AOPA Pilot Magazine

Featured Stories

See the video. Debunking the myth
Senior Editor Dave Hirschman compares flying lean of peak performance in two aircraft and shares his findings.

See the video. Dream machine
Associate Editor Ian J. Twombly gets a bird’s-eye view of the Chesapeake Bay from the Lockwood-designed AirCam.

See the video. Environmental air force.
General aviation helps to protect the environment in myriad missions.

See the video. Flying Friendly
Pilot techniques that can help minimize an airport’s noise footprint.

 

ISSUE: July 2009

'AOPA Pilot' July 2009

This Month’s Columns

President’s Position

Taking the pulse of opinion leaders.

Letters
Waypoints

Unforgettable morning flight.

Proficient Pilot

Why all the flap?

Pilotage

Two days, two ways.

License to Learn

Simulating engine-out operations.

Safety Pilot

Wish list II.

Pilot Counsel

No ‘statute of limitations.’

This Month’s Features

Aircam: Dream Machine
By Ian J. Twombly

A Special Report: GA and the Environment
By Thomas B. Haines

To Protect and Preserve
By Jill W. Tallman

Let’s Go Flying Sweepstakes: Appalachian Spring
Dave Hirschman

Euro-vironment
By Thomas A. Horne

Plant Power
By Dave Hirschman

Frugal Flier: So wrong for so long
By Dave Hirschman

The ‘Blackbirds’: The story of the first all-black aerobatics team
By Phil Scott

Turbine Pilot: Whoa, Hoss!
By Peter A. Bedell

Technique: Instinctive response
By Dan Namowitz

Online Exclusives

Reporting Points

Join AOPA Pilot editors as they travel and report on general aviation. Read their journal entries in “Reporting Points.” But don’t let them do all the writing. Here’s your chance to share your own stories and comments with the editors.

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AOPA Pilot—Then and Now

For more than five decades, AOPA Pilot has been the voice of general aviation and chronicled the industry, the events, the people, and the airplanes. Come along on a digital journey and flip through Pilot’s first edition, the March 1958 issue, as if you have the original paper copy in your hands; then let the March 2008 fiftieth anniversary edition come to life with videos and links throughout the pages.

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AOPA 2009 Let’s Go Flying Sweepstakes

2009 Let's Go Flying SweepstakesNew year, new sweepstakes. The Let’s Go Flying Cirrus SR22 will crisscross North America in 2009 to highlight the tremendous utility of general aviation.

Sweepstakes Home Page >>

Turbine Aircraft Directory

See a listing and specifications for single-pilot turbine aircraft.

Explore the Directory >>

A Day in the Life of America's Airports

Celebrate general aviation's greatest resource and experience a typical Saturday at 11 different types of GA airports across America. See what happened as chronicled by AOPA Pilot's team of writers and photographers, and AOPA member-submitted photo essays.

See the Interactive Feature >>

Never Again Online

"Never Again" is one of the most widely read sections AOPA Pilot. It's presented to allow pilots to learn from the experiences of others. Read a previously unpublished "Never Again" lesson each month on AOPA Online.

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