Turbine Edition
October 2008
Features |
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6 |
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Acquisitions
The best of everything—from hot products to cool places.
By Julie Summers Walker |
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16 |
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Flight Plan
What has turbine done for you?
By Thomas B. Haines
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18 |
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Forecast
Turboprops should retain their edge.
By Richard Aboulafia |
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22 |
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Market Watch
How VLJs and PLJs are shaking out in a market with old and new rules.
By John W. Olcott |
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27 |
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Meet Your Mentor
Mentoring imparts experience to newly trained pilots.
By Alton K. Marsh |
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30 |
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Fly Your Own
Pilots Harrison Ford, Gordon Rock, Dean Kamen, and Chris Malachowsky. |
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38 |
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Turbines Around the World
A lucky few take Air Journey’s flying adventure of a lifetime.
By Thomas A. Horne |
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44 |
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Single-Pilot Safety
A rough comparison of two-crew vs. single-pilot accidents.
By Thomas A. Horne |
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48 |
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New vs. Used
How soaring demand drives up prices of used turbine aircraft.
By Dave Hirschman |
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52 |
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Power Play
Supplanting pistons with turbine wheels.
By Paul J. Richfield |
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54 |
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Avionics Roundup
Big displays, integrated systems, and synthetic vision.
By Paul J. Richfield |
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56 |
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Jet Stream
The trusty PT6A’s telltale design.
By Thomas A. Horne |
Cover: Actor Harrison Ford; photograph by Chad Slattery. ©2008 AOPA Pilot.
