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- Walking the turboprop swagger
 Blogger Dan Pimentel writes about the difference between pilots who fly turbine engines and those who pilot piston-driven planes -- and his brief experience in a PC-12. "Call it confidence, call it the walk of a high timer, but the pilots who bleed Jet-A just have a different way of crossing a ramp," he writes. Airplanista blog
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- Testing mogas for ethanol made simple
Using mogas in aircraft approved for its use saves pilots money and keeps lead out of the environment, but fuel purchased at retail locations can sometimes be tainted with ethanol. A glass jar and food coloring make it easy to test for the presence of ethanol. General Aviation News
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- Trig Avionics to incorporate NexNav mini
Accord Technology's NexNav mini GPS WAAS Class Beta-1 was approved for use in Trig Avionics' TT31 transponder in a flight test recently performed by Colorado-based Peregrine. "We are excited to be working with the talented team at Trig Avionics to provide an affordable ADS-B solution," said Hal Adams, Accord's operating chief. General Aviation News
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- Alabama school board gets into the aviation business
The Board of Education for Etowah County Schools in Alabama has approved an agreement with the Alabama Aviation Center to offer a dual-enrollment program in airframe technology. It set to begin in January. "It will offer our students some great opportunities in a field that's in demand," said Superintendent Alan Cosby. The Gadsden Times (Ala.)
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Medications update
In some good news on the medication front, the FAA recently accepted Xarelto as an allowed anticoagulant for use in aviation. Xarelto (rivaroxaban) is a new type of anticoagulation drug that has a much more favorable side effect profile than its pharmaceutical cousin Pradaxa (dabigatran), which produced disappointing side effects associated with uncontrollable bleeding in some patients who were using it. AOPA Online.
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AOPA job of the day: .NET applications developer
The .NET developer will be a key member of the Application Development group and will play a major role in new development, enhancement, and support of AOPA's application portfolio. Responsibilities include: develop, maintain and support applications in AOPA's software portfolio; and perform systems analysis on a wide variety of software systems, including database, file transfer systems, import, export, user interfaces and web applications. Read more here.
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