August 2004
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Aircraft
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2004 Socata Trinidad GT-N203AB
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Blue Angel Tomahawk
On the air, one way or another
 The sun has barely broken the eastern horizon, and the Dixie Chicks are just finishing the song “Wide Open Spaces” on the studio monitor. The on-air light flashes as Dan Stroud turns to his microphone, “You know, Dave, when my wife got home last night, she asked me to take her bra off.”
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Piper Tomahawk N2459G
by Staff
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Socata Trinidad GT
A beautiful little French retractable with a certain je ne sais quoi
 By any measure, the sky around us is an aviation mecca. For one week each spring, the weeklong Sun ’n Fun Fly-In brings thousands of flying machines and several hundred thousand people to warm, comfortable central Florida. |
Proficiency
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The Last Spin
Why do experienced and inexperienced pilots alike fall victim to this all-too-common traffic-pattern accident?
by Phillip Oppenheimer
 This is how it happens. The pilot turns base to final and notices a following wind is causing him to overshoot the centerline. He adds a little left uncoordinated rudder in an attempt to bring the nose of the aircraft back toward the runway. The aircraft rolls a bit to the left and he compensates by adding some right aileron to hold the 30-degree bank angle.
Products
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Mastering The Panel-Mounted GPS Part 1: VFR Use
Bendix/King, Garmin, Chelton? At first glance, they all seem so different, but are they really? It turns out they have a lot in common.
by Keith Thomassen
 Learning to use even one of the modern IFR-approved GPS maps, let alone several of them, is challenging. Understanding the capabilities of a device requires as much class time as learning how to operate it. The how can be very different from unit to unit, but the what is surprisingly similar. |
Pilot Talk
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“Plane Talk” From Machado
A leading aviation expert’s collection of informal, but educational, articles
by Bill Cox
I’ve been privileged to call Rod Machado a friend for the last 20 years. We first worked together during the launch of ABC TV’s Wide World of Flying TV series back in the mid ’80s. Together with host and ABC senior VP Phil Boyer (now president of AOPA), director Dave Jackson (now president of King Schools), TWA captain Barry Schiff (now retired) and later, warbird enthusiast Jeff Ethell (sadly, no longer with us), Rod and I enjoyed seven happy years of playing to the TV cameras.
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