AVweb Podcast: Live from AirVenture-Thursday, July 27, 2006

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Updates on aviation technology, including Garmin's glass cockpit and ECI's aircraft engine improvements.
  • An account of a Swedish group flying a Diamond DA42 across the Pacific and planning a round-the-world expedition.
  • Cirrus's Alan Klapmeier discusses a program providing new aircraft buyers with a year of CFII instruction.
  • Insights into how Oshkosh air traffic controllers manage 2500 daily operations.
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Garmin talks shop about its latest leading-edge glass – and Chelton responds. A Swedish group tells how they took Diamond’s DA42 across the Pacific and will continue around the world. Cirrus’s Alan Klapmeier talks about his company’s program that leaves buyers with a new airplane plus a CFII (for a year). ECI’s Ed Salmeron explains the latest improvements his company’s products add to aircraft engines. And you’ll hear exactly how controllers at Oshkosh manage 2500 operations a day, both when things go right – and otherwise.

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