AOPA will close at 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 3rd, and will remain closed on Friday, July 4th, in observance of the holiday. We will reopen at 8:30 a.m. ET on Monday, July 7th.
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Tom Horne worked at AOPA from the early 1980s until he retired from his role as AOPA Pilot editor at large and Turbine Pilot editor in 2023. He began flying in 1975 and has an airline transport pilot and flight instructor certificates. He’s flown everything from ultralights to Gulfstreams and ferried numerous piston airplanes across the Atlantic.