Ready or not, the HUMMER H3T is coming. General Motors is investing over $73 Million to build a plant to build the all-new H3T HUMMER line in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to a press release by the company.
GM Investing $73 Million in Shreveport, La. Truck Plant for Production of HUMMER [...]

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GM Announces Production on the H3T Hummer

I believe that a lot of people are working on new airport designs that leverage the new features of the 850 apt.dat file, and the new World Editor (WED) tool. I want to make sure that we do not duplicate effort, snce the increased level of detail that is possible also takes a lot of time to create in WED!

We can either list our current projects here in the X-Plane.org forums (in this thread?), or I can keep a list on my website. I would prefer to use the forum (no work for me!) and there is no latency.

For starters, I have completed KFHR (Friday Harbor) and am almost finished with KBFI (Seattle Boeing Field). Trundled around KBFI in a rented DA40 this morning to take some pictures of details … this is getting expensive! I may start KSEA (Seattle-Tacoma) soon.

Is this a good plan? Any better ideas?

- Robin

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New Airports Designed In World Editor (wed)

I would have to say that the Raven is probably my favorite mini RC helicopter that we have here at HobbyTron.com. First I pulled it out of the box and it came with everything that I needed to get it up in the air. I didn’t even need my own batteries because it comes with a 9v battery which is all you need. After I got everything out of the box, I plugged the included wall charger right into the side of the Raven. A good rule of thumb to follow is to always double charge the battery the first time out, so that is what I did. It took just under 20 minutes for both charges. Of course with anything that flies, I needed to trim it out first. I put the mini helicopter on the smooth floor and throttled it up just enough to get it spinning. I kept the helicopter on the ground as I trimmed it out until it was not spinning. That didn’t take too long and I was off flying.

I was very impressed at the control I had over this mini helicopter. I like the stability and the ease at which it flies right out of the box. I was able to fly for around 7 minutes before it became sluggish and needed a recharge. By this time my friend had arrived so I got another one set up and going. We could have flown three at a time, but there were only two of us, and that would have been pretty hard. After we both got our mini RC helicopters flying we decided to have an airborne dogfight. That was really fun, but when we noticed that in the box there were nose weights, the fun really began. We affixed the nose grips to the Raven which put it into attack mode. In attack mode it flies forward much more and we were able to knock each other’s helicopters out of the air. We had a lot of fun and are looking forward to the weekend where we will have more time to fly these fun mini RC helicopters again.

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The New Super Light Mini Helicopter?The Raven

You certainly won’t get electrocuted if you wear this new NU Dolphin MP3 player doing a few lapses on the pool, wakeboarding or diving in your favourite dive spots. The NU Dolphin MP3 player was specifically designed for swimmers and water sports enthusiasts.

This ultra light weight and compact mp3 player that weighs only 25g and measures 60 x 20 x 20mm, was made with water resistant materials that passed international standards. So, you are assured that you will be safe while using it even in the deepest water level.

To give comfort and ease of use to swimmers and divers, the Nu Dolphin MP3 player is encased in a cylindrical casing with control buttons on one side and the headphone jack on the other side. And to keep the device water light, the earphone is attached to the main body of the player with a screw-in jack.

Did that convince you enough to believe that the mp3 player is as safe as it can be when you used it on water? Then it’s time to know its details as an mp3 player. The NU Dolphin mp3 player can play only two music formats, mp3 and WMA. It complies with full speed USB 2.0 specification so you won’t have a problem uploading large size mp3 files.

Transferring files the PC to the Nu Dolphin mp3 player is not a problem as well. Being a USB Plug and Play device, you can immediately plug it into your PC and start transferring your favourite mp3s up to 2 GB in file size.

So, are wondering how you can wear the NU Dolphin MP3 player? Well, it has a fluorescent holder that can be strapped onto your swimming goggles. But if you are not comfortable strapping it unto your goggles, you can wait for awhile until NU releases the armband where you can put your Dolphin MP3 player.

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NU Dolphin MP3 Player for Swimmers and Divers

Now this is one gadget/clothing apparel that I could really say is uber nifty and cool, the Bladerunner children’s jacket with GPS tracking device. Bladerunner a company known for making some of the world’s coolest jacket apparel has teamed up with UK’s top GPS operator to come up with this jacket for your kids. But unlike your ordinary winter jacket, this one is equipped with a GPS tracker that when your child wanders too far around from you, a mobile phone alert will be sent to your mobile phone.

And here’s the coolest part, you can monitor the movement of your child who is currently wearing the jacket on a secured website. By paying a monthly charge of around $20, you can have a secured access to the said website which also gives a historical account of movements made by your child while wearing the Bladerunner GPS-equipped jacket.

The Bladerunner jacket is made up of lightweight material which specifically suits the needs of children. It is loaded with the latest GPS SiRF III Chipset which effectively tracks the movements of your children wearing the jacket. The jacket is operated by long lasting and efficient batteries so you don’t have to worry about losing your children because of low powered battery.

Another positive feature of the Bladerunner jacket is its fast signal acquisition. So, after tracking down your child and you immediately take off to fetch him, you are ensured that your child couldn’t have gotten too far away before you reached him/her.

And what’s more, you can train your child to seek help during an SOS situation by instructing your child to push 2 quick dial when your child gets lost.

To activate the mobile alerting feature, you have to set the boundaries where your child should wander around before the mobile alerting feature is triggered.

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Bladerunner?s Children?s Jacket with GPS Tracker

The Archos TV Plus which was previewed by Engadget sometime in June is the first Wi-Fi Digital Video Recorder. It does not only provide easy access to video content but also has the most advanced features of any DVR available in the market today. Where else can you find a DVD player that lets you enjoy movies, music, photos, podcasts, web video and almost everything on the Internet, through a high capacity DVR? Only if you get yourself an Archos TV Plus.

You might ask, where could the Archos TV Plus possible store those gigabytes of multimedia files? Don’t worry about storage space because the Archos TV Plus can accommodate up to 250GB of data in its multimedia hard drive. 250GB is definitely a lot of storage room to accommodate hundreds of hours of video. And you don’t even have to worry about transferring those file from your source into your Archos TV Portable Media Players.

So, what else does the Archos TV Plus offer ? Just like your old trusty betamax or VHS players, you can program the Archos TV plus to record schedule TV shows even when you’re out working or somewhere else. You can also stream digital entertainment content from your PC to your TV via a fast transmission method.

If those are not enough to convince you to buy the Archos TV Plus, how about if you know that you can access your email, surf the internet and watch YouTube videos, wirelessly through the Archos TV Plus’ Wi-Fi access point. You can also synchronize recorded TV Shows to your ARCHOS portable media player at high speed. That allows you to take your home entertainment wherever you go.

With all those features, the Archos TV Plus is definitely worthy of its name. It’s a TV tuner loaded with other functionalities.

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Archos TV Plus: a Wi-Fi Digital Video Recorder Plus More