AOPA Pilot Magazine

Turbine Edition
October 2008

Turbine Edition cover

Pilot in Command

Speed can be a real demon in the cockpit.

By Phil Boyer

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Features

6

Acquisitions
The best of everything—from hot products to cool places.
By Julie Summers Walker

16

Flight Plan
What has turbine done for you?
By Thomas B. Haines

 

Aircraft Specifications

18

Forecast
Turboprops should retain their edge.
By Richard Aboulafia

22

Market Watch
How VLJs and PLJs are shaking out in a market with old and new rules.
By John W. Olcott

27

Meet Your Mentor
Mentoring imparts experience to newly trained pilots.
By Alton K. Marsh

30

Fly Your Own
Pilots Harrison Ford, Gordon Rock, Dean Kamen, and Chris Malachowsky.

38

Turbines Around the World
A lucky few take Air Journey’s flying adventure of a lifetime.
By Thomas A. Horne

44

Single-Pilot Safety
A rough comparison of two-crew vs. single-pilot accidents.
By Thomas A. Horne

48

New vs. Used
How soaring demand drives up prices of used turbine aircraft.
By Dave Hirschman

52

Power Play
Supplanting pistons with turbine wheels.
By Paul J. Richfield

54

Avionics Roundup
Big displays, integrated systems, and synthetic vision.
By Paul J. Richfield

56

Jet Stream
The trusty PT6A’s telltale design.
By Thomas A. Horne


Cover: Actor Harrison Ford; photograph by Chad Slattery. ©2008 AOPA Pilot.

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