December 2017
What’s inside …
FEATURES
20 Saving for Your Next Overhaul Just Got Easier!
One-of-a-kind Program Prepares Owners for Engine Maintenance and Repairs
By Scott Sherer
22 Let’s Talk Overhauls!
Do-it-yourself Disassembly
By Jim Cavanagh
34 Holiday Gift Wish Lists from Some of Our Members
By Scott Sherer
COLUMNS
10 Avionics
Pick the PERFECT Panel for Medium (or Harder!) IFR – Part 2
By Bob Hart
28 Featured Plane
Meridian: Everyman’s Turbine
By Bill Cox
42 Tips & Tales from the Left Seat
Getting IFR Clearance and Release from Uncontrolled Fields
By Joel Turpin
48 Circle of Flight
Got Gas?
By Tom Machum
54 Hangar Tips
Is it Voodoo? Is it Witchcraft?
Nope, it’s Valve Grinding Compound!
By Erich Rempert
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Publisher
6 On Approach
Aviation News & Announcements
53 Flight Market
53 Advertiser Index & Website Directory
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