NO MORE CHARTS FOR YOUR FBO?
When the FAA on October 5, 2009, changed the rules that determine to whom they'll sell aeronautical charts, the number of distributors shrank from about 2,000 to less than 300, overnight. Along with that came the very real possibility that your local FBO would be both regulated and priced out of the chart business. The folks behind ChartDealer.com fell into that category, but saw opportunity where many others saw an end. Now co-founders Kevin Laufer and Andrew Hartman believe they've found a way not just to keep their own chart business open, but to use the FAA's new rules to increase the number of physical, non-internet chart sellers available to you. AVweb's Glenn Pew caught up with ChartDealer.com's Hartman for details.

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JUMPING FOR THE CAUSE
Really big events tend to raise really big amounts for charitable causes, and the Jump for the Cause was no exception, gathering almost $1 million for breast cancer research and setting a new world record for women skydivers. Bambi Knight was one of 181 women who linked in so many ways in the searing heat of California last week, and she spoke with AVweb's Russ Niles about the jump.

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Read about AVweb contributor Dr. Brent Blue's experience as one of the, er, helpers at the event and see his photographs here.