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Regulatory Updates by Ric Peri

20 	 Member Profile by Christine Knauer
	 Atlas Aircraft Center maintains world's largest
	

civilian PC-12 fleet

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EAA STCs accessible safety by Scott M. Spangler

28 	 Got time for planning?
	
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Garmin goes large at AirVenture

	
	

Multiple product introductions, upgrades and
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AEA members make news at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh by Dave Higdon

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Making the transition by Amy Laboda

34 	 Putting the AEA's proprietary
	
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40 	 Member Profile by Christine Knauer
	 Send Solutions offers go-to team for R&D
44 	 Business Basics by Greg Laslo
Silver linings: How to regain lost customers to boost
	
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JetCity Engineering moves from Honeywell
vendor to Honeywell dealer status

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Bill Hanf of Green Mountain Avionics

	

32 	 Conversation With... by Patricia Luebke
Don Jones of CKC Laboratories
	

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Atlas Aircraft Center is an FAA-certified Part 145 repair station
specializing in maintaining PC-12 aircraft for private individuals,
charter operators, and its sister company, PlaneSense Inc.
Learn more about this AEA member company on page 20.

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68 	 What's Working? by Thomas Inman
Passion fuels Constant Aviation's growth in Cleveland
	
72 	 Aviation Aces by Patricia Luebke
Kevin Wargo of Dumont Aviation
	
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