July 13, 2018, issue of 'AOPA ePilot: Flight Training Edition'


VOL 18, ISSUE 28	July 13, 2018

Training Tips

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce

The nine-knot edge

Two pilots, same airplane, same loading, same wind, same long runway to land on just minutes apart. Find out why the landings were anything but the same. Read more >

Flight Training News

Article

Amp up your flight review

Be the best pilot you can be with the AOPA Air Safety Institute's new Focused Flight Review. This one-of-a-kind program offers neatly packaged flight profiles designed to tackle gaps in proficiency. Read more >

Article

Populating the skies

In an eastern Tennessee county with a population of 18,313, one man has taken more than 10,000 people up for a flight since 1992. Read more >

Flight Training magazine

In the drink

Students practice engine-out procedures and forced landings on land, but here are emergency planning tips for flying over water. Read more >

Podcast

'Hangar Talk': ForeFlight's Tyson Weihs and Jason Miller

ForeFlight co-founders Tyson Weihs and Jason Miller talk about the iPad revolution for pilots, how their app began, and what's next. Plus, get the latest aviation headlines in this week's Hangar Talk podcast. Listen to the podcast >

Scholarships

Deadline approaching for several NBAA scholarships

The National Business Aviation Association's scholarship program includes awards from $1,000 to $5,000 for initial or continuing education in aviation skills, maintenance, management, or customer service. Applications are due July 27.

AOPA Live

AOPA Live This Week

Flight reviews get focused; Tucker in flight

Learn how the AOPA Air Safety Institute worked with top flight instructors to make flight reviews more focused with ready-to-fly scenarios that sharpen your skills. Also this week, fly along for a chat with Sean D. Tucker, and see what it takes to bring a vintage Mosquito back to flying shape. Watch AOPA Live This Week®, July 12 >

Training Products and Resources

Video

Cleared to taxi

Anxious about hold-short and crossing instructions at a large metropolitan airport? The AOPA Air Safety Institute's Runway Safety: Putting it together video provides a great refresher. Watch the video >

Classic fuel tester improved

Sporty's Pilot Shop has updated the classic fuel tester. Octane color codes are molded onto the transparent cylinder, and a removable and rugged full-length metal rod allows access to recessed fuel tank drains. The fuel tester costs $10.95.

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

Behind the scenes of a deferred medical application

Pilots whose medical certificate applications have been deferred could wait from two weeks to 14 months to get their medical back. Find out what the FAA's medical staff in Oklahoma City is doing with all of the applications. Read more >

Member benefit

During an aircraft purchase, who pays for what?

Avoid potential issues by determining in advance who—the buyer or the seller—pays for expenses associated with an aircraft purchase. Read more >

Blogs

Sometimes you just can't get a break

The life of an airline pilot isn't all about glamorous layovers at exotic beaches. Flight training blogger and airline pilot Chip Wright details his latest nightmare of a schedule. Read more >

Instrument Tip

IFR Fix

Missed step

A pilot takes off from California's Van Nuys Airport on an IFR clearance that includes flying the Canoga Two Departure. Unfortunately, the pilot skips a key step when flying the standard instrument departure. What happens next? Read more >

Plane Spotter

All the modern comforts

Imagine an airliner so fast it cut the flight time from New York to Los Angeles by 27 percent while providing passengers with comfort, safety, and reliability never before experienced. Surely such performance would herald a new era, and that's just what the Boeing 247, a DC–2 predecessor, did after its launch in 1933. (With seven stops, it could reach the West Coast in a mere 20 hours.) In 2016, a restored D-model flew for the last time to Boeing Field in Seattle for display at the Museum of Flight. (Francis Zera/Museum of Flight photo.)

Final Exam

Question

I carry a cell phone all the time, even when flying. Can I use my cell phone in flight, or do I have to switch it to airplane mode or turn it off?

Answer

Although the FAA does not specifically prohibit cell phone use while in flight, the Federal Communications Commission does. According to 47 CFR 22.925, your cell phone must be turned off while airborne.

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, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Myrtle Beach Academy of Aviation has an immediate opening for a chief flight instructor for its growing operations in sunny Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 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, receptionist, marketing manager, medical certification specialist, and High School Aviation Initiative curriculum specialist. To learn more about these and other AOPA career opportunities, visit AOPA Online >

Education & Seminars

Flight Instructor Refresher Courses

Jul 14-15	Jacksonville, Florida; and Frederick, Maryland
Aug 4-5	Reno, Nevada
Aug 18-19	Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 25-26	Fort Worth, 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

Jul 23-27	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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

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

Rusty Pilots Seminars

Jul 14	Broomfield, Colorado; Jacksonville, Florida; Kennesaw, Georgia; Ogden, Utah; Atmore, Alabama; Hayward, California; and Big Bear, California
Jul 21	Wadsworth, Ohio; Santa Barbara, California; Gaithersburg, Maryland; New Century, Kansas; and Carlsbad, California
Jul 25	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Aug 4	Sugar Land, Texas; Portage des Sioux, Missouri; Seattle, Washington; Apopka, Florida; and Hastings, Michigan

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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