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06 ≈ HANGAR TALK INDUSTRY NEWS RELEVANT TO YOUR BUSINESS


12 ≈ ROTORCRAFT ROADTRIP RPMN CONTRIBUTING EDITOR FLIES THE ENSTROM 480B


“The engine is the heart of the aircraft, but the pilot is its soul.


-Sir Walter Raleigh


18 ≈ FOCUS ON SAFETY NIGHTMARES OF A HELICOPTER PILOT


24 ≈ MRO MAP NORTH AMERICAS TOP MRO’S


26 ≈ FEATURE - MRO VIBRATION - LESS IS BETTER


30 ≈ PRODUCTS - MRO TAKING IT TO THE TROOPS - HEATCON COMPOSITE REPAIRS


32 ≈ PRODUCTS - MRO GLASS COCKPITS - GARMIN G1000H


34 ≈ PRODUCTS - MRO AR6201 VHF-AM TRANSCEIVER - BECKER AVIONICS


35 ≈ PRODUCTS - MRO NEW SAFETY VIDEO - TANIS AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS


36 ≈ PRODUCTS - MRO EXXONMOBIL AVIATION


37 ≈ PRODUCTS - MRO AVIDYNE IFD540


38 ≈ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2011 HELISUCCESS


42 ≈ ACADEMICS EMBRY-RIDDLE’S OCTOBERWEST


48 ≈ ADVERTISERS’ INDEX FINDING YOUR FAVORITE ADVERTISER


Cover: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Weninger, an aircraft maintainer with the 129th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, repairs the tail section of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Photo: Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller


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