Refurbished Piper Archer II Winner Announced At WAI Conference

AOPA President Craig L. Fuller presented the grand prize Saturday in the 2008 "Get Your Glass" Sweepstakes -- a fully refurbished, glass panel-equipped 1976 Piper Archer II -- to 25-year-old Karoline Amodeo of Poughkeepsie, NY. The presentation was made during the general session of the Women In Aviation International Conference in Atlanta, GA.

"Karoline's passion for aviation led her to get her pilot certificate and attend Daniel Webster College where she earned a degree in Air Traffic Control Management," noted Fuller. "After college, she went on to work at an FBO as well as a charter operation. She recently learned that she has been accepted to be an Air Traffic Controller at New York Center, and she will begin her training in May."

Karoline's prize is a 1976 Piper Archer II that has been completely refurbished with a new paint job, a new interior, and most importantly, a new avionics suite that includes the Aspen Avionics EFD 1000 computerized glass panel.

"The move to glass panel displays instead of traditional analog dials and gauges has been dramatic, and Aspen was one of the first companies to market with a product specifically designed to replace those analog instruments without having to completely reconfigure the panel," said Fuller.

With Saturday's presentation, AOPA's focus now turns to the 2009 "Let's Go Flying" sweepstakes. During the year, AOPA will use the grand prize aircraft, a nearly-new 2005 Cirrus SR22, to showcase all the things a pilot can do with a plane. It will be awarded to one lucky pilot in early 2010.

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