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Bush pilots ae often hired to ferry cargo, hunters and fishers to remote areas. They have no radar, and often no runways or radios. They thrive on this challenge. Several anecdotes are recounted about fight problems, including unreported weather conditions, and problems with passengers.

Author: Wilkinson, Stephan
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Outdoor Life
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0030-7076
Year: 1997
Economic aspects, Cover Story, Humor and anecdotes, Air pilots, Aircraft pilots, Bush pilots, Private flying

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Magic box

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Garmin International has developed the GPSCOM 170 Marine Navigator, the world's first handheld combination satellite-navigation/communications transceiver designed for mariners. The GPSCOM 170 is battery-powered and about the size of two packs of cigarettes.

Author: Wilkinson, Stephan
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1997
Innovations, Product introduction, Transceivers, Boating industry, GARMIN International

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War paint

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Paintball is a recreational war game in which opponents try to eliminate each other with water-soluble paint shot from pump guns. A Florida competition using deckboats is described.

Author: Wilkinson, Stephan
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1993
Evaluation, Recreation, Survival Game, Paintball (Game), War games

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