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September 14, 2011
By The AVweb Editorial Staff
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There's Nothing Light About This Jet
Meet the latest and greatest member of the world's most successful family of light jets, the Citation CJ4. It delivers more speed and greater range while retaining the pilot-friendly
— and single-pilot-certified — operations of the CJ family. The CJ4's cabin is larger, more comfortable, and outfitted with new entertainment and communication systems. All this equals an
aircraft that is flexible enough to meet the requirements of many mid-sized aircraft at light jet costs, plus the service reputation of Cessna to back up your decision. It's what every light jet
aspires to be.
Visit
Cessna.com.
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Taking Garmin's New aera 796 Out for a
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At AOPA's Summit event in Hartford, Connecticut next week, Garmin will roll out its newest portable GPS navigator/plate reader, the aera 796. The 796 is a follow-on product to both the GPSmap 696
and the aera product line, which brought touchscreen control to Garmin's lineup. The new navigator features capacitive-type touchscreen control similar to the iPad and some smartphones, so it can be
finger scrolled and pinch scaled. It will be available in two versions, the $2199 aera 795 without weather link and the $2499 aera 796 which includes an XM receiver for both weather datalink and
entertainment.
Although synthetic vision has been used in portables previously, the 795/796 mark Garmin's first inclusion of this feature in its portables. Garmin calls this feature 3D Vision and it appears on
the display screen as a miniature airplane flying into a horizon defined by the GPS-derived synthetic view. The detail is similar to Garmin's panel mounts, such as the G500/600 series and such details
as color-coded terrain, obstacles and airport runways are clearly visible.
According to a report in the October 2011 issue of our sister publication, Aviation Consumer, the most impressive feature of the
795/796 may be its improved charting functions. Although the GPSmap 696 had approach plates, it didn't have low- and high-altitude charts or sectionals. The new 796 has all three, easily accessible
through a dedicated button at the bottom the screen. All of the charts are fully georeferenced on both the visual and the instrument charts. Weather depictions appear only on the navigator's base
navigation map. The capacitive interface also allowed an additional feature: An electronic scratchpad that allows you to quickly jot down notes or clearances. Garmin says improved battery
technology—lithium ion—has extended battery life to between four and eight hours.
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At AOPA Summit in Hartford, Garmin will unveil its latest portable, the touchscreen aera 796. Take a video tour of the navigator's features, which include synthetic vision, enhanced
chart functions, and a new touchscreen interface.
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Privacy, Transparency Battle Lands in the
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A bill now n the works in the U.S. House would restore a program that allows private aircraft operators to block flight data from display on public flight-following sites, NBAA said this week. U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, of Iowa, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on
Transportation, included a provision to preserve the Block Aircraft Registration Request in the annual appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation. "The government's move to severely
curtail the BARR program represents an unwarranted invasion of the privacy of aircraft owners and operators, a threat to the competitiveness of U.S. companies, and a potential security risk to persons
on board general aviation aircraft," said NBAA President Ed Bolen. "We are pleased to see this recognition reflected in the subcommittee's bill."
According to NBAA, the bill states: "None of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation on the ability of any
owner or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a blocking of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration
number from any display of the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that is made available to the public, except data made available to a government agency,
for the noncommercial flights of that owner or operator." The FAA in March cited freedom of information concerns and said it would limit the program only to operators who could show valid
security threats. At EAA AirVenture in July, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt indicated the agency was not very interested in restoring the program. "This is one of those cases where we need to
distinguish between a right and a privilege," Babbitt said. Flying in the national airspace system
qualifies as a privilege, he said.
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Other Shoe Preparing to Drop on
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The Obama administration appears to be following through on its earlier anti-business aviation rhetoric by recommending Congress lengthen the depreciation schedule for business aircraft. According
to NBAA, the administration's proposed American Jobs Act contains a measure to change a 25-year-old depreciation
schedule established by the IRS. That's a separate issue from the current "bonus depreciation" of 100 percent of the acquisition cost of business-related goods in the first year that was passed last
year. That measure runs out at the end of this year.
NBAA didn't say how the administration wants to change the depreciation schedule for business aircraft but NBAA President Ed Bolen said the proposal is counterproductive to the Act's apparent goal.
"The president's proposal to lengthen depreciation schedules for general aviation aircraft seems directly at odds with the stated purpose of the proposed legislation, which is to create jobs," Bolen
said. "The president himself has said shorter depreciation schedules create jobs. With that in mind, it is difficult to see how this latest proposal could support his broader goal of addressing the
nation's job crisis." Earlier this year, President Obama and senior government officials began using business aviation as a symbol of excess and economic disparity in public statements.
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Introducing Avidyne's IFD540 Touchscreen FMS/GPS/NAV/COM
As a slide-in replacement for existing 530 Series navigators, the new IFD540 sets a new standard for user interface simplicity. Leveraging the award-winning interface of our Entegra Release 9
system along with a highly intuitive touchscreen control, the IFD540 makes it much easier to access the information you want when you want it. Now you have a choice. And the choice is easy.
Avidyne.
Learn more at
IFD540.com.
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Qantas is promising a "private jet feel" in a new ultra-premium airline it's hoping to launch in Asia. The Sydney Morning Herald says the airline is narrowing down names for
the new carrier, which will likely be based in Malaysia or Singapore and cater to high-end business clients. The newspaper says the new carrier will compete with the decadent offerings of Singapore
Airlines A380 first class in an attempt to gain a bigger share of the burgeoning Southeast Asia and Chinese business travel market. It will not, however, be assigning its own A380s to the task.
Rather, a fleet of 24 refurbished A320s will be used.
Matching the luxury of Singapore's super-jumbo first-class staterooms and compartmentalized seats will be a tall order (particularly in a single-aisle airliner) but Qantas says it will actually do
better than that with a "top premium product." The top contender for the new name of the airline is RedQ but apparently OneAsia is also in the running.
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WingX Pro7 Version 5 for iPad — Includes In-Flight Weather
The new WingX Pro7 Version 5 Moving Map adds ADS-B In-Flight Weather, Terrain-Enhanced VFR Sectionals, IFR Low/High Enroute charts, ADS-B NEXRAD, TFRs, SUAs, and a lot more. All moving map
views can be displayed fullscreen or side-by-side. Also included: Animated weather images, DUATS, A/FD, AOPA Directory with Yelp integration, Route Planning, FARs, E6B, and more. WingX is also
available for Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and Android.
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information.
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An Airport to the World? It'll Be Big Enough
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When China's new Beijing airport opens in 2015 it will be the largest in the world, covering 21 square miles, with nine runways and the capacity to handle 370,000 passengers per day. Construction
is expected to begin soon on a site about 30 miles southwest of the capital city in Daxing, according to the Guardian. The new runways will provide relief for the city's main airport, which is
nearing its capacity of 75 million passengers per year. "Last year it handled 73 million," Cao Yunchun, a professor at the country's Civil Aviation University, told the London Telegraph. "In two years, it will be totally packed. And it
cannot be expanded infinitely."
With the new airport, Beijing is expected to handle a total of 120 million to 200 million passengers per year, which would make it the world's busiest aviation hub. About 100 million travelers use
the airports in London and Tokyo each year, most of them on international flights. Daxing also will have the most runways, beating out Denver, which has just six. Workers now on site are building a
30-foot-tall map of the world out of steel and concrete, topped by red characters announcing: "Construction of a New Airport City for the Capital." Work on runways and facilities is expected to begin
sometime this year.
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Actor Cliff Robertson was a fixture around Oshkosh because, besides acting, he was an accomplished pilot, too. Robertson died over the weekend, a day past his 88th birthday. On the AVweb
Insider blog, Paul Bertorelli reveals a couple of interesting coincidences about Robertson's intersection with history.
Read more and join the conversation.
President Obama shocked the environmental community by telling the EPA to shelve proposed new regulation that would tighten ozone emissions. The ostensible reason was economics and jobs, but the
underlying motivation was political. So, we have to ask, if he can do that for ozone, how about lead? A permanent waiver for leaded avgas could reduce the headwinds GA is currently trying to
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