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NOVEMBER 2016

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The countdown continues, at T minus 37 months and counting. Then the ADS-B
Out deadline arrives, three years from Jan. 1 on New Year's Day, 2020. The FAA
finalized its rules mandating ADS-B Out in May 2010, more than six years ago.
Now well past the halfway point, the deadline both looms large and still appears
as a drop-dead cutoff nearly seven years later. Read more on page 14.

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Study reveals maintenance and inspections
are key to drone safety

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AEA Now

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The View from Washington by Ric Peri
Don't shoot the messenger

14 	 ADS-B progress by Dave Higdon
Installations slowly gaining momentum -
	
but the pace is far behind

18 	 Member Profile by Christine Knauer
	 Trimec Aviation offers ADS-B Out for G100, G200
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Using social media to attract and
retain customers by Dale Smith

28 	 ADS-B Out: Compliant options abound
	

	

40 	 Conversation With... by Patricia Luebke
Lee Moore of Garmin
	
42 	 Business Basics by Greg Laslo
Exponential effort: How to make collaboration work
	

12 	 International News and
	
Regulatory Updates by Ric Peri

	

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55 	 Before & After
Southeast Aerospace of Melbourne, Florida
	
56 	 ADS-B for flight schools: making the case
	
to equip now by Lindsey McFarren
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ADS-B date! by David Hughes
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38 	 Member Profile by Christine Knauer
	 CMD Flight Solutions continues ADS-B push

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Geoff Hill

	

34 	 What's Working? by Thomas Inman
Wisconsin Aviation celebrates 35 years in business
	

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