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Rebecca Groom Jacobs
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Contents
MARCH2020 • VOL. 24, NO. 3
Editor’s Briefing
2 Confessions of an Old
Grouchy Aviation Skeptic
by Randy Groom
4 Flying It Forward Women in Aviation Day by Dianne White
6 Garmin Rolls Out GTN Xi Series:
Fourth Generation
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by Rich Pickett
14
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Flying to Protect Nature
Conservation flights focus on preserving lands, water and wildlife. by Grant Boyd
A Cross-Country Flight and Review of the Pilatus PC-24 by Rich Pickett
28 A Guide to the Citation 560XL Series: Part 2 ADS-B vs. ADS-B + LPV vs. Garmin G5000 Upgrade
by Kandi Spangler
En Route
Jet Journal
26 Five on the Fly
with Pilatus Chief Pilot Jed Johnson
by Rebecca Groom Jacobs
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Novel Introduces Aviation to Juniors “Stranded” by JE Timlin
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COVER PHOTO:
On Final
40 Roundtrip to Wichita at the Speed Of...
by David Miller
March 2020 / TWIN & TURBINE • 1
Pilatus PC-24
Photo Courtesy of Pilatus Aircraft
Issues of Twin & Turbine are available for free www.twinandturbine.com
From the Flight Deck 34 Sick of It
Milestones and kidney stones: Flying with a medical condition. by Kevin Dingman
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