AOPA Pilot Magazine - April 2017 - R-7

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With AOPA columnist Barry Schiff, maintenance experts
Adrian Eichhorn and Mike Busch, industry leaders such as
Jeppesen's Slim Morgan and Garmin's Mike Young, and AOPA

standouts such as Editor at Large Tom Horne and ADS-B guru
Mike Collins, we've got you covered. See the full weekend schedule on page R-8.

JOLIE LUCAS
As a Mooney
owner, psychotherapist,
private pilot,
and founder
of two grassroots general aviation service
groups, Lucas is a passionate
advocate for GA.
Friday Workshop

JASON MILLER
With more
than 18 years
of aviation
experience
and thousands of
hours of instruction given,
Miller created The Finer
Points-Aviation Podcast.
Saturday 10 a.m.

RAINIER FLIGHT SERVICE
This Seattlebased FBO
is renowned
for its expert
flight instruction. Rainier
is the largest flight school in western
Washington.
Friday Workshop

LORI MACNICHOL
An expert on
flying in the
mountains,
MacNichol
owns McCall
Mountain
Flying Seminars in Idaho. She
has more than 8,000 hours
flying in the backcountry.
Friday Workshop
Saturday 12 p.m.

SLIM MORGAN
A U.S. Air
Force command pilot
with more
than 4,900
hours in 14
different aircraft, Morgan is the general
aviation senior manager for
the Americas, Asia, and Pacific at Jeppesen.
Saturday 11 a.m.

BARRY SCHIFF
For more
than 50
years, this
veteran
AOPA Pilot
writer and
columnist has shared his
flying life with readers. His
monthly "Test Pilot" column
challenges readers' aviation
knowledge.
Saturday 1 p.m.

CHRIS MOSER
The director
of AOPA's
flight training initiative
leads the
association's
Rusty Pilots initiative. He is a
teacher, flight instructor, and
avid pilot.
Saturday 9 a.m.; 10 a.m.; 11 a.m.

TODD SCHOLTEN
A 20-year
employee of
L3 Aviation
Products,
Scholten
serves as the
company's chief pilot, with
additional responsibilities supporting sales, new product
development, and flight-test
activities.
Saturday 1 p.m.

JANET MAXWELL
Co-owner of
Don Maxwell
Aviation
Services in
Longview,
Texas,
Maxwell has more than 1,300
flight hours.
Friday Workshop
JOHN MCKENNA
Since establishing the
Recreational
Aviation
Foundation in
2003, McKenna has helped lead efforts to
preserve, maintain, and create
airstrips for recreational
access throughout the United
States.
Saturday 1 p.m.

PAUL NEW
In 1989, New
purchased
Tennessee
Aircraft
Services
Inc. from
his father and transitioned
the business to specialize in
structural repairs and routine
maintenance.
Friday Workshop

JOE SANTORO
For more
than 30 years,
Santoro has
worked for
the FAA
in the Air
Traffic Organization, joining the runway safety group
in 2015 as one of only 14 runway safety program managers
nationwide.
Saturday 9 a.m.

KAY SUNDARAM
AOPA's Ambassador for
Southern California, Sundaram's passion
for flight began at age 12
when she received her
first flying lesson. She
soloed on her sixteenth birthday. Today she flies one of
AOPA's "yellow birds" around
southern California spreading
the gospel of GA.
Saturday 12 p.m.
KAT SWAIN
As AOPA's
senior director of UAS
Programs,
Swain is
developing
plans to incorporate unmanned aircraft systems into
a traditional manned aviation
organization. She is an active
private pilot.
Saturday 1 p.m.
MICHAEL YOUNG
The southwest aviation
regional sales
manager
at Garmin
International,
Young resides on Mazatzal
Mountain Airpark in Payson,
Arizona and loves airpark
living. Garmin is a highly
regarded producer of
consumer- and professionalgrade navigation equipment
using GPS receivers.
Saturday 9 a.m.

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