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Get Me Out of Muhlenberg County
#187 | MARCH 2026
A batch of convective rain blocks the next leg of your trip. Do you try to skirt around the front of it where the weather is best, the back of it where the terrain is lowest, or wait for it to pass hoping the sizable gaps don’t shrink into mere suckerholes?
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Kevin Plante
Kevin Plante has been an Air Traffic Control Specialist for 16 years and has been fully certified in several different towers and TRACONs. His ATC experience has been in both USAF and FAA facilities. Kevin currently works at a busy TRACON controlling a wide variety of aircraft into airports of every airspace classification. Additionally, Kevin has worked with the design and modification of PBN procedures, implementation of new equipment/software into ATC facilities, and On-the-Job-Training of new controllers. Kevin has been flying since 1997. He flies for personal travel as well as working as a contract pilot for corporate and charter operators.