AVWEB'S FRIDAY PODCAST: FINDING LESS EXPENSIVE (IF NOT CHEAP) GAS — AIRNAV'S AIRBOSS
With $5 avgas more or less a common sight these days, saving 50¢ here or a buck there on every gallon matters. Our friends at AirNav have come up with a fuel discount program called AirBoss that enhances the web site's already valuable Fuel Finder option. In this short podcast, Mike Davison explains how it works.

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DAYJET'S IACOBUCCI:
INITIAL ECLIPSE AVAILABILITY IS PROMISING
Ed Iacobucci, president and CEO of DayJet, told AVweb in this extended podcast that the initial maintenance availability and reliability of the company's first 12 Eclipse 500 twin jets has been better than he expected and that operating economics have thus far panned out to within 5% of expectations as DayJet flies its first revenue passengers. So far, so good — but Iacobucci says DayJet's marriage to Eclipse isn't necessarily monogamous; he's talking to other jet makers, too. Bottom line: It's too soon to tell what the long-term potential of either the VLJ market or the air taxi segment will be.

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A LOW-WING CESSNA SINGLE?
CESSNA'S ROGER WHYTE EXPLAINS WHY IT MAKES SENSE
NBAA may be all about jets and turboprops, but the big buzz so far has been Cessna's pending purchase of Columbia Aircraft, a development that caught everyone by surprise. But is this acquisition really a good fit? Cessna's VP for Sales, Roger Whyte, says it is.

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WHAT DO PIPER AND GARMIN HAVE UP THEIR SLEEVE?
All we know for sure is that the PiperJet will have a new avionics package maybe based on the G1000 — or maybe not. Garmin is being closed-lipped about what capabilities it will provide to Piper, according to Bob Kromer, Piper's VP of sales. In this podcast, Kromer offers an update on Piper's progress on its single-engine jet. Testing, he says, will happen in Vero Beach, but no decisions have been made on a production site.

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ROLL YOUR OWN APPROACH:
JEPPESEN'S NEW RNP PROGRAM
The advent of WAAS GPS means that virtually any airport on the planet -- at least in the U.S -- can have an instrument approach. But the FAA can't even begin to keep up with demand, so it's about to approve Jeppesen's request to develop so-called public RNP approaches on a contract basis. Jeppesen's Andy McDowell explains how it will work.

Click here to listen. (8.2 MB, 8:58)

L-3'S SMARTDECK EFIS:
COMPETITION FOR GARMIN?
Five years ago, a new EFIS called SmartDeck appeared at Oshkosh, to be offered by BF Goodrich's aerospace unit. It promptly vanished, L-3 Communications bought the Goodrich line, and now SmartDeck is back. L-3's Larry Riddle explains why the new version advances the state of the EFIS art.

Click here to listen. (8.6 MB, 9:22)

As a special bonus to AVwebAudio readers, our final podcast from NBAA 2007 make its debut here in the newsletter:

GLASS FOR CESSNA 210s:
AVIDYNE ENVISON REACHES INTO THE AFTERMARKET
The 210 Centurion was one of the most popular high-performance aircraft Cessna built well into the 1980s, and Avidyne is betting owners will want to fit those airplanes with aftermarket glass cockpits. It's offering the Entegra Envision system for retrofit, and although hardly cheap, the STC brings the Centurion to state-of-the-art standards.

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AVWEB'S MONDAY PODCAST: NBAA'S ED BOLEN ON THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL — AND NBAA 2007 IN ATLANTA
If you were looking for a definition of busy, National Business Aviation Association President Ed Bolen would fill the bill. Not only is NBAA's big convention coming up Tuesday in Atlanta, there are major developments in Washington concerning the prospect of user fees being applied to general aviation and particularly business aviation. Bolen took a few minutes to bring AVweb's Russ Niles up to date on the latest in Washington and to tell us a bit about what we can expect in Atlanta.

Click here to listen. (8.2 MB, 8:59)

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