Test your piloting skills
AOPA Air Safety Foundation's (ASF) new online safety center challenges your piloting skills on numerous aviation topics — runway safety, air traffic control communications, IFR regulations, obstacle clearance, emergency procedures, land-and-hold-short operations (LAHSO), and other aviation topics. The new Hot Spot section challenges your knowledge on current aviation conditions. You'll find many aviation products — DVDs, publications, taxi diagrams — items you need to stay current and up to date. Can you pass the ASF challenge? ASF also holds many free safety seminars nationwide, and renews the flight instructor certificate. Many online courses qualify toward the FAA Wings program. Safe Pilots. Safe Skies.
For more information on AOPA Air Safety Foundation's programs, visit the Web site ( www.asf.org).
AOPA Insurance Agency adds coverage for flying clubs
Recognizing a growing gap in available insurance policies, the AOPA Insurance Agency has stepped in with new coverage available to flying clubs — even those with high-performance, complex aircraft. "Some insurers are even refusing to renew existing flying club policies," said Karen Gebhart, AOPA's senior vice president of products and services. "Our members turned to AOPA for help, and the AOPA Insurance Agency responded. By working closely with major insurance companies, we can offer policies designed to meet your club's unique needs."
"At AOPA, we believe that your club's insurance should be tailored to fit the needs of your club's membership, not the other way around," added Greg Sterling, executive vice president of the AOPA Insurance Agency. "So we'll work with you to cover your entire fleet, including high-performance or complex aircraft, and to enable your pilots to transition safely to higher-performance aircraft."
The AOPA Insurance Agency will also provide general liability coverage for flying clubs' use of airport facilities.
Another benefit for flying clubs is the AOPA member discount. "If all of your flying club members also belong to AOPA, you'll earn an additional 5-percent premium credit," said Sterling.
For more information about aircraft insurance for flying clubs, call the AOPA Insurance Agency at 800/622-2672.
AOPA ONLINE
Winter flying
Here it comes again — winter. Freezing temperatures, ice, wind, snow. And all you want to do is fly. Tips for maximizing your winter-flying time may be found on AOPA Online ( www.aopa.org/members/files/topics/winterfly.html). This aviation subject report Web site offers more than 25 articles from AOPA Pilot magazine including those from AOPA's weather guru, AOPA Pilot Editor at Large Tom Horne — as well as reports compiled by the aviation technical specialists in the AOPA Pilot Information Center. You'll find advice for dealing with ice, winter preparation for your aircraft, and survival skills if you are caught in dangerous winter weather situations. Regulatory information is included as well as the lighter side of winter — flying skiplanes. (See " Answers for Pilots: Winter Wise," page 26, and " Wx Watch: Escaping the Frozen Zone," page 99.)
Got a question for us? Call the AOPA Pilot Information Center, 800/872-2672, or e-mail [email protected].
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AOPA CREDIT CARD PROGRAM
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AOPA AIRCRAFT INSURANCE
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AOPA LEGAL SERVICES PLAN
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AOPA ONLINE TRAVEL
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