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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008

AOPA Pilot - March 2008
Contents
President’s Position
Hangar Talk
AOPA Action
Catch-A-Cardinal Sweepstakes
Pilot Briefing
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Pilotage
License to Learn
Safety Pilot
Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot’s 50th Anniversary: First 50
AOPA’s Big Idea
Magazine Milestones
Designs Through the Years
Location, Location
Cessna 182: Then and Now
Irving Krick’s ‘Weathercasts’
The Ladies Fly
The 36-Pound Radio
Whatever Happened To...?
The GA Fleet—Through the Decades
The Lucky Ones
America’s Airports: Tale of a Gem
Endurance Test, Circa 1958
Test Pilot
Never Again
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - President’s Position
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 5
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Hangar Talk
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - AOPA Action
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Catch-A-Cardinal Sweepstakes
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 27
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Pilot Briefing
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Letters
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Waypoints
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 53
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 55
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Proficient Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 57
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Pilotage
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 59
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 61
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 63
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 64
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 65
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 68
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - AOPA Pilot’s 50th Anniversary: First 50
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 71
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - AOPA’s Big Idea
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 73
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Magazine Milestones
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 80
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 81
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 82
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 83
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 84
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Designs Through the Years
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Location, Location
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 87
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 88
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Cessna 182: Then and Now
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 91
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Irving Krick’s ‘Weathercasts’
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - The Ladies Fly
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 107
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - The 36-Pound Radio
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 114
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 120
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Whatever Happened To...?
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 122
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 123
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 124
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - The GA Fleet—Through the Decades
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 126
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 127
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 128
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 130
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - The Lucky Ones
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 133
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 134
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - America’s Airports: Tale of a Gem
AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - 136
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Endurance Test, Circa 1958
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Test Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Never Again
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Fly by Wire
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2008 - Pilots
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