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The general public’s cry for security at general aviation airports has caused most of us in the aviation industry to roll our eyes. However, it’s also spurred some government agencies to look at tightening security or even requiring beefed up security for small airplanes.

There may be a hidden benefit in this hysteria. From an airplane owner’s standpoint, the real risk from theft is that you’ll discover a gaping hole where your avionics stack used to be. So maybe it makes sense to think about security. And given public paranoia, several aviation authorities have been deliberating what kinds of measures to put into place to make sure light aircraft don’t become…