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Holiday Special! Get $100 Off
a Panel Power Zulu
Lightspeed has lowered their price from $900 to $850, plus
they'll give you a $50 mail-in rebate. Give your special pilot
everything dreams are made of: performance, comfort, and crystal-clear
audio, with more total noise cancellation than any other headset, plus
built-in Bluetooth. Purchase from an authorized
Lightspeed dealer by December 31st, 2008.
Click here to see why Zulu is
Aviation Consumer's Headset of the Year for 2008. 
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JA Air Center, Your Source
for the New Garmin GPSMap 696
JA Air Center is YOUR source for Garmin equipment, including the
new GPSMap 696 with Victor Airways, Jet Routes, XM Weather, Terrain,
AOPA Airport Guide, and Safe Taxi. JA Air purchases used
GPS units, avionics, and aircraft.
JA Air Center is now open in Sugar Grove, IL, providing the
finest avionics installations, turbine/piston maintenance,
avionics/instrument service, mail order, and aircraft sales. Call
(800) 323-5966, or
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EUROPEAN
SUPERSONIC BIZJET TESTS ADVANCE
An effort to develop an
environmentally acceptable supersonic business jet by a group led by
Dassault continued last week. Russia
Info Center says a model of the HISAC
Environmentally Friendly High Speed Aircraft is undergoing testing at
Russia's Central Institute of Aerohydronyamics. Engineers are looking at
the aerodynamics and potential sonic boom signature of the
eight-to-16-seat aircraft, which, in its test stage, sports a canard
that make it look like a sleeker, smaller version of the XB-70
supersonic bomber of 45 years ago. 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 December 31, 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.
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MORE
POWER TO THE CARAVAN
Innovation continues even in tough times
and Texas Turbine
Conversions has received supplementary type certificate (STC)
approval to install Honeywell TPE331-12JR engines on all Cessna 208B
Caravans. The Honeywell engine puts out 1,100 horsepower but is flat
rated to 900 shaft horsepower in the Caravan application, called the
Supervan 900. They can replace Pratt and Whitney PT6A-114 (600
horsepower) or PT6A-114A (675 horsepower) that come from the factory.
Adding all that power brings predictable performance boosts (shorter
takeoff, double the climb rate, higher cruise speed) and it may also
enhance safety. "Another great benefit is more horsepower available in
icing conditions," said Texas Turbines President Bobby Bishop.
More...
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Aircraft Financing to Fit
Your Needs
AirFleet Capital offers a competitive and experienced approach to
each and every loan program by focusing exclusively on aircraft
financing. AirFleet Capital provides exceptional terms coupled
with personal service and a long-term commitment to support the business
and shared passion of aviation. From Light Sport Aircraft to VLJs and
Business Jets, AirFleet Capital has a loan program to fit your
needs. Call an AirFleet Capital financing specialist at (800)
390-4324, or
request a quote online. 
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AVJET
OPENING GREEN HANGAR
While a lot of attention gets paid to
the environmental impact of aircraft, airport facilities put down a huge
carbon footprint and a California business aircraft charter and
management company is taking a lead role in changing that. Avjet, in collaboration
with Shangri-La Development and Shangri-La Construction have built the
first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum
Certified hangar and airport office facility at Bob Hope Airport. Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to be among the speakers at the
dedication ceremony Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. More...
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Business Executives! Mark
Your Calendars for February 3 & 4, 2009 in London,
England
Active Communications' Efficiency in Aviation forum
will provide a unique platform for senior aviation executives to
discover, consider and discuss innovative management, operational and
technical strategies to achieve greater cost and fuel efficiency.
AVweb is a media partner for this forum. As
an AVweb subscriber, sign up by December 12, 2008 and
receive a special 15% discount. Call Melanie Mulazzi at
+44 (20) 7981-2504, or
click here to contact her via
e-mail. 
Details online. 
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CHINA
AVIATION GUIDE AVAILABLE
There's been a lot of buzz about
China's emerging importance as both a market and producer of
aviation-related products but those who have ventured there from western
countries often find a perplexing system of bureaucracy and business
practices. A new publication by Business Data International attempts to make sense
of it in 220 pages in the China Aviation Directory. According to the
company, the hard cover volume covers "an overview of China's aviation
industry and all leading enterprises." More...
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Diamond Aircraft
Raffle:
Great Gift Idea for the Pilot Who Has
Everything!
Win a Diamond Star DA40 XLS! Only 5,000 tickets will be sold to benefit
Wings of Dreams, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Help
Wings of Dreams complete their aviation museum and warbird
restoration facilities at Keystone Heights Airport, Florida (42J). Target drawing date (if 5,000 tickets are sold) is
February 22, 2009. Void where prohibited.
For more information, visit
WingsOfDreams.org. 
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AVWEB
INSIDER BLOG: REASONS TO LOVE A PARADE
We talk about GA
outreach as much as anyone (maybe more), but this Thanksgiving,
AVweb Editorial Director Paul Bertorelli put his money where his
mouth is by parading up and down the street dressed as — well,
check out the AVweb Insider blog for the photo.
More...
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Virtual Flying in Some of the
World's Great Airplanes
Classic Cockpits is a series of high-quality DVDs that put you
into the pilot's seat of some of the world's great airplanes. Be there
for engine start, checklists, taxi, take-off, climb, cruise, descent,
landing, and more. Titles currently available are:
Flying the Legendary DC-3, 
Flying the PBY Catalina, 
and
Flying the de Havilland
Vampire. 
Makes the perfect holiday gift!
Click on the individual titles for complete descriptions, and
click here to order all DVDs
online. 
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PEPPER
JOINS ASPEN
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Pepper |
Linda Pepper is Aspen Avionics' new
Manager of Customer Services. Pepper was previously at Garmin, where she
began her career in 1994. More...
MCFARREN
IN PRIVATE SECTOR
Lindsey McFarren,
the former Assistant General Manager, Programs for the Transportation
Security Administration's general aviation section has joined the
consulting firm of Simat, Helliesen and Eichner. McFarren will be the
firm's Manager of Safety and Security Systems. More...
WHO'S
WHERE? YOU TELL US
Get a promotion or a new job? Your
colleagues want to know about it, and AVwebBiz can get the word
out. Drop us a line about the
staff appointment, with a nice recent photo, and we'll do our best to
include it in our new section, "Who's Where." The items will be
permanently archived on AVweb for future reference, too.
More...
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Look Around Your Hangar and
Office!
Build A Plane needs items for their annual eBay auction.
Avionics, parts, electronics, headsets, books, videos/CDs, software,
leather jackets, even special airplane rides — well, you get the
idea. Anything Build A Plane can sell will benefit
school-building projects offering students an exciting way to learn
science, engineering, and math and building a new generation of aviation
enthusiasts. For complete information, contact Katrina Bradshaw at
(804) 843-3321, or
go online. 
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EXCLUSIVE
VIDEO: HONEST, THAT ONE-WINGED LANDING VIDEO REALLY IS A
HOAX
 On Oct. 29, Ric Lee sent us an
amazing, actually unbelievable, video of an aerobatic airplane losing a
wing in flight and landing successfully. We were initially amazed, then
became skeptical, and finally, in our AVweb
Insider blog, explained some of the reasons this dramatic video
could be nothing more than an (ultimately very successful) attempt to
create a viral video that flashes the name of a skateboarder clothing
line in front of millions of viewers. Trouble is, people by the dozens
keep sending us the video and urging us to present it on our site. Our
video editor, Glenn Pew, spent some time
illuminating the glaring shortcomings of this admittedly clever hoax and
put them together in a single video. We should have thought of this a
month ago ... . (Click through to watch.) More...
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