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October 25, 2010

ANN Special Feature: Sikorsky Takes a Stake in Eclipse - 10.26.10

From the floor of NBAA 2010, Eclipse Aerospace Chairman and CEO Mason Holland announces an agreement in principle for Sikorsky Aircraft to acquire a minority stake in Eclipse. ANN's Jim Campbell fo

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Monday 10.25.10

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 10.25.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.25.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Skills That Come in Handy - 10.25.10 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob Miller)

Global 7000 and Global 8000 Aircraft Introduced At NBAA

What a week! Bombardier Aerospace had big news for the 2010 NBAA convention with the introduction of two new jets, the Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft. Bombardier's flagship Global aircraft family now covers the large, ultra long-range category with four aircraft models, the Global 5000, Global Express XRS, Global 7000 and Global 8000 jets.

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Aero-TV at NBAA 2010: Jepp eCharts For Avantair -- eGuidance For Their P.180 Fleet

Jepp Offers New Digital Navigation Solution For Business Aviation Operators

While the planes get their lion's share of the attention at the recently concluded NBAA 2010 convention, there were other important stories happening as well... such as a software product that keep those planes heading where they need to go... accurately and clearly. Jeppesen took chart viewing and updating to a new level with their intro of a new digital charting solution for the bizav community via the Jeppesen eChart Viewer. The Web-based digital charting solution provides online chart access worldwide and includes an auto-update service that eliminates the need for manual chart updates. The online capability now allows pilots to print charts on-the-go from any computer and serves as a valuable pre-fl

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Klyde Moris (10.25.10)

Klyde Wants A Cloaking Device... And So Might SpaceX

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Virga Streaks or wisps of precipitation, such as water or ice particles, that fall from clouds but evaporate before reaching the ground. From a distance, the event sometimes may be mistaken for a funnel cloud or tornado. Typically, it may fall from altocumulus, altostratus, or high based cumuonimbus.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.25.10)

Aero-Linx: Goodyear's 'Aircraft Tire Care And Maintenance' Online Manual The information in this manual is designed to help aircraft owners and maintenance personnel obtain maximum service life from their bias and radial aircraft tires. The discussions contained in this part are designed not only to teach how to properly operate and maintain aircraft tires, but also to demonstrate why these techniques and procedures are necessary.

“Individual pilots, flying clubs, flight schools, corporate flight departments, government agencies, charter operators, and major airlines are adopting tablet computers, such as the iPad, at an eye-opening rate. It was clear that in order to keep up with customer demand, we needed two additional things: simple pricing for a single pilot or plane carrying two devices, and simple pricing and management for multi-user ForeFlight subscriptions." Source: Tyson Weihs, Co-Founder of ForeFlight, commenting on the availability of their software products in quantity and the startling acceptance of this type of product by today's pilots.