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OWNERS AND PILOTS MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 TBM SPECIAL EDITION FLYING THE LAST FOUR MINUTES IN CASE YOU HAVE TO DITCH Ditching automatically means you lose the airplane. Just try not to lose anything else Come visit us at Oshkosh! Booth # 2083•Hangar B•Isle D See you there! SimCom is proud to have been the Exclusive Factory Authorized simulator training provider fRUWKH7%0µHHWVLQce 1999. Nothing sharpens yRXUµ\LQJVNLOOV and prepares you for the unexpected like simulator training. Visit www.simulator.com to see a video describing BETTER TRAINING • SAFER PILOTS • GREATER VALUE why SIMCOM’s instructors, simulators and training locations will make your training experience special. ...Nothing Prepares You Like Simulator Training. Visit SIMCOM’s website at simulator.com Call 866.692.1994 to speak with one of our training advisors. © 2016 SIMCOM Aviation Training. All rights reserved. 7 LBS OF POWER START PAC ONE THE SMALLEST STARTER IN THE WORLD YOU NEED THE ONE • PATENTPATENT PENDINGPENDING 7LB7LB CABLECABLE FREEFREE DESIGNDESIGN • • FOR PISTON AND SMALL TO MEDIUM TURBINE ENGINES • • 28V, 1500 PEAK AMPS, AND 10 AH CAPACITY • www.STARTPAC.com OR TOLL FREE 844.901.9987 TBM MAGAZINE 4 SUMMER 2016 TBMBM OwO nerrss& & PiP lotlo s Magaazine • Summer 2016 • Volume 6, Issueu 2 8 12 18 30 D E PA R T M E N T S 6 Hellloo, Oshhkok shs ByB Fraank J. McKee,e TBMOPO A chairmann 8 NNew & NNotaablb e 100 SkSky Gaalss FlF yingg intnto histtory ByB P.J. 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ByB Bill Cox 300 FAA issuuess newe aircraafft leasa ing gug idance Byy Jono athah n Levy 344 5 thhingsg yoouu neeed to knon w aba out descene t plp ana niingg ByBy Keve inn Gaarrison News From the Top Hello, Oshkosh Greetings all and welcome to one of my favorite editions of the TBMOPA magazine — Oshkosh! What could be better than this annual event that brings together the largest gathering of airplane nuts in the world? I love walking the grounds and seeing so many different types of airplanes and new gadgets for our existing ones. Speaking with vendors and catching up with old acquaintances is just great fun and how can you not love the airshows that we get to see? This year, Karen and I will have the advantage of a golf one in our community to do the same. After all, the flights cart, courtesy of an auction item at our convention in you will make safer and more enjoyable are those of your Charleston. We will be able to cover even more ground fellow TBM drivers as well as the flying community at large. than in the past, and it is a built in seat for the airshows. I have now had the opportunity to fly the new TBM 930 Thank you to the TBMOPA Foundation and all that Tom and I must say that I was very impressed. It is so great to Evernham has done with the TIPS program at SimCom. I see the safety features that your board has been working am scheduled to fly one of the scenarios next week and will on incorporated into this fabulous new machine. Thank report on my experience in a future edition. you, Daher, for listening. May sales continue to exceed The other day I was flying home from a weeklong family your expectations. business retreat in Wyoming and had some weather to deal On a sad note, some of you might remember my writ- with en route. Thunderstorms and icing covered the land- ing about a good friend whose grandsons we took on a scape from Oklahoma to Chicago (near and dear to your breakfast flight last December. My friend was Ken Nelson heart, right Capt. Panarello?). Firing up the Nexrad page and he flew a Piper Cub, Archer and Arrow at our local brought me to some Pireps right where I wanted to fly, and airport. He and his brother came along with me on many there at flight level 270 was one from a TBM just south of great adventures in the TBM, including our campground at Chicago. Thank you to that fellow pilot for your report of Oshkosh. Ken unfortunately lost his battle with cancer this light rime icing and light-to-moderate turbulence. His or past week after a very tough fight. He was a Navy veteran her report helped me along with numerous others to figure and his love of flying was unsurpassed. Tailwinds and blue out how to deal with what was ahead. skies to you my brother and best wishes and gratitude to I must confess that I do not give Pireps as often as I all of our many friends in the TBM community. should, and this experience should change my attitude. It Hope to see you all in Oshkosh. It is an event not to be is nice to see what heavy iron drivers are experiencing out missed as will be our upcoming convention in Phoenix. there but there’s nothing like a report from someone in the Until then, fly safely! same aircraft along the same route to give me a clear picture of what I could expect in my airplane. I am now committed Frank J. McKee to giving Pireps as often as I possibly can, and I ask every- Chairman TBMOPA TBM MAGAZINE 6 SUMMER 2016 TBMOWNERS AND PILOTS MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 VOLUME 6/NUMBER 2 TBM BOARDOA D Frank McKee Office Telephone: 484-908-6264 Cell Number: 610-389-3292 Email: [email protected] Coleman Bunting Office Telephone: 302-436-5124 Cell Number: 302-542-8521 Email: [email protected] Howard Janzen Office Telephone: 913-284-9100 Cell Number: 913-461-9800 Email: [email protected] Art Maurice Office Telephone: 860-449-1400 Cell Number: 860-460-3633 Email: [email protected] Steve Silverman Office Telephone: 202-236-8690 Cell Number: 202-236-8690 Email: [email protected] Brian Dunsirn Office Telephone: 920-277-3808 Cell Number: 920-277-3808 Email: [email protected] Dave Kaplan Office Telephone: 712-279-8083 Email: [email protected] AJ PUBLICATIONS STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lyn Freeman MANAGING EDITOR Michelle Carter SENIOR EDITOR Bill Cox ASSOCIATE EDITOR Hans Lubke EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS William Henrys CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Nina Harris, Paul Simington, Katrina Bradelaw, Paul Sanchez, Dick Rochfort CREATIVE DIRECTOR/ART DIRECTOR Robbie Destocki PHOTOGRAPHY Paul Bowen, Mary Schwinn, James Lawrence, Lyn Freeman, Jodi Butler, Gregory L. Harris PUBLISHER Thierry Pouille PRODUCTION MANAGER Anais Pouille (561) 841-1551 AD SALES COORDINATOR, U.S. Guillaume Fabry (561) 841-1551 ADVERTISING SALES NORMAN SCHINDLER (818) 384-1919 Western United States DENIS BERAN (772) 794-1900 Eastern United States CORPORATE OFFICES 1931 Commerce Lane, Suite 5, Jupiter, FL 33458 Telephone: (561) 841-1551 Fax: (954) 252-3935 FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS, REPRINTS, BACK ISSUES, please log onto AJPublications.com or call 1+ (561) 841-1551 CONTACT THE EDITOR: [email protected] CONTACT THE PUBLISHER [email protected] ©2015 TBM Owners and Pilots Magazine is published quarterly. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. Please send comments to the attention of the publisher. Printed in the USA. TBM MAGAZINE 7 S UMMER 2016 New & Notable It’s an ATV! It’s a plane! It’s a SkyRunner! Imagine ripping over the ground at 70 mph and then shooting through the air up to 10,000 feet at 52 mph in one vehicle! Pretty exciting stuff, huh? Now meet the SkyRunner — the ultimate all-terrain recreational vehicle that transforms itself into a two-seat light-sports aircraft by using a dual- engine setup with one ground engine and one air engine, both fed by the same 93 octane fuel. Visit the website FlySkyRunner.com and check out the videos to see just what this vehicle can do. If you are ready for some real adventure, schedule a test flight while you’re there or order your own SkyRunner for $119,000. D2Bravo Titanium Aviator Watch Designed by pilots for pilots, the Garmin D2 Bravo Titanium watch is an aviator’s dream. More than just wearable GPS technology in a stylish case, the watch features a worldwide database, oxygen and al- titude reminder and a baro-adjust- able altimeter and built-in compass. When paired with a compatible smartphone, the D2 allows a pilot to view weather reports (METARs) and (TAFs) in plain language. Automat- ed flight-logging initiates when the plane takes off, and all information such as date, total flight time and route are automatically recorded Capture your adventures in full and logged within the watch and synced across FlyGarmin.com 360-degree visual surround and the Garmin Pilot app with an Nikon enters the 360° camera market and rolls out a new line of action internet connection.
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