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November 12, 2006

ANN Welcomes AOPA Expo 2006 Major Sponsor: Piper Aircraft

See Piper At AOPA Expo Display Area 1120 and Static Display Piper BLEW THE DOORS OFF NBAA 2006 with the announcement of their innovative new PiperJet. We've known about this for a while, but we'll admit to having been quite pleasantly surprised at how nice it seems to be turning out. What we're speaking of, of course, is Piper's massive NBAA announcement... their long-awaited, if unconventional, entry into the jet business.

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ANN Welcomes Avidyne As AOPA Expo 2006 Special Coverage Sponsor!

See The Amazing Avidyne Advantage at AOPA Expo Booths 1511! Avidyne and S-TEC are showing off the first certified large-screen integrated flight deck for retrofit installation in GA aircraft. The new Alliant flight deck transforms the proven King Air 200 into an aircraft with the state-of-the-art Envision integrated flight deck and S-TEC’s IntelliFlight 2100 digital autopilot.

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ANN Names AOPA Expo 2006 Major Sponsor: Diamond Aircraft

Visit Diamond Aircraft (and See The D-Jet Mockup!) At AOPA Expo Booth 810, and Aircraft Display Area Diamond Aircraft is hosting its largest AOPA EXPO display ever, at the Palm Springs Convention Center this week. At 10:00am Thursday, November 9, Diamond’s lineup will participate in the Parade of Planes, taxiing through the streets of Palm Springs.

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ANN Thanks AOPA Expo 2006 Special Coverage Sponsors: Cirrus Design!

ANN Thanks One Of Our Favorite AOPA Expo 2006 Special Coverage Sponsors: Cirrus Design (Display Areas #600, 800) It is tremendousl

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ANN's Daily Aero-Tips (11.12.06): Choosing Your Instructor -- Actual Conditions

Aero-Tips!

Generally we want to choose a flight instructor who will get us through the requirements of a certificate or rating in the least amount of time... to reach our goal, and to save some money. There's one instance I feel, however, where we should insist on just a little more time than the bare minimum needed to qualify for the checkride.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.12.06)

Aero-Linx!

This seems like it should be on David Letterman’s Stupid Pet Tricks... but let’s face it, if you’re talking your four-legged buddy flying with you and the sound annoys you (and is damaging)... imagine how your buddy feels.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.12.06): Waverider

Aero-Terms!

A hypersonic aircraft design that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by producing a lifting surface built out of the shock waves being generated by its own flight, a technique known as compression lift.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.12.06)

“The bottom line is that we are going for a paradigm shift by creating a whole new sub-category of LSA.”

Source: Scott Belliveau, a member of the design team at Nexaer. The company's prototype entry into the light sport aircraft segment turned plenty of heads at AOPA Expo 2006, with its distinctive fuselage shape and automotive-influenced cockpit design.

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