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WELCOME, JULIE • A FAMILIAR FACE JOINS THE FLYING TEAM
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WITH QUEST PUCHASE, DAHER CREATING A TURBOPROP POWERHOUSE
HAZARDOUS ATTITUDE • CHECKOUT? WHO NEEDS A STINKING CHECKOUT?
UNKNOWNS: KNOWN AND UNKNOWN • WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MACHINES?
HOW FLYING BUILDS HABITS FOR SUCCESS • A GREAT REASON TO ENCOURAGE PROSPECTIVE PILOTS
LONG STRANGE TRIP • THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL LIFE OF SYLVIA GRANDSTAFF
ADVENTURES on the WATER • WE PUT THE ICON A5 AND PROGRESSIVE AERODYNE SEAREY TO THE TEST TO SEE WHICH COMES OUT ON TOP
SHATTERED SPINE, UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT • In the spring of 2010, on the verge of earning his private pilot’s license, an adventure athlete named Grant Korgan became paralyzed from the waist down in a snowmobiling accident. Refusing to accept his new reality as someone whose dreams were also shattered, Grant dug deep, determined to get back into the cockpit and earn his wings. This is his incredible story. –Ed.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR • WHEN YOU BECOME “THE GUY”
GAGS • THREE STORIES OF AVIATION-INSPRIRED PRANKS
MORAINE’S 60TH SUNDAY FUNDAY • REMEMBERING SPLENDID PEOPLE AND GREAT AIRPLANES IN SPITE OF MY WICKED WAYS
NEW CARPET • HOUSE RENOVATION LEADS TO REMINISCENCES
THE BEACON’S TALE • I FINALLY COME TO GRIPS WITH ADS-B
BIRTH OF A BEHEMOTH