AVIATION CONSUMER EXPLORES DATALINK WEATHER WITH WXWORX'S BOB BARON
Although it's been available for only about five years, it's hard to recall when datalink weather wasn't the standard equipment it seems to be. As part of ongoing coverage of weatherlink in its December 2007 issue, our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, interviewed Bob Baron, whose WxWorx service is the leading datalink provider. He tells the magazine that more changes and improvements are on the way.

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UNEARTHING THE MAID OF HARLECH
As you may have read in Thursday's AVwebFlash, the sands of time have buried an intact P-38 for more than 60 years since it was abandoned on a Welsh beach. Now named the Maid of Harlech (for a town near the beach), the Second World War fighter will soon be recovered and restored to original condition, as was another P-38 well known to warbird and air show buffs as Glacier Girl. And in an interesting twist of fate, it turns out the Welsh aircraft and Glacier Girl probably left the factory within days of each other and were both part of Operation Bolero, the U.S. Army Air Force's first major mission to help the war in Europe. AVweb's Mike Blakeney talked with TIGHAR's Ric Gillespie about the Maid of Marlech's history and her future.

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SPECIAL BIZ PODCAST:
DEBRIEFING DUBAI WITH ANALYST RICHARD ABOULAFIA
Last week's Dubai Air Show may have been a turning point in commercial aviation history. Oil-rich Middle Eastern countries have apparently decided that they want to takes the area's historic role as crossroads of the world and give that a modern context. Airlines there accounted for most of the hundred billion dollars in aircraft orders tallied up at the show. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with industry analyst Richard Aboulafia on why other airlines should be nervous.

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IFR MAGAZINE TACKLES AN ATC EMERGENCY WITH CONTROLLER CHARLIE RICHARDSON
IFR spoke with Charlie Richardson, a veteran controller and controllers' instructor, about what happens when screens go dark at a major control center.

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