HARRISON FORD with AOPA President Craig Fuller and Editor in Chief Tom Haines | A NIGHT FOR FLIGHT “Rat Pack” band | ROD MACHADO entertains and educates | PARADE OF PLANES on the city streets | AOPA LIVE broadcast | RESORT PARTY poolside t G orgeous location? Check. Lots of learning opportunities? Check. Famous pilots? Check. A parade of more than 80 airplanes down city streets? Check. AOPA Aviation Summit 2012 in Palm Springs, California, had it all. More than 9,000 visitors convened in this famous desert town for the association’s annual celebration of general aviation. And the headliners included actor, pilot, and aviation advocate Harrison Ford; pilots from the popular aviation television series Flying Wild Alaska; and TV funnyman Dave Coulier, as well as the industry’s luminaries. Rod Machado was on hand to present the AOPA Flight Training Excellence Awards (see “Award Winners,” page 69); AOPA Senior Vice President Adam Smith introduced the Center to Advance the Pilot Community and AOPA’s commitment to promote flying clubs; Editor in Chief Tom Haines presented daily AOPA Live This Week updates; and AOPA President Craig Fuller hosted keynote presentations, presented awards, and presided over remarkable VIEW THE VIDEO DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 67http://www.aopa.org/pilot