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This really cool time-lapsed video shows how Boeing builds a Southwest 737-700 in under 2 1/2 minutes. This particular plane was named the Florida One, for its artwork featuring the state flag of Florida.

Starting next week (July 22, 2009) we're going to be doing new reviews on an editorial cycle. This will mean that you will get one new review every Wednesday. Software updates and review updates will continue as normal. Also, paid advertisers will also get preferred placement up on this list so the schedule can change from time-to-time.

July 22nd: iFly Pro (iPhone Software)
July 29th: Trace Me (Luggage Tracker Service)
August 5th: iHUD (iPhone Software)
August 12th: ForeFlight Checklist Pro and ForeFlight Checklist Lite (iPhone Software)
August 19th: Kestrel 4500NV Weather Tracker (Handheld Weather Monitor)
August 26th: ForeFlight (iPhone Software)
September 2nd: CoPilot for iPhone (iPhone Software)
September 9th: AircraftReg (iPhone Software)
September 16th: WxCheck (Windows Software)
September 23rd: Kestrel 4000 (Handheld Weather Monitor)
September 30th: RichardSolo iPhone Battery (iPhone Hardware)
October 8th: Getting ready for AAI-NC 2009 Conference
October 11th: Flight Explorer Personal (Windows)
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November 18th: AwardWallet.com (Website)

ZuluLog 3.0 (Website)
ForeFlight Charts (iPhone Software)
FltPlan.com (Website)
Arrived OK (Flight Tracking Service)
(more to come)

If you have a product or service that you would like reviewed on our site, please visit our recommend product for review page and fill-in the required information.

ZuluLog.com Launches Version 3.0 of Leading Online Record Keeping Suite

ZuluLog.com today (October 7th) announced the release of a major new version of its aviation record-keeping software suite. Version 3 provides users a wealth of new functionality including a completely redesigned look and feel, integration of record viewers into the main console, a convenient search box, and more powerful versions of screens for flight entry, aircraft logbook entry, and aircraft scheduling.

“Our users range from private pilots and aircraft owners to corporate aviation, helicopter EMS, defense contractors, aircraft manufacturers, and airlines,” said Kelly J. Bonner, Vice President of Customer Relations. “Our goal is to provide fast, powerful, reliable, and easy to use record-keeping tools that enable our customers to quickly replace older technology such as PC-based record-keeping software, spreadsheets, and paper.”

ZuluLog's convenient import tools allow customers to hit the ground running by automatically pulling in flights, aircraft records, and maintenance records from other systems. Because ZuluLog's software suite is completely online, there's nothing to download or install, and no worries of data loss, viruses, or operating system incompatibility.

Kelly adds, “Our new user interface is intuitive for users switching from other systems, and more powerful for our advanced customers who need searching and data analysis tools. We've also streamlined our main console to make it easier to find relevant information quickly.”

The basic version of ZuluLog's software is available completely free of charge to individual pilots. Small and mid-sized companies often choose the standard hosted service, while larger companies may opt to deploy ZuluLog's software locally.

For more information, please visit the company's website at https://www.zululog.com.

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If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please contact Roger J. Bright or phone directly at 1-610-577-6369.

I will be attending the ACI-NA (Airports Council International North America) 18th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Austin, Texas on Monday, October 12th 2009. As always if any of you would like to meet up, drop me a line below, on Twitter (follow hashtag #aci18), or on the contact us form.

Airports Council International - @airportscouncil

Check back to this posting for images and updates from the show.

I wanted to post a quick Blog post about what has been going on at AviationReviews. For those who use our site on a regular basis you must have noticed that our site has been down. The short answer for this downtime is that we had a drive failure on our main production web server. This drive failure required the professional services of a drive recovery company, a clean-room, and lots of money :-)

But, now we're back and we were able to restore the entire site back to the way it was prior to the drive failure. To prevent this from happening in the future we are going to be adding off-site backups, daily standard backups and full monthly backups. The combination of these techniques will ensure that our site remains up and never have such a long downtime ever again. Lesson learning: backup your server and source code on a regular basis.

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