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Flying • ISSUE 953 DECEMBER 2024
GIVING BACK • Blending your passion for aviation with community service
FROM TAILWHEELS TO TRADE PUBS • My unforeseen journey to aviation and FLYING Magazine
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INBOX
Is AIRMET being phased out?
WISCASSET, MAINE RNAV (GPS) RWY 25 • Plan ahead to use this daytime-only approach during shortened winter days
LEGACY AVIATION’S NEW BEST FRIEND • UP.Summit features outlandish designs alongside traditional aircraft
WHEN HAZE CLOSES IN • There’s a reason haze is a synonym for confused
A FUELING MYSTERY • Recalling a lesson learned from a dead stick landing
INATTENTION • Crashed Baron leaves a pile of unanswered questions
WE FLY VASHON RANGER R7 • A well-deserved reputation for fun
BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE • Picturesque town turns on the charm for the winter holidays
GARMIN G3000 PRIME • A stunning next level flight deck
DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE SNOW • Post-cold frontal stratocumulus clouds are a recipe for moderate or even heavy air frame icing
DEADLY DECEPTION • How somatogravic illusion kills pilots
GARMIN AUTOLAND/AUTOTHROTTLE • Enhancing safety while reducing workload
WICKED OLD BIRDS • Vice, virtue, and vintage aircraft
IN GARMIN WE TRUST • Sweaty palms and button pushing
SLEEK LINES, STEEP COST • The seductiveness of aircraft imagery
SHAKING THE RUST OFF A CFI TICKET • Returning to the right seat state of mind
THE GREAT ESCAPE • Date weekend requires some aeronautical decision making
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ROGUE INSPECTOR • Memorable CFI career didn’t always go by the book
SPEED RULES • Schneider Trophy racers led the way to a place where no one goes
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