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Holiday Gift Guide
by Sean Fulton
 RETRACT - A - BIT™ SCREWDRIVER
Puttering around the hangar would be so much easier if the parts to all your tools didn’t keep getting lost. Especially those screw bits, popping loose, rolling under the wall into the hangar next door…darn! But there is a better way. This screw-driver has all of its bits locked and loaded into the handle so they can’t get lost. Just choose the bit you want to use, slide and lock it into place, and away you go. The standard unit includes two phillips head bits, two slotted head bits, one square bit and a T15 Torx head bit and is priced at $14.99. Hex and metric units are also available from ready-tools.com. 
CUDDLY STUFFED FLYING ANIMALS
OK, well the animals don’t fly, but they sure are cute. And cuddly. And each sports a sweater proclaiming, “I love to fly!” Now what grandchild wouldn’t want to find that under the tree this holiday season. Collect all six for just $6 each from pilotmart.net.
 WOMEN FLY TANK TOPS
Yes, if you don’t know by now, women do fly. And they’ll look better doing it in these sexy 100-percent cotton tank tops available in one of six colors. Look great at the gym, doing yard work, running around town, or even hanging out at the airport. Just $18 from womenfly.com.
SQUADRON SCRAMBLE CARD GAME
This authentic reproduction of a 1942, rummy-style card game requires players to make complete sets of aircraft cards for points. Test your expertise in aeronautical nostalgia with some great family fun, just $10 from pilotmart.net.
 AVIATION THEMED MOUSEPADS
These aviation-themed mouse pads are so detailed, you can actually make out peeling paint, rivet lines, a beautiful, cloud-swept sky, and the look of pure joy on the faces of aviators gone by. Specially created by Labusch Skywear, eight by 9.5 inches for $10 from pilotmart.net.
 L.L. BEAN RADIO
Don’t let a lack of power or dead batteries keep you from listening to tunes, or checking the weather. This cleverly-designed, AM/FM shortwave tuner will run for one hour on just a minute’s turn of its hand crank. It also features an emergency light and an AC adapter to juice it up when power is available. Great for the hangar, for camping, or for emergency use around the house. Or you can cancel your gym membership and spend an hour a day just charging up the radio. Available in eight different colors for $39.95 from llbean.com.
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