The best reasons to buy aviation supplies online are price and convenience. In general, products that are offered on the Internet are less expensive than the same products offered in a brick and mortar setting. This is because online retailers have fewer costs than their brick and mortar counterparts. In our industry, frontage at the airport isn’t cheap and the local pilot shop must pass this cost on to his customers in the form of higher prices.
The advantages of buying online don’t stop at the bottom line. You can shop whenever and wherever you want. With tools like Yahoo Shopping and Google Base freely available, the convenience of comparison shopping on the Internet cannot be beat.
Online retailers value your repeat business more highly than you might think. It is difficult to stand out from other retailers on the Internet and the amount of advertising necessary to acquire a new customer is very expensive. As a result, many online retailers will provide an exceptional level of service to keep you as a repeat customer.
Here comes the shameless plug...
You can find great deals on pilot supplies at AviationLogs.com
Friday, October 17, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Andy's Airplanes - Kids Who (Don't) Love Flying!
AviationLogs.com has been carrying aviation toys and gifts for a long time, but every once and a while a product comes along that is worth mentioning. While I enjoy playing with all things aviation, many children do not.
I can tell you that a love of aviation is not hereditary. None of my four children are aviation enthusiasts (yet). In fact, my daughter is the only one that doesn't roll her eyes when I offer a ride in an airplane. For an aviator dad, this can be a big dissappointment. My advice; don't force it. I believe that a love for aviation can be an aquired taste for some kids. A little exposure mixed with fun can go a long way towards creating a positive attitude about aviation. With each younger kid I do better. Starting with my second son, all plane rides end with ice cream or some other treat.
Even though my children are not aviation enthusiasts, Andy's airplanes proved to be a winner with them. I watched the 30 minute "Episode 1" of Andy's airplanes and was a bit dissappointed. Don't get me wrong, the quality is A+ and the animation is excellent. However, the story was a bit weak for my taste and I thought it should have had complicated lessons about navigation. However, my six year old daughter loved it and compared it with Jimmy Nuetron, which is a major complement. My older sons agreed that it was of surprisingly good quality, considering the subject matter...
If you're interested in Andy's Airplanes, you can get it here at AviationLogs.com.
I can tell you that a love of aviation is not hereditary. None of my four children are aviation enthusiasts (yet). In fact, my daughter is the only one that doesn't roll her eyes when I offer a ride in an airplane. For an aviator dad, this can be a big dissappointment. My advice; don't force it. I believe that a love for aviation can be an aquired taste for some kids. A little exposure mixed with fun can go a long way towards creating a positive attitude about aviation. With each younger kid I do better. Starting with my second son, all plane rides end with ice cream or some other treat.
Even though my children are not aviation enthusiasts, Andy's airplanes proved to be a winner with them. I watched the 30 minute "Episode 1" of Andy's airplanes and was a bit dissappointed. Don't get me wrong, the quality is A+ and the animation is excellent. However, the story was a bit weak for my taste and I thought it should have had complicated lessons about navigation. However, my six year old daughter loved it and compared it with Jimmy Nuetron, which is a major complement. My older sons agreed that it was of surprisingly good quality, considering the subject matter...
If you're interested in Andy's Airplanes, you can get it here at AviationLogs.com.
Friday, October 3, 2008
WxWorx XM Weather for AvMap Geopilot II Plus and EKP-IV
I don't normally repost news releases on this blog, but I have had enough requests for this over the last six months that I figured that this should be an exception.
The long anticipated XM Weather package is now available for AvMap’s popular aviation GPS models, the EKP-IV, EKP-IV PRO and GeoPilot II plus!
AvMap has announced their partnership with XM weather. Retail price of the Wx Worx receiver is $599.00 (subscription cost not included).
WXXM Products currently available: NEXTRAD & PRECIPITATION TYPE, METAR, TAF, and more will come shortly!
You can get it now at AviationLogs.com
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