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News & Media August 10, 2018, issue of 'AOPA ePilot: Flight Training Edition'

August 10, 2018, issue of 'AOPA ePilot: Flight Training Edition'

AOPA
VOL 18, ISSUE 32 August 10, 2018
Training Tips
AOPA
Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce
Wasps in the cockpit
What do parasite drag, engine failure, and a dead airspeed indicator have in common? The answer might bug you. Read more >
Flight Training News
Advocacy
FAA shares plans to cut flight test delays
If a checkride is in your future, you might not have to wait long to get on an examiner's schedule, thanks to a new move from the FAA. Read more >
Article
Demand for trainers drives manufacturing gains
Demand for trainers brightened the second-quarter shipment and billing data that the General Aviation Manufacturers Association released on Aug. 6. Read more >
Flight Training magazine
Tips to navigate flight training
Wherever you are in your flight training, these tips can get you to your checkride. Find out about soloing, exploring destinations beyond your airport, stretching your training dollar, fighting fears, and more. Read more >
Article
Redbird surprises Minnesota class with STEM camp
St. Croix Lutheran Academy students in West St. Paul, Minnesota, put their aviation knowledge to the test during a two-day Redbird Flight Simulations camp. Read more >
Article
Delta donates $350K to maintenance training programs
Delta Air Lines is paying it forward to ensure there will be a pool of maintenance technicians to service its fleet. Read more >
Video
Fuel facts
The AOPA Air Safety Institute's Ask ATC: Minimum fuel vs. fuel emergency video explains that what you say is as important as when you say it. Watch the video >
Scholarships
WAI scholarships top $11 million overall
Women in Aviation International plans to award more than $585,000 through 100 scholarships in 2019, adding to its support of aviation and aerospace careers that has totaled more than $11 million since 1995. The application deadline is Nov. 12.
Two ag pilot scholarships offered
The National Agricultural Aviation Association is asking applicants for two scholarships to write an essay about how they would improve safety in the agricultural aviation community. The application deadline is Sept. 15.
AOPA Live
AOPA Live This Week
Fly the Turbine Legend; Back to the joy of flight
Get behind the controls of a Turbine Legend, a warbird stand-in with mind-bending performance. Thousands are taking to the skies through AOPA's You Can Fly initiatives: Meet the 5,000th Rusty Pilot to get back in the left seat and learn best practices for flying clubs. Watch AOPA Live This Week®, Aug. 9 >
Blogs
Loss of the turboprop
Nowadays, pilots from the piston world have even fewer opportunities to get entry-level jobs flying turboprops for Part 135 operations. That means the big leap is no longer from a piston twin to a Beech 1900, it's from a twin to a jet. Read more >
Training Products and Resources
'Complete Remote Pilot' prepares drone users
The Complete Remote Pilot reference manual from Aviation Supplies and Academics helps drone users understand aeronautical systems, regulations, and requirements for unmanned aerial operations while preparing them for the FAA knowledge exam. The book is available in a variety of formats.
Online resource
Take safety to go
Want to share safety information? Use the AOPA Air Safety Institute's Safety to Go portal to download seminar and video presentations for your flying club, fly-in, or flight school. New products are added quarterly. Learn more >
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
Pilot Protection Services
Flying club FAQs
Thinking about starting or joining a flying club? Here's what you need to know. Read more >
Member benefit
Five things you need to tell your finance broker
If you want to save as much money as possible on interest rates and loan fees when you buy an aircraft, answer these five questions for your finance broker. Read more >
Member benefit
Savvy shoppers save
Comparison shopping to find the best deal is a good idea—saving yourself the hassle and letting AOPA Insurance Services do the work for you is even better. Read more >
Instrument Tip
IFR Fix
Other people's IFR
It's one of those days when even the ducks are walking, but you hear an aircraft engine operating at low altitude overhead. Who would be flying so low in such bad weather? Read more >
Plane Spotter
AOPA
No gas, no problem
Electrically powered airplanes are coming, and some have already arrived from Slovenia, where Pipistrel, a manufacturer that has taken prizes for rising to the Green Flight Challenge, produces the Alpha Electro. The two-place, T-tailed, high-wing design could introduce many student pilots to flying without waiting for fuel trucks before each lesson. Powering up the airplane for flight, Pipistrel says, is "as simple as charging a mobile phone." Traffic pattern flying partially recharges the aircraft's batteries. EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was an Alpha Electro spotting opportunity last month.
Final Exam
Question

The flight review regulation wording is very confusing. Is there an easy way to understand what "beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month" means?
Answer
Yes. Very simply, the month in which you completed the flight review is the same month it is due, but two years later. The endorsement is always valid through the last day of the month.

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Career Opportunities
Aviation Job Board
Job of the week: Chief flight instructor, Eastern Kentucky University
The Department of Applied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Kentucky University is accepting applications for a chief flight instructor. The person will be responsible for providing and ensuring quality flight instruction as well as overseeing, mentoring, and evaluating the flight instructor staff. 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 regulatory affairs director, renewals insurance account executive, new business insurance account executive, foundation communication director, aviation finance account executive, web application developer, aviation writer, High School Initiative project manager, insurance customer service representative, and marketing project manager. To learn more about these and other AOPA career opportunities, visit AOPA Online >
Education & Seminars
Flight Instructor Refresher Courses
Aug 18-19 Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 25-26 Fort Worth, Texas
Sep 15-16 Sandston, Virginia; and Tempe, Arizona
Sep 22-23 Colorado Springs, Colorado
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
Sep 4 Green Bay, Wisconsin; Reno, Nevada; and Wichita, Kansas
Sep 5 Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sacramento, California; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sep 6 Madison, Wisconsin; Milpitas, California; and Rogers, Arkansas
Sep 12 Fort Worth, Texas; Northglenn, Colorado; Frederick, Maryland; and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Topics vary—for details and a complete schedule, see AOPA Online.
Rusty Pilots Seminars
Aug 11 Burnet, Texas; Butler, Pennsylvania; and Marion, Iowa
Aug 12 Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania
Aug 18 Belleville, Michigan; and Fullerton, California
Aug 25 Fort Worth, Texas; and Albany, Oregon
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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