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Contents - July, 2010

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FEATURES

  1. POSITION & HOLD
    DARPA’s new chief pilot changes course
    by Marvin Cetron
    An encouraging blast from agency’s glorious past.
  1. NEXTGEN TECHNOLOGY
    Performance-based navigation—combining RNAV and RNP
    Pro Pilot staff report
    FAA’s plan to modify the NAS builds on PBN as a cornerstone.
  1. SPECIAL UNIT PROFILE
    Broward County Sheriff’s Office—providing multimission capability in southern Florida
    by Brent Holman
    Unit supports agency’s air, land and marine divisions.
  1. VIEWPOINTS
    Aerospace professionals imagine different futures
    Pro Pilot staff compilation
    Comments and thoughts from Rob Wilson, Kim Showalter, Craig Sincock, Larrie Dahl, Charles Spencer.
  1. INTERNATIONAL OPS
     Latin America inside info
    by Grant McLaren
    Traffic is up to the region, but flightplanning can still be problematic.
  1. PRASE COVERAGE
    Judges class photo and awards dinner. Roundtable discussion. PRASE Survey results.
  1. AIRSPACE
    Navigational Reference System
    by Shawn Pruchnicki
    In place since 2005, this waypoint grid already provides direct routing throughout the US.
  1. WX BRIEF
    Thunderstorms—knowing more means safer passage
    by Karsten Shein
    Wise aviators study storms and treat convective cells with respect.
  1. OUTER MARKER INBOUND
    Measuring the true overall value of an FBO
    by Gene Condreras

Volume 44. No 7

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Selected winners from 2010 PRASE Survey. Best US FBO & Best Independent FBO: Texas Jet FTW. Best FBO Chain: Pentastar. Best Canadian FBO: Irving YQX. Best Latin American FBO: Líder Aviação CGH. Best Caribbean FBO: Bohlke Intl Airways STX. Best Asian FBO: Hong Kong Business Av Ctr HKG. Best Middle East & African FBO: Jet Aviation DXB. Best Fuel Brand: Avfuel. Best Catering: Rudy’s TEB. Best Aviation Fuel Credit Card: Multi Service. Best Line Tech: Eddie Queen, Signature EWR. Best FBO CSR: Betsy Wines, Meridian TEB. Best Intl Trip Planning: Universal Weather and Aviation. Cover design by Pro Pilot Asst Art Dir José Vásquez.

Broward County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit. (L–R) Dir of Ops Sgt Dale Owens, Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti, Chief Pilot Brian Miller and Dir of Mx Thomas Edison at the Fort Lauderdale Downtown Helistop with a Eurocopter EC135. Unit Coordinator Deputy/Pilot Christine Ponticelli hovers the unit’s AS350 overhead. Photo by Pro Pilot Art Dir Jack Sykes.

 

 

DEPARTMENTS

  1. SQUAWK IDENT
    Readers reveal what they do when they’re not flying.
  1. ACCIDENT RECAP
    Excel door opens after takeoff. Bell 407 engine failure.
  1. AV HAZARD
    More on EGE Tower. Confusing taxiway markings at RDU.
  1. TERMINAL CHECKLIST
    Answers on p 36.
  1. SID & STAR
    Lugnut discovers that savings are not always monetary.
  1. ALEX REMEMBERS
     Trying to sell Nicaragua’s President Somoza a Learjet 35.
  1. PIREPS
    Gulfstream installs Kollsman GAViS on G550. ProJet opens full service jet center at JYO.
  1. FBO NEWS
    Summit Aviation breaks ground on EVY expansion.
  1. HELO NEWS
    Bell delivers 1000th model 407.
  1. RAMP & HANGAR TALK
    Jobs, product ads and other reader opportunities.