Holiday Gift Guide
by Sean Fulton
LOAD WARRIOR LT SUITCASES
You'll have no weight-and-balance problems with these sleek new wheeled duffels by Eagle Creek. These spacious bags has an internal laundry compartment for dirty clothes as well as two compression straps to make sure all of your stuff stays secure. It can carry just about everything you need for a long-weekend trip, yet weighs just a fraction of what typical luggage weighs. The 30-inch Load Warrior bag weights less than 10 pounds! Available for $159 to $199 from magellans.com.

PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT
Now you can take your favorite songs and even your favorite television programs on the road with you using the 80GB iPod from Apple. This latest iPod features a brighter screen, enough storage to hold 20,000 songs or hours of video programs, and a battery that will last 6.5 hours while playing video, or 20 hours while playing music. There's even a gadget from AirGizmos that allows you to panel-mount your iPod in the airplane. Loads of fun for just $349 from apple.com.

COLOREYES HIGH-PERFORMANCE SUNGLASSES
The model HDL3C is fashionable eye protection that will make pilot and passenger alike look sleek and cool in even the brightest sun. Created by a pilot, these glasses feature titanium frames from Japan, and lenses are made in Italy for a truly international flare. Available Colors: green lens with back frame copper-rose lens with antique copper frame smoke (gray) lens with gunmetal frame. $200 per pair from pilotshopusa.com or coloreyes.com. 
CLEARED FOR FLYING THE G1000
This informative, comprehensive CD-ROM-based training program features a series of short lessons that provide layers of knowledge that work together to provide pilots with a thorough understanding of what it takes to operate the G1000 system. Pilots can quickly learn to use the system's 108 knobs and buttons to safely navigate one of today's most advanced cockpits. Plus, the program is made by the best training team in the countryJohn and Martha King, who have created dozens of CD and DVD-based training programs for every type of pilot rating. This course is reasonably-priced at $250 from kingschools.com.

TORGOEN T1 FLIGHT COMPUTER SWISS CHRONOGRAPH
Leave it to the Swiss to come up with a sophisticated yet elegant time piece that is also an invaluable aviation tool. Featuring full E6B capabilities, this watch comes in several face and band combinations for a truly personal casual watch that
is water resistant to 10 M. Trust us, this is one watch that the aviator in your life won't be able to live without. And at $299, he or she won't have to.

MOTOROLA Q
This is the ideal phone for any business traveler trying to keep up while on the road. This high-quality Motorola cell phone is the thinnest, lightest mobile device to feature a QWERTY keyboard that can be used to send and receive e-mail. Built
to run Windows Mobile 5.0, this phone also features a 1.3 megapixel camera
and a built-in speakerphone. Four hours talk time, 192 hours stand-by. Just $99
from verizonwireless.com.

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