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Let’s finish out January on a positive note by remembering that 12 years ago this month two pilots did what many of us have dreamt of doing ever since we got our first certificate \u2026 they avoided Teterboro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(With apologies to Meridian TEB<\/a> because I do love them!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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