AVWEB'S FRIDAY PODCAST:
HOW PILOT MARK BENT LIGHTS THE DARKNESS ONE PERSON AT A TIME
When Texas oil man Mark Bent was flying his motorglider over eastern Africa, he noticed that huge expanses of the wilderness were deforested. When he found out why, his innovative brain went to work, and he came up with the BoGo Light, an inexpensive solar-powered LED light source that is changing the lives of thousands of Africans. AVweb's Russ Niles caught up with Bent near his home in Houston and discovered how one man's passion for flying helped light up the lives of people half a world away.

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DAYJET'S ED IACOBUCCI ON CHOOSING ECLIPSE 500s AS AIR TAXIS
AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter spoke with DayJet President and CEO Ed Iacobucci to see what the per-seat, on-demand operator is doing to prepare for its service launch with Eclipse 500 very light jets, as well as to find out how he feels about the delays at Eclipse Aviation.

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POGO JET'S CAMERON BURR AT THE VLJ BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Pogo Jet President Cameron Burr spoke with AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter earlier this week at the Business Models for VLJs and Light Jets Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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IFR MAGAZINE TALKS TO RADAR EXPERT DAVE GWINN
Retired TWA captain and renowned radar lecturer Dave Gwinn chats with Glenn Pew about the importance (and limitations) or radar in the IFR system. You may be surprised at what you can learn from Gwinn if you spend a few minutes with him ... .

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Flight instructor and electrical engineer Brad Whitsitt noticed that many of his flight students had much difficulty with crosswind landings, and his research into the problem found that improper crosswind landing techniques and wind-gust encounters near the runway are the top causes of weather-related accidents. Using skills from both disciplines (engineering and flight instruction), Whitsitt developed the Xwind 200 crosswind landing trainer.

On Monday, hear AVweb Editor-in-Chief Chad Trautvetter speak with Whitsitt about the Xwind crosswind landing sim.