE
SUES FAA OVER TOWER SHUTDOWN
As the FAA moves forward with
plans to close 149 contract towers across the U.S., local communities
are scrambling for ways to keep their towers open, and in at least one
case, a city is suing the FAA to stop the shutdown. In Spokane, Wash.,
the airport board has asked a federal court to prevent the FAA from
closing the tower at Felts Field, arguing that the agency failed to
complete a required safety analysis, according to Bloomberg News. Felts Field, a reliever airport for
Spokane International, handles about 52,000 takeoffs and landings per
year. More...
QUESTION
OF THE WEEK: TIME TO PRIVATIZE AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES?
The U.S.
is an anomaly in most of the aviation world with a government-run air
traffic system. Given the effect of the sequester, is it time to
consider a privatized system, as
suggested by by Robert Poole of the Reason
Foundation?
Plus: Last week, we asked AVweb
readers if the Wright Brothers were really the first to achieve
powered, controlled flight as conventional wisdom holds forth. Click
through to see the breakdown of answers we received. More...
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New Bendix/King myWingMan
Navigator App Version Available
Touch and go even farther.
AHRS support. Interface improvements. Greater flight planning
flexibility. The myWingMan Navigator app just got better with the
recent version 1.1 release. The new update makes myWingMan even more
powerful with an enhanced user interface for flight planning, increased
stability in preset modes, and support for external AHRS sensors.
There's no easier way to fly informed. Just touch. And go. Download the
60-day trial at no cost from the Apple app store or
visit BendixKing.com. 
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PODCAST:
GARMIN EXPANDS TRAFFIC PRODUCTS
Garmin International already
has a complete line of active traffic products, but at the Aircraft
Electronics Association show in Las Vegas, it introduced two more models
aimed at high-end aircraft. The GTS 825 Traffic Advisory System and the
GTS 855 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System have improved range
out to 40 and 80 miles, respectively. Both products offer up to 400
watts of transmit power, and both are capable of correlating ADS-B
targets. Garmin's Jim Alpiser discussed both with Paul Bertorelli
at the 2013 Aircraft Electronics Show in Las Vegas. More...
PODCAST:
MORE ADS-B FROM FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS
There's certainly no
shortage of ADS-B products to pick from at AEA this year, and every
company seems to take a different twist. Freeflight Systems' idea is to
pitch affordable products for owners of legacy aircraft that want to
meet the ADS-B requirement but haven't otherwise upgraded their aircraft
with new equipment. In this podcast, Freeflight's Peter King gave
us a summary of the company's product line. More...
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Is Your Entire Life Savings
Worth 10 Minutes of Your Time?
Life insurance protection for pilots often requires special care to be
certain you have the right policy. Pilot Insurance Center knows
life insurance for pilots. No aviation exclusions. Call PIC at
(800) 380-8376 or
visit PICLife.com. 
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VIDEO:
ASPEN'S NEW ADS-B PRODUCTS
 Demand for ADS-B
products continues to trickle upward, and everyone who is anyone in the
avionics business is developing or already selling ADS-B gadgets. Aspen
rolled out its first products at the Aircraft Electronics Association
show in Las Vegas, with an eye toward a range of solutions that rely on
the company's innovative Connected Panel system, an in-cockpit wireless
network that links up with tablet computers. In this video from the
show, Aspen's George Pariza gives AVweb a tour of the new
products. More...
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Continental Motors Factory
Parts
A Look Inside Our Engines — Did you know that all major
component parts for CMI engines are manufactured in modern
production cells that continuously pursue quality and value while
reducing costs to you? CMI's original quality equipment parts, to name a
few, include magnetos, cylinders crankcases, fuel injection systems,
crankshafts, camshafts, pistons, rods, rocker arms, and more.
Visit ContinentalMotors.aero to
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or contact the customer service and sales team at
(800) 326‑0089 or (251) 436‑8292.
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AIR
FORCE MUSEUM HOSTS AVIATION FILM FESTIVAL
To celebrate the
installation of its giant new movie screen, the National Museum of the
U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio, is hosting an all-aviation film
festival, April 12 to 14. The museum's 400-seat theater is reopening
after an $800,000 renovation, featuring a high-definition digital 3D
screen that stands six stories high and an all-new sound system. The
Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation will feature at least 10 films,
including documentaries and features, with each screening introduced by
a special guest. A digitally remastered version of the 1927 classic film
Wings will be shown, presented by William Wellman, Jr., the
director's son; and Top Gun 3D will be introduced by Clay Lacy,
the film's aerial cinematographer. More...
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Over 21,000 Happy
GAMIjectors® Customers Can't Be
Wrong!
GAMIjectors® have given
these aircraft owners reduced cylinder head temperatures, reduced fuel
consumption, and smoother engine operation. GAMIjectors® alter the fuel/air ratio in each
cylinder so that each cylinder operates with a much more uniform
fuel/air ratio than occurs with any other factory set of injectors. To
speak to a GAMI engineer, call (888) FLY‑GAMI,
or
go online for complete engineering
details. 
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EX-MECHANIC
FACES JAIL FOR FRAUD
Former aircraft mechanic Joel Stout
Thursday pled guilty to charges that involve a retired FAA examiner and
falsified documents in a case affecting inspections that took place over
a span of several years, last decade. Stout worked as an aircraft
mechanic at the Flying Tigers aircraft maintenance facility at Donegal
Springs Airpark in Marietta, Pa., between October 2006 and October 2009.
He was certified in 2005, but his certification expired in
2006. According to federal prosecutors, Flying Tigers continued to
perform annual inspections from October 2006 to October 2009 without the
presence of an IA, forged the signature of a certified mechanic, and
arranged for retired FAA examiner Howard Gunter to sign off on
inspections in which he was not otherwise involved. Stout may now
face decades in prison. Gunter and Stout's father are also facing
charges. More...
JAIL
TIME FOR POINTING LASER AT PILOTS
A 19-year-old man who
pointed a powerful laser at a Netjets Cessna Citation and then at a
police helicopter that responded to the pilot's complaints in Burbank,
Calif., was sentenced on Monday to 30 months in prison. Adam Gardenhire
pleaded guilty to the charge, which was made a federal crime last year.
At sentencing, "Gardenhire basically argued that it wasn't dangerous,
that he couldn't have known it was dangerous -- that basically he was
just bored and entertaining himself," said Asst. U.S. Atty. Melissa
Mills. "The judge found the facts didn't bear that out and his behavior
was reckless and very dangerous." More...
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The Biggest Aviation
Show on the Planet ... Is Back!
The award-winning hit TV series The Aviators is back for
an all-new third season showcasing everything from the F-22 and DC-3 to
LSA and balloons. We take you dogfighting in the Nevada desert, flying
with the USAF Thunderbirds, and look on as Mötley Crue frontman
Vince Neil learns to fly. Join our 10 million weekly US viewers and
countless more worldwide.
Watch The Aviators on PBS, iTunes,
Amazon, and Hulu.
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RETIRED
DELTA PILOTS WANT PENSIONS BACK
A former Delta Air Lines
senior captain has launched a petition trying to convince the
reorganized company to reinstate pensions that were terminated when the
airline first filed for bankruptcy eight years ago. Robert Moser was
among about 3,500 retired pilots whose pensions were cut by 80 percent
or more when they were assumed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
Northwest Airlines filed for bankruptcy on the same day as Delta but the
company did not ask for the pension plan to be terminated. Now that the
two airlines have merged, Moser says there's a terrible injustice in
that the reorganized airline continues to fund the pensions of the
Northwest retirees while the long-term employees who were at Delta long
before the merger are left without. "The very pilot group that helped
place Delta in an extraordinary business position to capitalize on
recent big moves, are the same ones that have disproportionately
suffered the biggest hit during and after the re-organization," Moser
says in the petition preamble. More...
DICK
RUTAN RECALLS VOYAGER'S 1986 CIRCUMNAVIGATION
Twenty seven
years after the fact, Dick Rutan says he's somewhat astonished that he
and Jeana Yeager made it around the world in the Burt Rutan-designed
Voyager, given the rudimentary avionics of the day and the fact that the
airplane had so little surplus load factor that moderate turbulence
would have torn it apart. As the keynote speaker at the 56th Aircraft
Electronics Association Convention opening in Las Vegas on Tuesday,
Rutan flashed a photo of his panel that was then state-of-the-art but
which now features some boxes long since faded from the market.
More...
AVWEBBIZ:
AVWEB'S BUSINESS AVIATION NEWSLETTER
 Have you signed up yet for AVweb's
no-cost weekly business aviation newsletter,
AVwebBiz?
Delivered every Wednesday morning,
AVwebBiz focuses on the companies, the products and the industry
leaders that make headlines in the business aviation industry, making it
a must-read. Add AVwebBiz to your AVweb
subscriptions today by clicking
here and choosing "Update E-mail Subscriptions."
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FBO
OF THE WEEK: BAXLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KBHC, BAXLEY,
GEORGIA)
AVweb's latest "FBO of the Week" ribbon goes to
Baxley Municipal Airport (KBHC) in Baxley,
Georgia. AVweb reader Robert Inman recommends adding
it to your Sun 'n Fun flight plan: This facility has been completely remodeled with an emphasis on
pilot efficiency and comfort. The young manager, Tyler Beach, is as
pround as can be as he gives you a tour, including two bedrooms for
those who might get stranded there by weather — all at no charge.
There are a brand-new ramp, self-service pumps (although Tyler helped
pump the fuel, and the cheapest fuel in Georgia. This is a great
place to stop on your visit to Sun 'n Fun! Keep those nominations
coming. For complete contest rules, click
here. AVweb is actively seeking out the best FBOs in
the country and another one, submitted by you, will be spotlighted here
next Monday! More...
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VIDEO:
SANDIA AEROSPACE'S NEW COMPACT TRANSPONDER
 As avonics
manufacturerers are spinning out new ADS-B products by the week, they're
also creating some new sub-niches. One of those is for a simple, compact
Mode-C transponder since some kind of transponder will be needed once
the ADS-B mandate is in place. Sandia Aerospace recently added just such
a product to its well-respected line of avionics fans, integration
boxes, and encoders. At the Aircraft Electronics Association show in Las
Vegas, Sandia's Dennis Smith gave AVweb a video tour of the
company's new STX 165 compact transponder. More...
VIDEO:
GARMIN TEAM X -- PASSION-DRIVEN PRODUCTS
 Although they're not
the centerpiece of Garmin's booth at the Aircraft Electronics
Association show in Las Vegas this week, Garmin has made quite a ripple
with its announcement of seven new avionics products for the
experimental and light sport markets. In this video, Garmin's Jim
Alpiser explains why the company is so bullish on the experimental
segment and why Garmin carved out a segregated engineering team to
develop uncertified avionics, with more products on the way.
More...
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