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For more than a year, Michael Peer, a former scholarship recipient from the AEA Educational Foundation, has enjoyed the privilege of servicing and maintaining the Experimental Aircraft Association museum’s diverse collection of aircraft. Read more about how this caretaker of history restores and repairs vintage aircraft on page 42.
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Point of Communication by Jeanne Rau-Flattery
It’s Time to Balance the Budget

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AEA Now The View From Washington by Ric Peri
2012: The Year in Review

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Publisher Paula R. Derks

International News and Regulatory Updates by Ric Peri
The Outs, Ins and Transformations of New Surveillance Technology

AEA Scholarship Winner Restores, Repairs Vintage Aircraft

History’s Caretaker by Christine Knauer

Editor Geoff Hill Managing Editor Jeff Kirchhoff Copy Editor Jenna Kramer Advertising Linda Adams Lauren McFarland Circulation Manager Jenna Kramer
Senior Writers

ADS-B Circa 2013 by Dave Higdon

A Simple Thank You: Preserving the Vanishing Art of Gratitude

Pro·to·col by Patricia Luebke

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Member Profile by Christine Knauer
AIM AIR, Nairobi, Kenya

Business Basics by Greg Laslo

For CE Avionics Founders Loren and Susan Friedle, They Matter on Three Levels

Family Matters by Scott M. Spangler

Choosing Wisely: Tuning Up Your Decision Making

Theory & Practice by Thomas Inman
Sooo Last Millennium

Remembering Monte R. Mitchell
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Ric Peri Jason Dickstein
Contributing Writers Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside Dave Higdon Thomas Inman Christine Knauer Greg Laslo Patricia Luebke John D. Ruley Dale Smith Scott M. Spangler
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