Celebrate Air Charter Guide and AirplaneManager.com Alliance at NBAA 2010

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Air Charter Guide is hosting a cocktail reception in booth 7626 at NBAA 2010 next Tuesday afternoon to celebrate its alliance with AirplaneManager.com and Charter Matrix.

The alliance will provide Air Charter Guide customers with more charter information and the ability to view availability of charter aircraft and empty legs.

Learn more about it at the reception. You may also enter a drawing for an iPod Touch (must be present to win).

Cocktail Reception
NBAA 2010
Booth 7626
Tuesday, Oct. 19
4-6 p.m.

California Legislature Passes Temporary Relief for Flight Training

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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is pleased to announce that the California Legislature passed SB 856, a bill that, among its other provisions, will provide a delay in compliance for flight training with regulations issued by the California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) pursuant to AB 48, Chapter 310, Statues of 2009.
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New “Flying Theater” Installed in Hollywood Producer’s Gulfstream

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Flight Display Systems announced September 30 that its new Cabin Management System, Select CMS, has been delivered and installed in a "Flying Theater" configuration to a Gulfstream III aircraft. The installation was performed by International Jet Interiors.
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Stirring the Pot of Airport Identifier Alphabet Soup

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One of our favorite things about working in the world of aviation is the alphabet soup of airport identifiers we encounter every day.

Some of us at AC-U-KWIK proudly reminisce about the first time we remembered that SUS is shorthand for Spirit of St. Louis Airport or that HPN is another way to say White Plains, N.Y.

When we came across this piece about airport code history, we had a good excuse to ponder the puzzles of airport codes that appear to be assigned without rhyme or reason.

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Tac Air Lexington Readies For Onslaught of Visitors to World Equestrian Games

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When equestrians, their horses and hundreds of thousands of visitors from 60 nations gallop into Kentucky for 16 days of championship events at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, TAC Air (KLEX) will be ready with a new $11 million terminal, 45,000 square feet of new hangar space and a triple WingPoints® Rewards Card promotion.
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