Professional Pilot, January 2016
44 70 8 PROFESSIONAL PILOT January 2016 January 2016 Vol 50 No 1 Features 14 98 102 12 PUBLISHERS MESSAGE Building on acceptance and continuing forward by Murray Smith Combining a people approach with a wide variety of editorial inputs from knowledgeable pilots and industry experts has proven to be a successful format for Professional Pilot magazine 14 POSITION HOLD Pilots need to stay alert with automated equipment by Don Van Dyke Expect the unexpected in long drowsing trips as dangers lurk in those supposedly failproof autonomous technical marvels 44 BIZJET CERTIFICATION HondaJet is cleared to go by Mike Potts FAA presents Type Certificate to Honda Aircraft Co Pres Michimasa Fujino 46 AIRPORT ANTHOLOGIES Boeing Field by Doug Wilson Thousands of wartime aircraft were built by Boeing during WWII Now BFI is a prosperous GA airport with Clay Lacy and Landmark as mainstay FBOs 54 WX BRIEF Satellite imagery by Karsten Shein High flying sensors keep an eye on the sky to help us avoid weather hazards 60 CORPORATE PROFILE Averitt Air by Cindy Youngblood Trucks led to business jets and now Part 91 and 135 ops are successful 66 AIRCRAFT MARKETING The phenomenon of static prices by Bob Rockwood Large pool of low time used bizjets and TPs slows new aircraft sales 70 LANDINGS Final approach and the transition to a visual segment by Bill Gunn The advent of new cockpit technologies especially EFVS is allowing lower minimums to let pilots make touchdowns in very poor visibility 76 AVIONICS UPGRADES NextGen spurs panel modernization by Stuart Lau Manufacturers offer upgrades to comply with new rules and save operators from flightdeck obsolescence with their current aircraft 86 AVIONICS PRODUCT SUPPORT SURVEY 2016 Operator questionnaires are used to grade OEMs on aftersale service by Pro Pilot staff 98 DC AREA VIGILANCE 12th Aviation Battalion by Douglas Nelms Army VIP unit transports high ranking officers and serves as ready response unit 102 INTERNATIONAL OPS Risks are up in Europe by Grant McLaren Robberies assaults more violent crime and terrorist attacks are on the rise It is imperative to have advance intelligence on what areas should be avoided
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