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Dawn of a new era
New documentary explores datalink weather

This book will help you:
* Learn all pvt & comm maneuvers
* Reduce the cost of flight training
* Avoid the accidental stall or spin
* Learn "seat of the pants" skills
* Roundout and flare accurately
* Fly complex airplanes
* Understand attitude flying
* Never fear a crosswind again
* Teach more efficiently as a CFI
* And much more!
508 full color pages
1,250 pictures and illustrations
Book - $59.95/eBook - $44.95
Audiobook $89.95/Digital $69.95

INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE, THE sometimes unintended consequences of scientific
research, timing, and the power of a good idea have played a critical role in the
development of an important technological innovation within the past 10 years called
datalink weather. Although datalink hasn't made severe weather any less dangerous,
it has improved situational awareness in the cockpit and made it a great deal easier for
general aviation pilots to avoid severe weather.
Datalink Weather: From Concept to Cockpit is the story of how that technology came
to be, told by some of the people directly involved in its creation. It's not a story of one
person working alone on a wholly new idea, but several different individuals working
separately, and at different times, contributing their own pieces to the practical realization of an idea that had been around since World War II.
 The documentary includes interviews with Norman Crabill, a former NASA engineer who took critical steps in creating the technology involved; Keith Hoffler, who
worked with Crabill to bring one of the first systems to market; Bob Baron (WxWorx
XM weather), whose company played a major role in bringing datalink to a mass audience; Dr. David Strahle, an early exponent of the idea and a noted educator/speaker on
the topic; and Editor in Chief Thomas B. Haines. Watch the approximately 27-minute
video (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/datalinkdocumentary).

Rod's Other Products

ASI tackles winter weather during Ice Week
Seven days of educational tools
BEFORE TEMPERATURES START to plummet, it might be
a good idea to fire up your computer and participate in
the Air Safety Institute's Ice Week, October 26 through
November 1. Learn how to avoid treacherous icing encounters with ASI's free resources, including videos, courses,
quizzes, accident case studies, and real pilot stories (www.
airsafetyinstitute.org/iceweek). Ice Week is brought to you
by AOPA Insurance Services and VOYA.

Laugh & Learn With Rod

Ordering:

NEW ASI FALL SEMINAR: REAL WORLD WEATHER
Visit the website (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/seminars) for dates and locations near you.

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