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May 2019 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 4
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Volume 14, Number 3
COPA Pilot ■ 3
4 President’s Column
Letter from COPA President Roger Whittier
Spring Has Sprung with More COPA Events
12 First German One-day CPPP a Huge Success! TIMM PREUSSER
5 Member Advantage Program
6 Regional News
13 Migration 17 – New Orleans! BILL MYERS & ERIK GUNDERSEN 16 Member Spotlight KIM BLONIGEN
For Ken Kirby, Airplanes and Petroleum Run in the Family
20 Product Review RICH PICKETT
Jet Shades for the Cirrus – Made in the shade
28 Tech Talk MIKE BUSCH Rush to judgement
34 Improving Cockpit Awareness of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Near Airports
36 Safety Talk RICK BEACH
Paul Bertorelli Updates His Cirrus Safety Analysis
40 Effective Recurrent Training
46 Legal Zone SCOTT WILLIAMS Inadvertent Flight into Part 135
GIL WILLIAMSON and BRIAN TURRISI
48 Words of WITsdom Pilots and Non-Pilots
DANA OXLEY
52 Training BILL FRANK
Dealing with In-Flight Emergencies
56 Technically Speaking PAUL JENSEN Prepping Your Airplane for a Trip
60 Cirrus Authorized Service Centers 62 Cirrus Service Center Spotlight
64 Advertiser Index
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