industry Joby's four-passenger aircraft with all-electric power train takes off and lands vertically then smoothly transitions to forward flight. Photo courtesy of Joby Aviation SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT S T O R Y GA supports 1,179,200 jobs and $246.8 billion in total economic output in the U.S. 38 avionics news * august 2020 B Y D A V E W H U G H E S hen the General Aviation Manufacturers Association reported solid 2019 results at its annual press conference in Washington D.C., in mid- February, few of the business and general aviation leaders in the audience could have anticipated the hit the economy was about to take the following month. Yes, the coronavirus was already on the loose, but the thought that major sections of the U.S. economy would be locked down by late March was a worst-case scenario that few could see coming in mid-February. It would be the biggest black swan event to hit the U.S. economy since the Great Depression. Soon, the entire country was reeling from a shutdown of the economy that was quickly sweeping the nation. But going back to review 2019 results, at least it can be said the general aviation industry was purring like a well-tuned PT-6 as big