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Contents - June, 2011

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FEATURES

  1. POSITION & HOLD
    Bizav continues on diet with large cabin aircraft selling, smaller jets slipping
    by Marvin Cetron
  1. VIEWPOINTS
    Readers speak out on aerospace topics
    Pro Pilot staff compilation
    Thoughts and comments from Ted Naimer, Dan Wolfe,
    Kim Showalter
  1. EVENT COVERAGE
    Hawker Beechcraft jet operators conference in Little Rock
    by Pro Pilot staff
    Customers gain first-hand information on safety, technical topics and product support.
  1. FLIGHT DEPT PROFILE
    LAR-based orthopedic doctors fly King Air C90As to serve patients
    by Mike Potts
    Gem City Bone & Joint uses fleet of 4 turboprops to link network of rural clinics in WY, NE.
  1. V/STOL DEVELOPMENTS
    Going vertical with and without rotors
    by David Bjellos
    Alternative ways to take off and land with no need for runways.
  1. INTERNATIONAL OPS
    Flying in Canada demands knowledge of regulatory environment
    by Grant McLaren
    Rules, terminology, nav fees and airspace differences can trip you up.
  1. WX BRIEF
    Defining standard atmosphere
    by Karsten Shein
    An ideal understanding of an environment that is anything but ideal.
  1. PILOT TECHNIQUES
    Equipping for different GPS-based approaches
    by Mike Venables
    What pilots need to take advantage of the latest in space-based landing systems.
  1. 2011 Salary Study
    Compensation levels stay mostly flat—hiring remains
    similar to last year.

Volume 45. No 6

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Fleet of 4 King Air C90As carries orthopedic surgeons to 15 clinics in Wyoming and Nebraska. Shown at LAR (Laramie WY) are (L–R) Pilot Vince Hedrick, Chief Pilot & Av Dir Cody Diekroeger, Doctors Ryan Aukerman and Thomas Bienz, and Pilots John King and Cranleigh Wilkinson. Aukerman holds model knee joint while Bienz carries arm/shoulder bones. Photo by Mike Potts.

 

 

DEPARTMENTS

 

  1. SQUAWK IDENT
    Readers discuss future aerospace developments that excite them.
  1. PIREPS
    CAE to double number of bizjet pilot training centers.
    Rockwell Collins adds EU regional trip support to Ascend flight information products.
  1. FBO NEWS
    Texas Jet FTW and Enterprise Jet Center HOU sign with Paragon. Asia's largest bizjet facility opens at Subic Bay.
  1. HELO NEWS
    AgustaWestland to supply 2 AW139s to Egypt. Sikorsky delivers 3 S92s to Royal Thai Air Force.
  1. ALEX REMEMBERS
    Ecuador's President was a Learjet customer—until the economy faltered.
  1. SID & STAR
    In which Sid embraces the growing use of computers in the flight dept.
  1. TERMINAL CHECKLIST
    Answers on p 52.
  1. RAMP & HANGAR TALK
    Jobs, products and other reader opportunities.