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Article: XM weather choices: Aviator Lite is tops: the choice of service levels hinges on ground-based lightning detection. Here's why you can get by without it.(WEATHER GEAR)(XM WX Satellite Weather)
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- The Aviation Consumer
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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