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EQUAL PARTS aviation-supply store and boutique, Tantalizing Takeoffs caters to the pilot trade with navigational charts, headsets, radios and the like.
But even if your altimeter never climbs above zero, you can pay a visit to get yourself decked out in such rugged aviator chic as genuine and reasonably priced Avirex bomber jackets, designed to World War II specs--patches and all--or something frivolous like a T-shirt or hat decorated with everything from old biplanes to the Stealth bomber. Aero enthusiasts can cuddle up with a plush stuffed airplane or take home a signed and numbered piece of aviation art or a reproduction of World War II-aircraft nose art--you know, racy pinup girls and snarling tigers. A quirky collection of World War II artifacts is on display, and video screenings of aviation-themed movies play nonstop.
Tantalizing Takeoffs, 3021 Airport Ave., in the Santa Monica Air Center, Santa Monica; (213) 397-1832.
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