Wed, Jan 13, 2010
It's Nearly Time to Put 2009 Away... and Look Forward -- With
Hope
Over the last few weeks ANN has
had the pleasure and privilege of expressing our admiration for
some of the better products, planes, and people that we worked with
in 2009 -- while also expressing a little disappointment (OK, in
some cases, more than a little...) and disdain for those other
planes, products, and people that for one reason or another made
2009 a bit of a downer.
We've had a bit of fun with the process and written quite a few
stories in evaluating the best and worst of all things aviation and
aerospace for the past year, though I'm pleased to tell you that
we're finally getting down to the end of the line. While the rest
of this week will allow us to fill in the blanks on some of the few
remaining picks that have yet to be published; next week (the week
of January 25th, 2010), we are ready to tell you what we think is
the best (and in one or two cases what we think the worst is),
about the tumultuous year in aviation that has just closed behind
us.
Mind you, we really take this kind of thing very seriously... as
a number of the companies and products that have already been named
among the very best have started crowing about their achievements
and taking a well deserved bow. We realize what impact such an
evaluation can have for a company trying to be the best in their
chosen field -- and to have the confirmed by ANN. We certainly hope
that our judgments and evaluations from 2009 will inspire
aviation's finest in 2010 to do ever better, so that all of
aviation may close this next year having covered higher ground than
that which we crossed in '09.
So... be sure to keep an eye for the following "Final Judgments"
(yes, this is our final answer...) on all that astounded us and
disappointed us in 2009.
During the week of January 18th, 2010, ANN will announce the
following:
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ANN's Number One Plane Of The Year (Overall)
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ANN's TOP Avionics Product Of The Year
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ANN's TOP Gadget Of The Year
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ANN's TOP Upgrade of The Year
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ANN's Number One Aero-Hero (YAY!)
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ANN's Number One Aero-Heartbreaker (BOO!)
-
ANN's TOP FBO Experience Of 2009
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