AOPA Pilot Magazine

July 2009
Volume 52 / Number 7

July 2009 'AOPA Pilot' Cover

Flying in a Fragile World

A Special Report:
General Aviation and the Environment

Page 59

On the cover: Chris Rose photographed
the AirCam over Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Features

52

 

AirCam: Dream Machine
What does it feel like to fly 100 feet off the water in complete safety with a view that’s unmatched? Ask an AirCam owner.
By Ian J. Twombly

59

 

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

60

 

To Protect and Preserve
How some are minding the environment and flying.
By Jill W. Tallman

66

 

Let’s Go Flying Sweepstakes: Appalachian spring
Flying conservationists in the SR22.
By Dave Hirschman

72

 

Euro-vironment
Identifying envrionmental trends in Europe.
By Thomas A. Horne

77

Plant Power
Bio-fuel? No lead? Electric?
By Dave Hirschman

79

 

Frugal Flier: So wrong for so long

How lean of peak can save on more than your fuel bill.
By Dave Hirschman

82

The 'Blackbirds': The Story of the first all-black aerobatic team
Pilots who broke the race barier.
By Phil Scott

87

Turbine Pilot: Whoa, Hoss!
Bringing a high-energy jet to a halt.
By Peter A. Bedell

91

Technique: Instinctive Response
Is your gut reaction the right one?
By Dan Namowitz


Cover:Embraer’s Phenom 100 in the skies over south central Pennsylvania; photography by Chris Rose. ©2009 AOPA Pilot.

 

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