Red Bull has released point-of-view video from Felix Baumgartner's
record-setting freefall on the anniversary of the well-covered event.
The three-perspective video, accompanied by altitude, speed and
biometrics display, displays what Baumgartner saw and heard as he
streaked from the edge of space to the New Mexico desert in a little
more than nine minutes. Read
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The Aviators Is
Back with an All-New Fourth Season
The all-new fourth season of the award-winning hit TV show The
Aviators, the biggest aviation show on the planet, is now
available! Airliners, bombers, ultralights, gliders, floatplanes,
helicopters, and even blimps -- absolutely everything for pilots and
enthusiasts alike. New episodes can be seen on PBS or online at iTunes,
Amazon, and Hulu. Click here to watch The Aviators
... RIGHT NOW on iTunes!
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Robert B. Barnes, the founder and CEO of the International Association
of Flight Training Professionals (IATPF) died Sept. 29 following a
stroke. Barnes created the organization to provide a touchstone for
those involved in training to share best practices in the evolving
vocation of teaching people to fly. Read
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Would You Like to
Participate in Crafting the Future of Aviation?
If so, please take a short (ten-minute) survey to help us
understand the elements of trust, safety, and cost that may be essential
in the decision to be a passenger on an unmanned, autonomous airliner.
Click this link to take the survey.
Thank you! Your input is greatly valued!
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While pilots and aviation enthusiasts in the U.S. have annual conclaves
like AirVenture and Sun ‘N Fun to sustain their passions,
China’s emerging aviation industry has no equivalent. But that may
be changing with Thursday’s launch of the China International
General Aviation Convention (CIGAC), sponsored by the district of
Shaanxi in the central Chinese city of Xi'an. AVweb will be onsite all
week reporting on developments at Xi'an. Read
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This week, AVweb is attending the China International General Aviation
Conference (CIGAC) and the annual Aviation Training Congress China
(ATCC). We'll have coverage all week of our visits to Beijing and Xi'an.
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We Know Pilots; Zulu PFX
Knows You
The proprietary innovations in Lightspeed's PFX technology
deliver the quietest headset available and create a personal flying
experience by actively conforming to your ears, your environment, and
your preferences. The result is an extension of the amount and frequency
range of noise cancellation, as well as enhanced voice clarity and music
fidelity. Click here to learn more.
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For the first time, NBAA will be hosting a Teachers' Day at its annual
convention, coming up later this month in Las Vegas. The program, hosted
by the nonprofit group Build A Plane, will be held in conjunction with
the Careers in Business Aviation Day, on Thursday, Oct. 24. Keynote
speaker for the event is Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar, former NASA astronaut and
a professor of engineering at the University of Houston. The Teachers'
Day program will introduce high-school teachers and students, and
college students, to a variety of aviation education programs and
opportunities, and provide abundant take-home materials. During the day,
full admission to NBAA2013 will be free to event participants, and lunch
will be provided. Read
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The Phillips 66® Aviation Wings™ Card — The Card
That Does More
When your primary business is aviation, your primary fuel charge card
should be the Phillips 66®
Aviation Wings™ Card. With more locations, more rewards, and
superior service, your Wings Card is convenient and flexible. Use it
with your WingPoints® Rewards
Card for twice as many points! Corporate flight departments can
apply online today for the card that does more. Click here to start now.
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Meet the AVweb Team
AVweb is the world's premier independent aviation news resource,
online since 1995. Our reporting, features, and newsletters are brought
to you by:
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Tom Bliss
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Although AOPA’s Summit show in Fort Worth this week may mark the
end of an era, it didn’t necessarily feel like that in the exhibit
hall on Friday. Foot traffic was up and down throughout the show and
vendors we're mulling their next moves for show attendance. Read
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Renting an airplane away from home has always been a hassle, but
OpenAirplane aims to make that process "as easy as renting a car." The
company has made progress since its launch earlier this year. Co-founder
Rod Rakic gave an update to AVweb's Mary Grady at AOPA Summit in Fort
Worth, Texas on Saturday. Read
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At AOPA Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, Dynon Avionics introduced a new
product called the D2 Pocket Panel. It follows the company's popular D1
EFIS, but the new product, rather than being limited to a built-in
display, communicates wirelessly with tablet apps. Read
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At AOPA Summit, Garmin International is showing off something new: a
sophisticated pilot watch that features GPS navigation, built-in
altimetry with alerting, multiple timers, and even wireless camera
control. The new gadget sells for $449 is expected to be available in
November. Read
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At AOPA Summit, Cirrus CEO Pat Waddick gave AVweb a progress report on
the company's SF50 single-engine personal jet. The aircraft is on fast
track development for delivery in 2015. Read
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At every show, we see ever more functionality and high-level features in
tablet apps. At AOPA Summit this year in Fort Worth, we’ve
uncovered some useful new features in three apps we examined:
ForeFlight, WingX Pro and Jeppesen’s FliteDeck app. In today’s
video tour of these products, you can get a look how the new features
work from Tyson Weihs of ForFlight, Hilton Goldstein of WingX Pro and
Weston Greene from Jeppesen. Read
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At AOPA Summit, you can try all of the major ANR headsets in a single
booth and fill out a survey form to quantify exactly what you think of
each one. If you buy any of the headsets from any manufacturer, Giant of
Quiet will give you a $25 coupon toward the purchase. We'll play the
game here and refrain from identifying which company is sponsoring the
mystery headset challenge. Read
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One way of attracting a crowd at shows like AOPA Summit is to have a
clever gadget, and Anthony Chan definitely has one in his wirelessly
controlled aircraft tug. Chan was putting the tug through its paces on
the exhibit floor in Fort Worth this week and drawing plenty of
interest. Unlike most tugs, which use rubber-tired wheels for traction,
the AC Air Technology tug has a miniature tank tread system driven by a
pair of powerful electric motors powered by a lithium-ion battery
capable of multiple tows. Read
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