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A panel-mount buyer’s guide for all pilots

Hypnotizing Maria by Richard Bach (Hampton Roads, 2009, ISBN: 9781571746238). Richard Bach (author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Bridge Across Forever and many other titles) explores flight and metaphysics: Our true nature, it seems, isn’t bound by space and time—we live in a world full of appearances. If we stop accepting them as reality, Bach […]

Quick reference for your GPS

Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts by Robert Jacobs (Abrams, 2009, ISBN: 9780810921467). This summer marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s first manned landing on the moon. Apollo celebrates this milestone anniversary and is an extensive, illustrated account of nine Apollo missions. Featuring a foreword by Stephen and Lucy Hawking, Apollo tells the […]

WAAS Approaches DVD (Sporty’s, 2008, ID# D243A). Instrument pilots understand that WAAS-enhanced GPS approaches are the future of instrument procedures, and Sporty’s offers a program that explains it all. This DVD simplifies the technology and demonstrates how to fly different types of WAAS approaches on the Garmin G1000 and the 430W/530W. Order from www.sportys.com. The […]

The Pilot’s Manual: Access To Flight by the Aviation Theory Centre (ASA, 2009, ISBN: 9781560277347). The most comprehensive pilot textbook available covers all of the aeronautical knowledge and skill needed to earn a private pilot certificate with an instrument rating, using today’s glass-cockpit technologies. Detailed prose and illustrations prepare readers for all the tasks required […]

Caravan: Cessna’s Swiss Army Knife with Wings by J.D. Lewis and LeRoy Cook (ASA, 2008, ISBN: 9781560276821). The Caravan does it all: bush flying, geophysical exploration and mapping, patrol, air ambulance, military, sightseeing, corporate, commuter airline, skydiving, cargo and missionary and humanitarian trips. In this book, find coverage about the Caravan’s colorful history, its innovative-yet-conventional […]

January/February 2009 Garmin 696/695 Checkout DVD (Sporty’s, 2008, ID# D696A). This new program shows you how to use all the powerful features of the just-released GPSMAP 696 or 695, and offers tips for easier in-flight navigation. The DVD will give you advice on extending battery life, using shortcuts, creating flight plans and interacting with XM […]

The Coolest gadgets for the cockpit and beyond

November 2008 Sporty’s Instrument Proficiency Check DVD [Sporty’s, 2008, ID# D551A] Completely updated and revised, this DVD includes, among other things, expanded coverage of WAAS technology. With information on preflight and aircraft systems, navigation, approaches, emergencies and weather reports and forecasts, this DVD covers everything from initial IFR flying down to the latest regulation changes. […]