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AVIONICS Vol. 47 No. 2
4 Point of Communication
6 AEA Now
12 Up Front
16 The View From Washington by Ric Peri
What First Impression is Your Inspector Getting?
18 International News by Bruce Baxter & Ric Peri
The Only Thing That Remains Constant is Change
24 Freeing Flight by Dave Higdon
FAA Moves Ahead With Gulf of Mexico ADS-B
30 Aviation Aces by Patricia Luebke
Featuring Phil Boyer, former AOPA president
34 AEA Conventionomics 101 by Gary Picou
What It Takes to Put on a Huge Avionics Show
40 Sandel HeliTAWS by Bill Johnston
Helicopter Safety from the Ground Up
42 Member Profile by Christine Knauer
Duncan Aviation, Lincoln, Neb.
46 PRO•to•col by Patricia Luebke
Sending and Responding to Invitations
50 Mission Ready by Patricia Luebke
Sheriff’s Helicopter Gets Aspen Avionics EFD1000H
ontents
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ADS-B now has been brought to the entire expanse of the Gulf of Mexico. Reporter Dave Higdon examines the FAA’s biggest step toward the transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System, beginning on page 24.
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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 0
HeliTAWS:
Safety from
the Ground Up
« Duncan Aviation Wysong Enterprises »
INSIDE:
Annual Helicopter Edition
Coverage Begins Throughout
the Gulf of Mexico
ADS-B
M E M B E R P R O F I L E S
Mission Ready:
Upgrading
Sheriff’s
Helicopters
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54 A Conversation With... by Thomas Inman
Gail Fike of EraMED
58 Theory & Practice by Thomas Inman
Teaming Up to Learn Restoration Work
62 Member Profile by Christine Knauer
Wysong Enterprises, Blountville, Tenn.
66 Business Basics by Greg Laslo
How to Manage People in Times of Transition
70 Technically Speaking by Peter Ashford
Part I: Flight Data Recorders
72 Tech Touch Points by Thomas Dufresne
Reviewing Repair Station Manuals
74 Notes, Cautions & Warnings by Ric Peri OSHA Cites Companies for Violations
80 Before & After Aero Air, Hillsboro, Ore.
82 What’s New
86 Marketplace Classifieds