Plans a Complete System Give-Away Contest at AOPA Expo
Control Vision, makers of award-winning Anywhere Map, Anywhere
Wx, and Pocket Plates has just raised the bar on handheld GPS
systems with a suite of advanced capabilities. The Kansas company
announced Anywhere Map Version 1.6; a next-generation moving map
application with new features such as advanced VNAV, improved
weather integration, an all-new Emergency Landing Mode, improved
graphics, and user-definable views. The system takes advantage of
the new Hewlett Packard iPAQ 4700 series PDA with a larger, higher
resolution color screen, higher performance, and slim form
factor.
3 European Chute Deployments Confirmed, Save Total Soars to
176
Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. has now been credited for
saving the lives of 176 people from around the world. 3 pilots and
2 passengers, involved in 3 separate deployments in Europe were
confirmed Monday, and announced by BRS.
African Instructor Learns The Hard Way: Keep Your Head In The
Cockpit
By Gary Wiblin, Editor, Aviation Safety Forum
It was a beautiful, sunny, Sunday morning as I lifted off runway
26 in Port Elizabeth, stowed the wheels and turned out right for
Seretse Khama. I was flying a magnificent example of a Bonanza 36
and everything was purring along just as it should. I was on my way
to fetch the owner in Maun, Botswana. I had dropped he and his
family off there a week previously and it was now time for them to
head for home.
NTSB Dedicates Training Academy To Accident Victims
The National Transportation Safety Board Monday officially
dedicated its training academy in Ashburn (VA) to the victims of
transportation accidents and their families. NTSB Chairman Ellen
Engleman Conners drew attention to the inscription on the front of
the Academy that reads, "From tragedy we draw knowledge to improve
the safety of all." The Chairman stated, "Out of tragedy, good must
come. The NTSB Academy enhances the Safety Board's ability to
promote its safety recommendations so that they will be
implemented, and to sharpen the expertise of accident investigators
throughout the world -- all with the goal of saving lives."
Joint Venture Serves Both Corporate Members and Aviators
The Professional Aircraft Maintenance Association (PAMA), the
voice of the aviation maintenance community, and Jet Professionals,
a premier aviation staffing company and a division of Jet Aviation,
announced at NBAA a joint venture designed to deliver professional
staffing solutions to PAMA members - both corporate and
individual.
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