General Aviation News - 21 June 2018

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General Aviation News • 70th Year,

No. 12 • June 21, 2018 • © 2018

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6 .....New evidence shows JFK soloed in 10 days

8 .....Testing of unleaded fuels to take longer

12 ...Free ground school offers 21st Century learning

14 ...See and avoid: Ag pilots vs. drones

15 ...Sonex’s John Monnett retires

16 ...The rest of the (engine) story

18 ...A trip to the French Air Museum

19 ...Racer trades pylons for hot air balloons

20 ...Terrific twin T-34s

22 ...Stearmans celebrate airmail anniversary

23 ...Through the eyes of a child

24 ...My Story: Flying to a mystical place

The TOC

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Columnists

On Final

NOTICE:

The next issue will be

mailed July 5, 2018.

9 ..... VISSER’S VOICE: Concern for the bottom line

hurts GA

10 ...TOUCH & GO: Are you sure we aren’t moving?

11 ...POLITICS FOR PILOTS: Let’s get inappropriate

25 ...HUMAN FACTORS: Eche la Culpa

26 ...ASRS Reports

28 ...New Products

29 ...Calendar of Events

COVER SHOT

Photo courtesy Sonex Aircraft

Photo by Jared Jesensky

Sonex Aircraft has been put up for sale as founder John

Monnett retires.

Father and son team Reid

and Brett Garrison fly their

T-34s over South Carolina.

The two showed off their

beauties at SUN ’n FUN,

where writer Joni M. Fisher

got a chance to find out all

about the family’s aviation

obsession.

Photo by Chase P. Hunter.

Three Stearmans recreated an old airmail route as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of airmail.