April 6, 2018, issue of 'AOPA ePilot: Flight Training Edition'


VOL 18, ISSUE 14	April 6, 2018

Training Tips

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce

What could go wrong?

A night dual-instructional cross-country flight can be highly educational. That goes double when the flight instructor gets an unexpected lesson on the consequences of cutting safety margins too close. Read more >

Flight Training News

Video

Wise up to cockpit weather

The AOPA Air Safety Institute's Datalink weather: Choices and capabilities video, brought to you by SiriusXM Aviation, compares SiriusXM and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In weather products, delivery modes, and pros and cons. Watch the video >

Flight Training magazine

Master landing different airplanes

You may have heard some folklore about landings, but what's the truth to hitting the sweet spot in any airplane? Read more >

Washington community college buys Frasca Archer sim

After purchasing new Piper Archers, Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington, bought a Frasca Piper Archer advanced aviation training device equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXi panel to match the new airplanes' avionics. The college said its two-year commercial pilot training program has used Frasca simulators for more than 25 years.

STEM lab a prize in GAMA design challenge

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association announced it will award a two-day science, technology, engineering, and math lab to the runner-up high school in the 2018 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge. Redbird Flight Simulations will provide the team with Jay Velocity simulators, an instructor, and lessons incorporating flight missions.

Video

Call the tower

The AOPA Air Safety Institute's Rundown feeling Pilot Safety Announcement demonstrates that distractions during taxiing can have devastating consequences. Watch the video >

Scholarships

Fly Girl offers aviation scholarship

Private pilot Natalie Kelley, the founder of Fly Girl LLC, established the $5,000 Fly Girl Scholarship to assist women pursuing a primary pilot certificate or advanced rating at Sporty's Academy/Eastern Cincinnati Aviation in Ohio. The application deadline is April 15.

AOPA Live

AOPA Live This Week

Flying New Zealand; The ideal helicopter trainer

Our aviation journey through New Zealand continues with an overhead view of a volcano, and we look at what makes an ideal training helicopter. Hélicoptères Guimbal of France may have found the formula with the two-seat Guimbal Cabri G2. Watch AOPA Live This Week®, April 5 >

Training Products and Resources

Sporty's Flight Crew provides access to training resources

Sporty's new tiered customer program called Flight Crew offers special benefits and access to its training products. Basic Flight Crew membership includes access to Sporty's Takeoff app for $49.99 per year, while Gold Level customers pay $199.99 for benefits such as unlimited access to the company's "What you should know" library. Platinum Level comes with unlimited access to Sporty's training courses, and costs $299.99. For full details of each customer level, see the Sporty's website.

Prepare for Sun 'n Fun with aviation T-shirts

Aviation enthusiasts descending on Lakeland, Florida, for the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In and Expo can choose from more than a dozen T-shirt designs that show support for general aviation at PilotMall.com for $21.99.

Note: Products listed have not been evaluated by ePilot editors unless otherwise noted. AOPA assumes no responsibility for products or services listed or for claims or actions by manufacturers or vendors.

Member Benefits

Member Benefit

AOPA World Mastercard rewards pilots

AOPA and Commerce Bank are offering an exclusive AOPA credit card that supports your interest in and passion for aviation while providing rewards that matter to you. Read more >

Member Benefit

Discounts offered to AOPA members

AOPA is introducing a wide array of members-only travel discounts and booking services for car rentals, hotels, and airfare. Read more >

Pilot Protection Services

Understanding 'the silent killer'

There's a difference between having high blood pressure and experiencing "white coat syndrome" in your aviation medical examiner's office. Pilots should take note if they have high blood pressure, called "the silent killer," and take steps to get it under control. Read more >

Member Benefit

Movin' on up: Jet ready

Find out what it takes to move up from a turboprop to a jet. Read more >

Blogs

Put your phone away

Do this, don't do that: Flight Training blogger and airline pilot Chip Wright offers sage advice for aspiring professional pilots. Read more >

Instrument Tip

IFR Fix

Sketchy safety pilot scenarios

A pilot was taxiing a Cessna Cardinal RG out to practice instrument approaches with a safety pilot aboard when they noticed "a very brief, slight shudder" coming from the nosewheel. What was the culprit? Read more >

Plane Spotter

That Cozy feeling

General aviation pilots tend to become extremely attached to their aircraft, and that goes double for owners who build what they fly. One subset of the builder-pilot population favors a VFR- and IFR-capable aircraft that's speedy, slick, and sports a canard and pusher prop. A plane spotter who spies such an airplane with two rows of side-by-side seating parked on the ramp with nosewheel retracted in "grazing" stance has likely encountered a Cozy Mark IV. Several hundred have been built since the aircraft emerged in the 1990s.

Final Exam

Question

I need to stretch my flying dollars to earn my private pilot certificate. Can I apply the 2.5 hours of permitted simulator use toward the three hours of instrument reference training needed in the airplane?

Answer

No. The 2.5 hours of simulator time can be credited toward the 40 hours of total time, and toward the flight training time required for the private pilot certificate. However, it cannot be used toward the three hours of instrument training time required by 14 CFR 61.109(a)(3), which must be flown in the airplane.

Did you know that student pilots who join AOPA are three times more likely to complete their flight training? Membership includes unlimited access to aviation information by phone (800-USA-AOPA, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time) or from AOPA Online. Got a question for our technical services staff? Contact AOPA.

Career Opportunities

Aviation job board

Job of the week: Chief flight instructor at LeMay Aero Club/Flight Training Center

LeMay Aero Club/Flight Training Center in Nebraska is seeking a full-time chief flight instructor. The school wants to offer single-engine private, commercial, instrument, CFI, CFII, and ATP training to active-duty and retired military personnel, reserve and National Guard members, as well as their dependents, and Department of Defense civilians. Candidates must meet chief flight instructor requirements. Read the full description and apply today >

AOPA career opportunities

Join the AOPA team

Ever dream of turning your passion for aviation into a career? AOPA is looking for a High School Aviation Initiative manager, Air Safety Institute assistant editor, Salesforce developer, Web project manager, marketing coordinator, business analyst, member services representative, and several interns. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Education & Seminars

Flight Instructor Refresher Courses

Apr 7-8	Atlanta, Georgia; Salt Lake City, Utah; and San Diego, California
Apr 14-15	Indianapolis, Indiana; and Dedham, Massachusetts
Apr 21-22	Aurora, Colorado; Dulles, Virginia; and Tampa, Florida
May 5-6	Hollywood, Florida; Albany, New York; and Conroe, Texas

For a complete schedule, see AOPA Online. Can't make it in person? Sign up for the AOPA Air Safety Institute's Online eFIRC.

Safety Seminars

Apr 9	West Des Moines, Iowa; and Burlington, Washington
Apr 10	Seattle, Washington; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Morris Plains, New Jersey
Apr 11	Bellevue, Nebraska; and Portland, Oregon
Apr 12	Olathe, Kansas

Topics vary—for details and a complete schedule, see AOPA Online.

Rusty Pilots Seminars

Apr 7	Renton, Washington; Fort Myers, Florida; Truckee, California; and Saint Marys, Pennsylvania
Apr 11	Lakeland, Florida
Apr 14	Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania; Henderson, Nevada; Mansfield, Massachusetts; Chesterfield, Missouri; Omaha, Nebraska; and Redding, California
Apr 21	San Jose, California; Lima, Ohio; Montgomery, Alabama; Greeley, Colorado; Moody, Texas; Williamstown, West Virginia; and Live Oak, Florida

AOPA Rusty Pilots Seminars are sponsored by Sporty's. For a complete schedule, visit the AOPA Hangar. (Log in to the AOPA Hangar using your AOPA website username and password to view these events.)

Aviation Calendar

Want something to do this weekend? Planning an aviation getaway? See AOPA's enhanced calendar of events. You can filter events, add an event, or search all events in the calendar. (Log in to the AOPA Hangar using your AOPA website username and password to search the events or to add an event.) Before you take off on an adventure, make sure you check our current aviation weather provided by Jeppesen.

For airport details, including FBO fuel prices, see AOPA Airports. AOPA does not endorse or assume responsibility for the events submitted and listed in the calendar.

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