Aircraft Electronics Association 07 Reno

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:57 pm

I went to the AEA show last week and it was a lot of fun. As bad as commercial air travel sucks these days, it actually wasn't bad. And I got bumped into first class on the way back

At the show I actually met Marc Cook, the editor of Kitplanes magazine. We chatted for quite a while and I found him to be a very nice guy. I also met Charles Preston from AVweb.com (Kitplanes and AVweb are both owed by the same company).

Of course the highlight of the trip was when a friend and I went skiing Mt Rose all day

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:49 pm

Sweet pics Will!! Skiing at the end of March! I love it! I'm a skier myself, and have ski'd Utah, but not Nevada. Looks like fun!

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:47 pm

Cool!
I'm headed to CO Fri for a week or so ... will get in some spring skiing.

Bill- give me a call - we have to get together and hit the slopes. I'll be in the car all day Sat unless the weather breaks and I can fly...

Thomas

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:56 pm

Spring skiing is the best! It was 60F by noon when I went. No gloves required

It was a little sticky in spots, but not bad.

dons · Post by **dons** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:33 pm

That is one cool pair of photos

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:43 pm

Nice shots Will. That is a cool idea that I'm going to remember, shoot from both ends.

Post by **Spike** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:42 am

Yeah, but what about the show?

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:19 am

The show was very cool. Very little experimental stuff there, but I did spend quite a while chatting with the Avidyne folks. I had multiple meetings with our main supliers: Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, BE, EMTEQ, ect. And of course, everyone had there latest and greatest products on display. Sorry I didn't take any pics of that stuff. I just got a bunch of brochures and free hats and shirts

I did get a quote on the ME-406 ELT for $850 from Sun Aviation though.

Post by **Spike** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:45 am

Avidyne is on my short list for the RV. I hope to talk to them if we can make it to Osh.