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Contents December 2017 • VOL. 21, NO. 12
2 Editor’s Briefing by Dianne White
4 Howard 500
by Matthew McDaniel
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Jet Journal
10 Textron Aviation Unveils Turn-Key Maintenance Program
12 Wake Turbulence:
I See Traffic & Its Wake by Thomas P. Turner
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16 General Aviation Answers the Call Owner-pilots play key role in hurricane relief efforts
From the Flight Deck
21 One Foggy Night Manage low viz like Santa by Kevin R. Dingman
24 Five on the Fly Robin Eissler
by Rebecca Groom Jacobs
26 Seeing into the Future Use Vertical Profile to reveal a storm’s potential
by Archie Trammell
En Route
30 Nextant Certifies the King Air G90XT
On Final
32 Limitations by David Miller
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