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Zulu's Gone
Wild!
People are coming to the booth with the reviews in their hands, wanting
to see the difference for themselves. No doubt about it — for
comfort, quiet, sound quality, it's Zulu! If you're here, come on
by for a Zulu demo. And if you couldn't make it this year and you
want to see the reviews,
go to Lightspeed online. 
» Try Lightspeed's Zulu and compare it to other
premium brands
at booths 2019-2020 & 2023 at EAA
AirVenture
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NEW
ECLIPSE CEO ADDRESSING REFUND CONCERNS
Acting Eclipse CEO
Roel Pieper says the company is working out the details of honoring an
unknown number of $150,000 deposits made by an unknown number of
position holders who balked at the latest ($500,000) price increase of
the Eclipse 500. Pieper said he expects announcements to be made in "a
few days" concerning alleged delays in the processing of refunds. The
deposit refund issue has dominated discussion on blog and forum sites
recently. Two position holders AVweb spoke with say there is real
concern among those who have requested refunds and they're hopeful a
resolution is coming as quickly as Pieper said there will be. "I have to
admit that I am a little nervous," said Doug Cayne, who requested his
refund about two weeks ago. Eclipse has said the requests will be
processed within 30 days. Others have been waiting longer, he said.
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AV8OR™ Horizon
3D
AV8OR Horizon 3D is the first portable — and affordable
— cockpit information system with 3-D synthetic vision. Its
touch-screen, multi-function display (MFD) delivers a realistic
cockpit-like view, no matter what the conditions beyond the aircraft
window, through dynamic, synthetic 3-D imagery. On the ground, use it as
a Tablet PC to plan your route, download weather, save your flight plan,
generate checklists and more.
For more information, go online. 
» Register to win a Bendix/King AV8OR by Honeywell at
booths 2081-2086 at EAA AirVenture
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TERRAFUGIA
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT TO FLY SOON, COMPANY SAYS
Terrafugia CEO
Carl Dietrich says his Transition flying car -- which he prefers to call
a "roadable aircraft" -- will fly by the end of this year, and customer
deliveries will start by the end of 2009. Dietrich brought his
proof-of-concept prototype to EAA AirVenture this week, and says it will
be certified as a light sport aircraft, which will require some further
refinements in the next version, to reduce the weight. It will use
super-unleaded auto gas, so you can drive to the pump and fill up, and
it will burn about 4.5 gallons per hour at 100 knots. The prototype is
powered by a Rotax 912S. The company's work so far has been funded by
private investors, who wish to remain anonymous, Dietrich said, and he
expects no problems with continuing to fund his development plans.
"We've been very successful at raising money," he said. The company is
now taking $5,000 fully refundable deposits, and the aircraft sells for
$194,000. Dietrich says the next delivery slot available is about number
50. More...
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Fly With Bose® Aviation
Headset X™
Enjoy an unmatched combination of full-spectrum noise reduction, clearer
audio, and comfortable fit. Voted the #1 headset for the seventh
consecutive year in Professional Pilot's 2007 Headset Preference
Survey. Also rated "Best ANR Headset: The Aviation Consumer
Product of the Year" by Aviation Consumer.
Purchase by August 16, 2008 and receive a complimentary pair of Bose
in-ear headphones ($99.95 value).
Learn more and order. 
Quotes reprinted with permission: Professional
Pilot, 2007 Headset Preference Survey, 12/07; Aviation
Consumer, 8/07.
» Try out the Headset X™ and other Bose Corporation
products at booths 171-176 at EAA AirVenture
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WHITEKNIGHTTWO
ROLLS OUT FOR THE PRESS, LOOK FOR IT NEXT YEAR AT
OSHKOSH
WhiteKnightTwo, the huge double-hulled aircraft that
will carry SpaceShipTwo and its cargo of space tourists to 50,0000 feet,
rolled out to the public for the first time Monday morning at Scaled
Composites in Mojave (click
here for AVweb's exclusive on-scene video, live today).
Shortly afterward, Will Whitehorn, CEO of Virgin Galactic, spoke with
reporters at AirVenture in Oshkosh, via a Web link to the EAA Museum.
Whitehorn said he expects that by next July, WhiteKnightTwo will be
flying in to Oshkosh. First flight is expected by the end of this year,
he said, and a thorough test regime lasting up to two years, with at
least 100 flights, is planned before the ship goes into commercial
service carrying tourists into space. Whitehorn said that while Virgin
is the launch customer for the first two WhiteKnightTwos, he expects
there is a wider commercial market for the aircraft, which has the
capacity to transport large cargo items, to launch satellites, and also
could launch a ship carrying a single person into orbit. [more]
WhiteKnightTwo is the largest carbon-fiber aircraft ever built, with two
cabins that can each hold eight seats, plus eight more in SpaceShipTwo.
At 50,000 feet, it will drop SpaceShipTwo, with eight on board, to ride
its rocket into suborbital space. Whitehorn said that altitude is
optimal for the spaceship to get the most thrust while still having
aerodynamic control to get the nose pointed up, but it would be possible
for WhiteKnight to fly much higher if needed for other missions. Its two
cabins are identical, Whitehorn said, and both can carry eight seats.
Only the right side is pressurized and equipped for flying. The other
side can be used to haul cargo or passengers, and he suggested that on a
typical flight the ship might carry future space tourists for training
purposes, and fly parabolas on its way down to give them a simulated
zero-g experience. More...
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Discover the Thrill of a
Family Getaway
Discover that the best family vacation photos aren't taken through the
window of a minivan. In a brand-new Cessna Stationair, every
single weekend becomes your chance for a family getaway. Without ever
hearing the dreaded words "Are we there yet?" Call 1 (800)
4-CESSNA.
Or visit
CessnaYouAreHere.com. 
» Discover the thrill of Cessna Single-Engine for yourself
at booths 143-156 at EAA AirVenture
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BENDIX/KING'S
NEW PORTABLES
We've known for several years that
Bendix/King's engineers have been busily developing new products and,
surprisingly, three of them came out of the ground this week at EAA
AirVenture. Specifically, the company announced three portable devices,
one a high-feature budget model and two sophisticated electronic flight
bag type products based on Samsung tablet PCs and integrated from the
VistaNav line which Bendix/King just bought. All of these products fly
under a product flag called AV8OR. More...
AVIDYNE'S
NEW AFTERMARKET EFIS
It's fair to say that Avidyne launched
the glass cockpit revolution for light aircraft with its groundbreaking
Entegra, which quickly became standard equipment in the Cirrus line. At
AirVenture this week, Avidyne announced a new expansion of its glass
product suite intended specifically for the aftermarket. The latest
major glass product is the PFD4000, an 8-inch EFIS designed to fit into
the space occupied by a standard legacy six-pack instrument
grouping.
Related Content:
Audio
interview with Avidyne's Tom Harper More...
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Inflight. Every
Flight.
XM WX Satellite Weather has quickly become the leading way to fly
for pilots across the country. And now, with Aviator Pro, the
brand-new weather data package from XM WX, pilots have an even
better reason to fly with the datalink weather leader — inflight
and every flight. See the new suite of weather data at AirVenture 2008,
or
click here to learn more about XM
WX and Aviator Pro. 
» See why XM WX Satellite Weather is the official weather
provider
of EAA AirVenture when you visit WxWorx at booths
3030-3032
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LANCAIR
ANNOUNCES PISTON-POWERED EVOLUTION
ancair, which had its
painted and demo-flying turbine Evolution out on the flight line this
week, today announced a further development of the airplane to use
piston power. In a radical break from Lancair tradition, which has most
recently relied on either Continental or Superior piston power, the
upcoming Evolution will use a version of the just announced Lycoming
TEO-540 six-cylinder powerplant. It will produce 400 horsepower,
according to Lancair president Joe Bartels. More...
CHELTON, S-TEC MERGER, NEW PRODUCTS ALMOST COMPLETE
Chelton
Flight Systems (CFS) and S-TEC Corporation, both part of Cobham plc's
Avionics and Surveillance Division, are consolidating their offices and
product integration activities and moving forward to develop new
avionics as their parent merges the two companies, according to a
briefing this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008. S-TEC, which was
acquired by Cobham at the beginning of 2008, employs 180 people and
operates out of a 10-acre engineering and production campus. The merger
involves closure of Chelton's Boise, Idaho, headquarters and relocation
of most staff to S-TEC's facilities in Mineral Wells, Texas. The merger
has gone so smoothly, the company said, its main challenges now involve
branding issues. More...
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Avidyne's Color Lightning
System Provides Truly Tactical Weather Detection
Avidyne's TWX670 Tactical Lightning Detection System
provides highly-accurate depiction of lightning from 0nm-200nm and
features TWxCell™ and Color Strike modes on compatible displays,
including Avidyne's EX500, EX5000 and MHD300. In addition, the
TWX670 provides alternate interface protocols for compatibility
with other leading manufacturers' displays.
Click here for more information. 
» See Avidyne's state-of-the-art technologies in action at
booths 2098-2101 (Combo E) at EAA AirVenture
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CIRRUS
JET ARRIVES WEDNESDAY
Cirrus Design confirmed that the public
unveiling of its Vision SJ50 jet will take place at EAA AirVenture on
Wednesday at about 2:15. The aircraft first flew July 3 and has been
undergoing initial flight testing in Duluth. The company had hoped to
bring the aircraft to Oshkosh but CEO Alan Klapmeier said it would
depend on the progress of the flight testing and the discretion of the
test pilots. The aircraft was announced 13 months ago and has been under
development for four years. More...
RADIUM
DIAL CHECK AT BORDER
A Canadian pilot says he was delayed
almost three hours on the flight to AirVenture while U.S. authorities
checked his aircraft for radioactive material in the instruments. Joe
Scoles says his vintage Cessna 170 most likely has radium dials but he
was shocked when the TSA official sweeping his plane with a detector at
Port Huron, Mich., told him his aircraft was just below the limit of
detectable radiation allowed in the U.S. and that it could have been
impounded if it was above that limit. "That was a real surprise to me,"
he said. More...
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AVWEB'S
AIRVENTURE 2008 PODCAST #5: AVIDYNE'S NEW PFD4000
Avidyne
pioneered the first small aircraft glass cockpit for new airplanes
— the Cirrus line — and now it's forging ahead with a new EFIS
product for the aftermarket, an affordable, single ADAHRS primary flight
display that will fit into legacy panels. Paul Bertorelli spoke with
Avidyne's Tom Harper about glass panels and the
PFD4000.
This podcast is brought to you byWxWorx XM WX Satellite
Weather, official weather provider of EAA AirVenture ...
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Announcing: First-Ever,
Zero-Down Factory Engine Financing!
Air Power, Inc. — the World's Largest Factory Engine
Distributor — announces an industry first: long-term,
low-interest, no-money-down financing on all Continental and
Lycoming Genuine Factory Engines: New, Remanufactured, and Overhauled,
always sold at just $300 over factory invoice. Offering 20-year 6.9%
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payments as low as $129.79 for a Cessna Skyhawk Factory Engine. For
details, call Air Power at (888) 759-4295, or
go online to
FactoryEngines.com. 
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Lycoming® — The Engines of
Choice
Lycoming® produces the most
complete line of horizontally opposed, air-cooled four-, six-, and
eight-cylinder certified aircraft engines available, with power ranging
from 100 to 400 HP. For homebuilders, air race and aerobatic pilots, and
others looking for non-certified engines with Lycoming
dependability, Lycoming offers custom-built Thunderbolt Engines.
Lycoming piston engines have a reputation for reaching or
exceeding TBO.
For more information, please visit
Lycoming.com. 
» Learn more about the full line of Lycoming Engines at
booths 177-182 at EAA AirVenture
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Between Wheels Up and Wheels
Down, There Is One Important Word: How
As the team managing the FAA AFSS system, Lockheed Martin serves
nearly 90,000 general aviation pilots every week. Providing timely,
accurate information and helpful service 24/7. From weather forecasts to
en route information, from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, ensuring flight safety
in the National Airspace System is all a question of how.
And it is the how that makes all the difference.
Click here for more. 
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