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GARMIN'S
NEW GLO GPS FOR TABLETS
If Garmin is feeling the heat from
GPS-enabled tablets and smartphones, it's not taking the competition
lying down. This week Garmin rolls out the GLO, a new self-contained GPS
receiver that links to Android and iPad tablets via Bluetooth,
wirelessly providing position updates up to 10 times a second. Remote
GPS gadgets for tablets aren't new, but Garmin equipped GLO not just
with GPS, but with a receiver for Russia's GLONASS system. That puts
another 24 satellites on the table for rapid time to first fix and more
robust position sensing once the location is calculated.
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The Aviators: Watch Us
on TV, on DVD and Online ... Now!
The award-winning hit television series airing across the US weekly on
PBS (contact your local station), in Canada on Travel+Escape, and
overseas on Discovery. The Aviators covers all-things
aviation, as our pilot/hosts take you flying with the Blue Angels, on
$100 hamburger runs, or exploring aircraft from warbirds to airliners.
Seasons 1 and 2 now on iTunes and Hulu. Season 3 coming this fall ...
and premiering at AirVenture 2012!
Click here to learn more.
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HAWKER
BEECH DEAL HAS PITFALLS
Although Superior Air Parts may well
end up as the owner of most of Hawker Beechcraft, analysts who've now
had a chance to sort through the issues facing the Chinese owners of
Superior are cautioning that it's anything but a done deal. Possibly the
biggest stumbling block is that there's a significant defense business
embedded in Hawker Beechcraft as a whole and the federal government will
demand assurances that no militarily sensitive technology or information
is compromised. To accommodate that reality in the "exclusivity
agreement" that was
announced Monday, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Superior will initially buy all of
the company for $1.79 billion and then be "refunded" about $400 million
representing the military business. More...
FROM
MONDAY:
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT AGREES TO OFFER FROM CHINESE
COMPANY
Hawker Beechcraft will be sold to Superior Aviation
Beijing Co. for $1.79 billion, the company announced on Monday, assuming
that a final agreement is worked out over the next 45 days. The
transaction will not include the Hawker Beechcraft Defense Co., which
produces the T-6 trainer and is developing the AT-6 light attack
aircraft. "The decision to move forward with Superior was based on two
key factors," said Chairman Bill Boisture. "The bid for the company was
the most attractive we received during the strategic review process and
the going-forward plan offered the most continuity for our business,
allowing us to preserve jobs, product lines and our ability to maintain
our commitments to our customers." The company will maintain a "strong
presence" in the U.S., Boisture said, retaining its current employee
base and management team. More...
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ForeFlight Mobile
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PIREPS, and more streamed effortlessly to your iPad via ADS-B.
Intelligent Apps for Pilots™ backed by Fanatical Pilot
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Visit ForeFlight.com to learn
more.
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COMMENT
PERIOD EXTENDED FOR MEDICAL PROPOSAL
The FAA will extend its
comment period on a proposal to make it easier to fly without a
third-class medical certificate, EAA and AOPA said on Monday. Pilots now
have another 70 days -- until September 14 -- to add to the more than
14,000 comments that were already filed in the initial 20-day comment
period. The proposal would allow pilots to fly some GA aircraft without
a third-class medical if they take an online course, self-certify, and
hold a driver's license. AOPA and EAA requested the extension, noting
that the exemption would likely affect more than 39,000 pilots and
impact the operations of up to 114,333 single-engine piston airplanes.
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A New Day at Bendix/King by
Honeywell
Bendix/King Avionics has established new business operations in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Soon, we'll have an all-new product line. We
have renewed our brand — and our promise — to design, build
and support the best-performing, most innovative and cost-effective
avionics products available for general aviation.
Visit us online by clicking here.
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ACR
ELECTRONICS SOLD TO J.F. LEHMAN
ACR Electronics, which makes
the ACR and Artex lines of ELTS, PLBs and related safety and rescue
equipment, has been sold to J.F. Lehman and Company, a private equity
firm that invests in defense, aerospace and maritime sectors. ACR is
based in Fort Lauderdale and employs 180 people. It has been in
operation since 1956 and helped pioneer ELTs and the related items the
technology spawned. More...
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GNS 430W/530W
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The VFS101 also adds Victor Airway support to your GNS430W/530W!
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in turbulence, and takes the anxiety out of in-flight re-routes. Visit
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stop twisting knobs today! 
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AVWEB
INSIDER BLOG: JORDAN GETS HIS WINGS
On the AVweb
Insider blog, Paul Bertorelli talks with his student, Jordan
Nations, whose Private Pilot Certificate is less than 24 hours old.
Jordan had the rare opportunity to learn flying in both a vintage Piper
J-3 Cub and a Cessna 150. Paul and Jordan took a victory lap around the
Florida beaches savoring the unique satisfaction that only students and
instructors share -- and we share it with readers in this special vlog.
Read
more and join the conversation. More...
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Eclipse Aerospace
Unveils
Financing/Warranty Package for Total Eclipse
Jet
Eclipse Aerospace is excited to announce for a limited time the
"Total Eclipse = Total Savings" program for eligible
purchasers of the Total Eclipse twin-engine jet. This package includes a
Two-Year Extended Warranty, Complementary Options Package, Tax
Incentives, and Factory Direct Financing through July 31.
CLICK HERE for more info.
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PRIBYL
MOVES TO AOPA
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Pribyl |
Katie Pribyl is the new vice president of
communications for AOPA. She was formerly director of communications for
the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
More...
WHO'S
WHERE? YOU TELL US
Get a promotion or a new job? Your
colleagues want to know about it, and AVwebBiz can get the word
out. Drop us a line about the
staff appointment, with a nice recent photo, and we'll do our best to
include it in our new section, "Who's Where." The items will be
permanently archived on AVweb for future reference, too.
More...
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Lightspeed Aviation Trade-Up
Program
Your old less-than-perfect headset has trade-in value on our new
Zulu.2 or Sierra headsets.
Just visit us online at LightspeedAviation.com, click on our
Trade-Up Program, and discover how easy it is to own the headset
most pilots prefer. Quiet and clarity never felt so comfortable. You get
an incredible headset at a great price from a company that is totally
committed to aviation. Headsets for aviation is our only
passion.
Click here to learn more and to find a
dealer near you.
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FORTY-SEVEN
YEARS IN AVIATION: A MEMOIR; CHAPTER 15: A YEAR IN KOREA, THEN BACK TO
OSU
The USS Pueblo incident near North Korea inspired a show
of force requiring many reservists, including Richard Taylor, to drop
what they were doing (teaching, in Richard's case) and head off to
Korea. Along the way, he got to do a little bit of flying and practicing
water landings with a parachute. Back in the States after a year,
Richard went back to the classroom, but also flew the Ohio Army National
Guard's Bird Dog and Beaver. More...
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Professional
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