Penton’s Aircraft Bluebook Adds Enhancements to Web Site

3/5/2008

NEW YORK (March 5, 2008) - Aircraft Bluebook-Price Digest, a Penton Media publication, today announced data enhancements to its Web site at www.aircraftbluebook.com. Newly integrated information includes airplane specifications and performance figures for fixed-wing and helicopters; engine prices for new, remanufactured, and overhauled engines; and airworthiness directives for each aircraft type, model and serial number.

Added specifications and performance data includes horsepower or pounds thrust; maximum speed; recommended cruise speed; fuel capacity; range; service ceiling; rate of climb; takeoff and landing distances; weights and aircraft dimensions; and diagrams. These enhancements provide users with in-depth information to accurately appraise aircraft.

"The enhanced online version of Aircraft Bluebook carries on our tradition of providing comprehensive valuation data for general aviation aircraft," said Paul Wyatt, editor in chief. "With these data additions, all the necessary information needed to arrive at the fair market value of an aircraft is now available online for buyers and sellers."

Aircraft Bluebook continues to provide over 50 years of accurate, comprehensive and timely assessments of the aircraft market. It is available online, in print or in CD-ROM formats as a yearly paid subscription; or as individual copies (print and CD-ROM only). Visit www.aircraftbluebook.com for additional information.

Aircraft Bluebook is part of Penton Media's Information Data Products Division, which provides leading online and print products in industries including aviation, electronics and transportation. The Division's offerings, used by 500,000 consumers and businesspeople, include more than 100 Web sites and online tools which serve over 3 million pages of online content each month. Other aviation products include AC-U-KWIK ; The Air Charter Guide'; Air Transport World; AC-U-KWIK Appraisals'; SourceAviation.com; SourceESB; and SpeedNews.

Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.

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