December 2017
What’s inside …

FEATURES

20 Saving for Your Next Overhaul Just Got Easier!
One-of-a-kind Program Prepares Owners for Engine Maintenance and Repairs
By Scott Sherer

22 Let’s Talk Overhauls!
Do-it-yourself Disassembly
By Jim Cavanagh

34 Holiday Gift Wish Lists from Some of Our Members
By Scott Sherer

COLUMNS

10 Avionics
Pick the PERFECT Panel for Medium (or Harder!) IFR – Part 2
By Bob Hart

28 Featured Plane
Meridian: Everyman’s Turbine
By Bill Cox

42 Tips & Tales from the Left Seat
Getting IFR Clearance and Release from Uncontrolled Fields
By Joel Turpin

48 Circle of Flight
Got Gas?
By Tom Machum

54 Hangar Tips
Is it Voodoo? Is it Witchcraft?
Nope, it’s Valve Grinding Compound!
By Erich Rempert

DEPARTMENTS

4 From the Publisher

6 On Approach
Aviation News & Announcements

53 Flight Market

53 Advertiser Index & Website Directory