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Garmin Week June 23-28 at Northern Lights Avionics

 

Not only has Northern Lights Avionics Captured the technological side of aviation they also offer maps, charts, sectionals and supplements of Alaska.

 
 
 
Win a 296!

ImageStop by Northern Lights at Merrill Field and enter to win a Garmin GPSmap296!

One entry per day, drawing to be held on June 28th at 3:45pm as the crowning touch to our 30th anniversary celebration!

For more information on our Garmin week of celebration, see the events section below!

Local Activities - Garmin Week Is Coming!

There are more things to fly to than just your favorite fishing spot this month!

June 07 Annual FAA Pancake Breakfast, Palmer Airport
June 14 Youth Aviation Adventure Event / Colony Days / 99's Short Field Clinic, Palmer Airport
June 28-29 Arctic Thunder Air Show at Elmendorf (Watch for Airspace closures)

Best of all:

June 23-June 28 is our 30th Anniversary and Garmin Week at Northern Lights Avionics!

Come celebrate our thirtieth year serving the ALASKA aviation community! We'll be holding classes on using your handheld and panel-mount Garmins, and rebates and discounts on Garmin items throughout the store. Come in to get your Jeppesen Aviation Databases updated on your aviation handheld GPS (196, 296, 396, 496, 495, 295 only), all week! Saturday we'll be holding a barbeque! Have a question for Garmin? We'll have representatives on hand Friday and Saturday!

So, stop by for a BBQ and drawing on Saturday. And head over to Elmendorf on Sunday!

Northern Light's New Website

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New Books & Videos!

Big Rocks Long Props III: Icedriver

Those crazy guys are back, and better than ever! Teaming up with Paul Claus of Ultima Thule Lodge, they're bringing ski-flying to the screen!

Valdez May Day Fly-In Videos 2006 & 2007

Want to share the fun and excitement of the competitions with friends who didn't make it? Want to find out what fun you can have in Valdez? Like to remember the highlights without the cold wind or the downtime? We have the official Valdez May Day Fly-In videos for 2006 & 2007! Come get yours today!

Jorgy: The Life of Native Alaskan Bush Pilot and Airline Captain Holger "Jorgy" Jorgensen as told to Jean Lester

Jorgy is the autobiography of an Inupiat man, born in an isolated mining community, having only an eighth-grade education, who, amidst a frontier mentality of conqueror superiority, surpassed the prejudice of his time to become a legendary aviator.

CloudDancer's Alaskan Chronicles I and II by CloudDancer

At a certified average of 1.2 belly laughs and two good chuckles per page, these books are a must read for flying and Alaska enthusiasts alike. Even non-aviators can comfortably follow along as drama and nail biting suspense usually result in knee slapping good, clean humor. These are completely true Arctic adventure flying stories written by the central "character" himself CloudDancer.

Dream Aircraft: The Most Fascinating Airplanes I've Ever Flown by Barry Schiff

Join Barry Schiff on an amazing journey across time and space as he flies and brings home reports on some of aviation’s most rare and popular aircraft. Dream Aircraft documents his lifelong voyage flying aircraft that pilots and aviation enthusiasts dream of flying. Some of these aircraft are so rare that most pilots have never even seen one, let alone had a chance to fly them.

Koga's Zero: The Fighter that changed World War II by Jim Rearden

June 4, 1942. Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Three Japanese Zero fighter planes flew low over the tree-less green island of Akutan, 25 miles east of the American navy base at Dutch Harbor. One Zero, crippled by gun fire, following an air raid on Dutch Harbor, sought a place to land.

Five weeks later, the Zero was spotted by a PBY Catalina patrol plane piloted by "Bill" Thies. Subsequently "Koga's Zero" was salvaged, repaired and flight tested. Until then, the mysterious Zero had out-flown every fighter plane that the Allies had thrown against it...
 

Cleaned Your Airplane Lately?

The Merrill Field Wash Rack is open, and it's time to get the winter grime and spring mud off your plane!

Smashed bugs on your windscreen? Windcover leave a scratch that's catching the sun? We have a full range from Prist to Plexus, Bugaway, Meguiar's, Novus, RVR and Aeroshell Plexicoat to clean, remove scratches, protect, and repel rain!

Bring life back to your paint job - we have X-it cabon remover and polishes like Rejex, Strabrite, Supreme, and Racer's Edge!

Not near a wash rack? We have Drywash!

Need heavy-duty cleaning? We carry Aviation Simple Green Cleaner from spray-bottle size to fifty gallon drums!

Prolong your interior's life - We have Aeroshell Flight Jacket Interior Cleaner & Conditioner!

A cleaned and polished plane can gain up to five knots free over a dirty one's parasite drag, so come by and see our selection!


Checked your chart expiration dates?

No charts stay current forever, but we will always have the latest edition for you!

Expiring on Jun 05:

All IFR charts & approach plates
Alaska Supplemental
All A/FD's
Anchorage / Fairbanks Terminal Chart
Kansas City, New Orleans, & Seattle Terminal Charts
WAC CC-9 (Northcentral & Northeastern Alaska)
WAC CG-19

Sectional Charts:

Anchorage
Fairbanks
Seward
Seattle

Brownsville
Green Bay
Kansas City
New Orleans

Don't forget, you can sign up for our automatic chart renewal service and we'll make sure you always have the current charts/supplements of your choice.

E-Mail: info@NLAvionics.com

 

No charts stay current forever, but we will always have the latest edition for you!

Expiring on Jun 05:

All IFR charts & approach plates
Alaska Supplemental
All A/FD's
Anchorage / Fairbanks Terminal Chart
Kansas City, New Orleans, & Seattle Terminal Charts
WAC CC-9 (Northcentral & Northeastern Alaska)
WAC CG-19

Sectional Charts:

Anchorage
Fairbanks
Seward
Seattle

Brownsville
Green Bay
Kansas City
New Orleans

Don't forget, you can sign up for our automatic chart renewal service and we'll make sure you always have the current charts/supplements of your choice.

E-Mail: info@NLAvionics.com

 

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