PILOT'S GUIDE MITIGATE UNFORESEEN SITUATIONS WITH INFORMED DECISIONS INTELLIGENCEAVIONICS ABOVE: Departing from Fayetteville, Tennessee, for Sun 'n Fun at zero-dark-thirty. OPPOSITE PAGE: Al Owen makes his initial inspection of the throttle linkage in Tifton, Georgia. S T O R Y B Y S C O T T M . S P A N G L E R T alking from his office at the eponymous Thom Duncan Avionics at Tennessee's Fayetteville Municipal Airport several days after his aborted April 17 flight to Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo 2021, Duncan said what would have been his first visit to the event was memorable, but not harrowing. " It really wasn't; we had fuel, power and the data needed to make good decisions. " To the trilogy of wasted aviation resources - altitude above, runway behind, and fuel on the ground - Duncan adds avionics capabilities left on the shop shelf. There was no panic among the three souls on the lovingly restored 1960 M35 V-tail Bonanza. " We didn't declare an emergency because we had the situation under control, " he said. - 58 - Photos courtesy of Thom Duncan