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Contents JULY 2018 • VOL. 22, NO. 7
2 Aviation Tapestry
by Rebecca Groom Jacobs
3 Airmail
4 EAA AirVenture 2018 Preview
“Year of the Tanker”
by Rebecca Groom Jacobs
10 Are You Good Enough to Fly Into Oshkosh? by Thomas P. Turner
14 Five on the Fly Five Questions with
Kirby Chambliss by Dianne White
16 On the Fence About Going to AirVenture? Here’s 10 Reasons Not To
by Dianne White
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Jet Journal
18 The Flying Black Cadillac
by Kevin Ware
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From the Flight Deck
26 Aviation Adjectives, Adverbs and Accolades by Kevin R. Dingman
31 NBAA Focus
En Route
38 Pilatus Extends PC-12 Maintenance Intervals
39 Daher Announces ISR Configuration
On Final
40 High Performance Buffet
by David Miller
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