Updating Bendix King GPS databases without pulling your hair out.

Background:
Many CAP aircraft have IFR approved GPS navigators installed in them and all new aircraft purchased have the uber-capable Garmin G1000 flight deck installed. Part of the FAA requirements to be able to use these sophisticated and extremely accurate satellite-based navigation systems for flight under instrument flight rules is that the on-board database of airport and waypoint information be updated every four weeks. That's every twenty eight days--or a little more often than once per month. This article is the first in a series of articles we will be publishing as a guide to keeping your GPS databases up-to-date and the aircraft ready to go at a moment's notice...

Read the rest at the Civil Air Patrol community site, The CAPvine.

The CAPvine team was at Airventure Oshkosh 2010 and took lots of photos!

We were filling up memory cards left and right and are swimming in photos to edit and post.  Here are a few nice shots.  The theme this year was MUD.  That area of Wisconsin received about ten inches of rain more than average for the month of July and most of it fell in the week before the show.  Aircraft arrivals were outright denied for a few days and many campers with "big rigs" were sent to hard surfaced parking lots for the duration of the show.

Attendance was way down this year--something like 37 percent!  And there was no really big innovation or public draw this year as well--probably due to economic conditions.  All considered though, it was, as usual the greatest gathering of aviation enthusiasts in the world.

Enjoy the photos, and if you would like to see a lot more, browse around the photo albums on the Civil Air Patrol forums at The CAPvine.