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Experience CountsThirty five years of serving General AviationScope Air- craft Fi-Photo courtesy of Pilatus Business Aircraft LTD / Photo by Jon Youngblut Photography140 E. Town Street, Suite 1400 • Columbus, Ohio 43215-1400 (614) 221-5773 • Fax: (614) 221-2411email: scope@parknationalbank.com www.ScopeAircraftFinance.comMember ofNational Aircraft Finance Association National Business Aviation AssociationMAINTENANCE• All scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance by our friendly, experienced technicians• Qualified to work on Citation, KingAir, Twin Commander, and PilatusSaturday morning’s Keynote breakfast featured Experimental Aircraft Association President Rod Hightower on stage with AOPA President Craig Fuller. Their big announcement was the joint petition the two organizations were filing with the FAA, proposing that the requirement for a third-class medical certificate be waived for non- commercial flying. An equivalent level of safety would be provided by requiring pilots to complete a training course in recognizing and monitoring aeromedical health conditions, to better equip them to self-certify before each flight. The success of glider and sport-pilot operators, for whom the lack of a medical certificate has produced no medical-related safety issues, would seem to support such a proposal.Moving In And Out With The RainThe sometimes-soupy weather often kept the crowd indoors, to the benefit of exhibitors on the trade-show floor and the speakers at the seminars upstairs. Hartford has hotel space and restaurants adjoining and nearby, and there are attractions like the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Windsor Locks, near the Bradley International airport, a few miles up the road. Because the Big Apple was only two hours driving time away, many of the registrants wore “New York, NY” tags.Avionics• Legacy: partial and full glass cockpit completions• Garmin GTN650 and GTN750 installations• XM Weather, traffic and mode S upgradesinfo@northeastair.comwww.northeastair.com Portland Jetport (KPWM) MaineCRS #FTUR030E12 • TWIN & TURBINEJANUARY 2012