AOPA Pilot Magazine
Featured Stories
See the video. Clear and compelling
Senior Editor Dave Hirschman takes the Let's Go Flying Sweepstakes SR22 on a flight to show off the Trilogy ESI-1000 (electronic standby instruments), now on board our giveaway bird in this online video.
See the video. Time machine
Editor in Chief Thomas B. Haines flew the Piper Meridian with its new Garmin G1000 for this online video. Join him as he describes its characteristics in this online video.
See the video. Grass for gas
Join Senior Editor Dave Hirschman describes the science behind the Swift fuel phenomenon and introduces the manufacturers of this fuel alternative in this online video.
See the video. The place to be
Tampa, Florida, is the destination for pilots this month as AOPA Aviation Summit comes to town. See what the buzz is all about in this online video.
ISSUE: November 2009
This Month’s Columns
President’s Position
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Pilotage
License to Learn
Safety Pilot
Pilot Counsel
This Month’s Features
Turbine Pilot—Piper Meridian: Time Machine
By Thomas B. Haines
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey: Flying Schizophrenic
By Barry Schiff
Crazy for Canada
by MayCay Beeler
GA Serves America: Flying the Friendly Skies
By Ian J. Twombly
Let’s All Go
By Ian J. Twombly
The Lowest Airfield on Earth
By Bill Clark
Clogged Arteries
By Ken Mead
Technique: Plain Language
By Ian J. Twombly
Let’s Go Flying Sweepstakes: Clear and Compelling
By Dave Hirschman
Personal Never Agains
By Marc K. Henegar
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.
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.
AOPA 2009 Let’s Go Flying Sweepstakes
New year, new sweepstakes. The Let’s Go Flying Cirrus SR22 will crisscross North America in 2009 to highlight the tremendous utility of general aviation.
Turbine Aircraft Directory
See a listing and specifications for single-pilot turbine aircraft.
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.
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.
