The great northwest. Flying in the Pacific Northwest guarantees spectacular scenery and incomparable views. Especially if you're flying Northwest Turbine's Beechcraft Cougar Baron 58P conversion, with Pratt and Whitney PT6A-21 engines. Shown here flying over Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho. Go west, young man (and woman) for exceptional flying adventures.
WHAT: Beechcraft Cougar Baron
WHERE: Lake Pend Oreille
PHOTOGRAPHER: Mike Fizer
Come to the Homecoming
AOPA welcomes you to Frederick, Maryland
Registration is open for the AOPA Homecoming Fly-in on October 4, so sign up now for your free lunch and a day of educational seminars, meeting with fellow pilots, and more at AOPA’s home base. Register online.
The fly-in at Frederick Municipal Airport (FDK) in Frederick, Maryland—AOPA’s headquarters—is back after five years, just in time for the association’s seventy-fifth anniversary. The day will be packed with aviation activities, including a pancake breakfast, a lunch free for AOPA members, seminars, safety briefings, and a Pilot Town Hall with AOPA President Mark Baker.
While you’re at FDK, you’ll have an opportunity to tour your association’s headquarters, meet the staff, check out aircraft exhibits, and shop for the latest aviation products and technologies from top names in the industry. Non-pilots can visit a special learn to fly area on the field.
The morning starts at 8:30 a.m. with a $5 all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. Reserve your spot when you register online, as seats are limited. Free seminars, including presentations by Flight Training columnist Rod Machado and AOPA Foundation President Bruce Landsberg, kick off with the opening of the aircraft display and exhibits at 9 a.m. Lunch, served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., is free to members who RSVP. Then, learn about national and regional aviation issues that are most important to you in an extended Pilot Town Hall with Baker from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
At the AOPA Village, you’ll be able to renew your membership with a special $5 fly-in discount that includes a seventy-fifth anniversary AOPA hat; talk with AOPA Pilot Protection Services legal and medical professionals; get a free insurance quote from an AOPA Insurance Services representative; learn about financing from AOPA Aviation Finance; or shop for the latest AOPA pilot gear.
A free Rusty Pilot program will be held Friday, October 4, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. RSVP online.
Medical reform moves forward; AOPA promises vigilance
FAA hears GA 'loud and clear'
The FAA has sent a proposal to reform the third class medical certification process to the Department of Transportation for review, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.
Huerta would not discuss details of the proposed rule, but said the FAA has heard the general aviation community “loud and clear” on the need for reform. The proposed rulemaking must be vetted by both the Department of Transportation and the White House Office of Management and Budget before it can be opened for public comment sometime in the fall.
“The easy thing would be for us to say ‘no,’ but the objective is to get to ‘yes,’” Huerta said. He added that the joint AOPA-EAA petition for medical reform, which was filed more than two years ago and launched the movement for change, is on hold so the agency can focus on quickly moving through the rulemaking process.
“We’re pleased that the rulemaking is going forward, but the move toward reform has been far too slow,” said AOPA President Mark Baker. “We have 10 years of data proving that pilots can fly safely without going through the costly and time-consuming process of getting a third class medical certificate.
"AOPA will continue working closely with Congress to keep up the pressure and get this done. This issue is too important to our members and the entire aviation community to let it get bogged down in bureaucracy.”
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