June 1, 2018, issue of 'AOPA ePilot' weekly newsletter
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| VOL 20, ISSUE 22 |
June 1, 2018 |
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Top Stories
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| ERAU historian solves JFK flight mystery |
| After years of speculation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University uncovered evidence that President John F. Kennedy soloed a seaplane in Miami on his birthday on May 29, 1944. (Photos courtesy of ERAU; composite by AOPA staff.) Read more > |
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| AOPA Live This Week |
| Flying in a D-Day survivor; Training a new generation |
| Fly along in D-Day survivor Placid Lassie; experience a day in the life of a California Aeronautical University student prepping for the airlines; and fly over the Montana wilderness during AOPA's first fly-in of the year at Missoula. Watch AOPA Live This Week®, May 31 > |
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AOPA Fly-Ins
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| Rugged Montana: Your AOPA Fly-In destination |
| Pair amazing aircraft, stimulating seminars, and interesting speakers with an incredible setting like the rugged outdoors of Montana, and AOPA's Missoula Fly-In is a must! Get the scoop on all you can see and do. (Photo by George Kounis.) Read more > |
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Technique and Safety
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| Pilot Protection Services |
| Parachutes not required for spin training |
| Parachutes are not required for spin training given by a CFI, regardless of the certificate or rating sought, according to a recent interpretation from the FAA's Office of the Chief Counsel. Read more > |
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| IFR Fix |
| Soup stories |
| "Quite satisfying." "Sweaty minutes." "Won't be forgotten any time soon." These are snippets from responses AOPA's social-network followers offered when we asked instrument-rated pilots to recall their first flight as pilot in command in instrument meteorological conditions after earning the rating. Read more > |
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| Instrument-flight insight |
| The AOPA Air Safety Institute's IFR Insights: A practical approach online course takes you beyond the "Five Ts." Discover techniques seasoned pilots, instructors, and air traffic controllers use to reduce their workload. Take the course > |
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| Video |
| Napping not permitted |
| Zoned out during ground school? Pay attention to School daze, an amusing pilot safety announcement from the AOPA Air Safety Institute. Watch the video > |
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| Video |
| A close call |
| Complying with air traffic control instructions is critical. This AOPA Air Safety Institute animation reconstructs how a regional airliner avoided a collision disaster. Watch the animation > |
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| Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce |
| Aircraft Maintenance: Caring for your alternator |
| If you use your aircraft for travel, especially serious travel that may include flying IFR, there's another ingredient besides your engine that's critical in getting you to your destination—electricity. Read more > |
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Advocacy
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| Advocacy |
| AOPA's Sakata named to security advisory committee |
| General aviation's voice will be heard at the highest levels in the continuing effort to strengthen and streamline national aviation security policy. Read more > |
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| Advocacy |
| IFR clearance via mobile devices tested |
| If a test delivering IFR clearances through ForeFlight to a group of pilots goes well, the functionality could be opened to all pilots. Read more > |
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| Advocacy |
| FAA updates airman certification standards |
| Student pilots and especially flight instructors will want to pay attention to new revisions to the FAA's airman certification standards for Private Pilot—Airplane, Instrument Rating—Airplane, Commercial Pilot—Airplane, and Remote Pilot—Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, effective June 11. Read more > |
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Technology
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| Diamond Aircraft introduces 'unmatched' aerobatic trainer |
| The DART-550, a new single-engine carbon-fiber turboprop aerobatic trainer, is on the way from Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH. Read more > |
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| Sun Flyer 2 to use Siemens engine |
| The two-seat electric Sun Flyer 2 will run on a Siemens SP70D engine with a 90-kW (115-horsepower) peak rating and a 70-kW (90-hp) continuous rating, Bye Aerospace announced May 29. Read more > |
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| Box wing design has deep roots |
| A futuristic design aims to increase efficiency by doing away with wingtips. Read more > |
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Opinion
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| Blog |
| The chicken or the egg? |
| The general aviation ecosystem is at a tipping point, according to Opinion Leaders blogger Ron Rapp, who writes that "there simply aren't enough instructors around to solve the pilot shortage." Find out what he says can help. Read more > |
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Gear
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| ForeFlight comes to Europe |
| Electronic flight bag provider ForeFlight announced that expanded services will be provided to users flying in Europe, including Jeppesen NavData plans. Users will be able to plan, brief, and file flight plans with Eurocontrol. Read more > |
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Travel
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| Beautifully crafted wilderness hideaway |
| Idaho and Montana are each blessed with remote, spectacular fly-in lodges. Now that the elegant new Minam River Lodge is completed and open, you can add Oregon to that list. Read more > |
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| Want more general aviation travel stories? Sign up for our free AOPA Travel Pilot biweekly newsletter. |
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News and Notes
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| Goulian shares Red Bull lead after Japan race |
| U.S. pilot Michael Goulian shares the Red Bull Air Race World Championship lead after posting a second-place finish in Chiba, Japan, May 27. Read more > |
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| You Can Fly |
| You Can Fly's High School Steering Committee chair honored |
| Pat Cwayna, CEO of West Michigan Aviation Academy and chairman of the AOPA You Can Fly High School Steering Committee, was named the 2018 Michigan Association of Public School Academies' Administrator of the Year on May 7. Read more > |
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| Anticollision calculus |
| A major aviation university requires all of its aircraft to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In and Out to help prevent collisions. Read more > |
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| Boisterous pilot and rare Staggerwing in fatal accident |
| Pat Napolitano and the Beech D–17 Staggerwing he called Queenie were quite a couple. Read more > |
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| Skytyper crash kills pilot |
| A North American SNJ–2 operated by the Geico Skytypers Air Show Team crashed in New York on May 30, killing pilot Ken Johansen. Read more > |
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| Serge Dassault dies at age 93 |
| Serge Dassault, chairman of the Dassault Group, died on May 28. He was 93. Read more > |
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| Apollo 12 astronaut and artist Alan Bean was 86 |
| Alan Bean, the Wheeler, Texas, son of a scientist, became a U.S. Navy aviator and walked on the moon as a NASA astronaut. Bean died May 26 at age 86. Read more > |
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Career Opportunities
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| Aviation job board |
| Job of the week: Flight instructor, Floris Flight Services |
| Floris Flight Services is looking for a highly motivated fixed-wing certificated flight instructor for its growing flight school in Midland, Texas. This position will provide flight and ground instruction in accordance with Part 61 FAA regulations. The school is looking for an instructor who is motivated to help grow the business and can work responsibly with little supervision. Read the full description and apply today > |
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| AOPA career opportunities |
| Join the AOPA team |
| Ever dream of turning your passion for aviation into a career? AOPA is looking for an aviation writer, receptionist, marketing manager, medical certification specialist, renewals insurance account executive, High School Aviation Initiative curriculum specialist, marketing coordinator, web project manager, and contracts manager. Learn about AOPA career opportunities > |
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Question of the Week
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Question
I've scheduled my flight review for next month. This review will be with a new flight instructor, and I'm starting to feel unprepared because previous flight review orals haven't been very thorough. Is there anything I can do to get a leg up before my flight review? |
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Although it is written for flight instructors, the FAA's Conducting an effective flight review guide can help you determine what you want to study prior to your flight review. You also may want to consider attending an AOPA Rusty Pilots seminar; attendance may count for the hour of ground training required for your flight review.
Got a question for our technical services staff? Contact AOPA. |
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Education & Seminars
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| Flight Instructor Refresher Courses |
| Jun 2-3 |
Columbus, Ohio |
| Jun 9-10 |
Santa Clara, California; and Tempe, Arizona |
| Jun 23-24 |
Lake Mary, Florida |
| Jul 14-15 |
Jacksonville, Florida; and Frederick, Maryland |
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| Topics vary—for details and a complete schedule, see AOPA Online. |
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| Rusty Pilots Seminars |
| Jun 2 |
Woods Cross, Utah; Selkirk, New York; Vacaville, California; Jackson, Tennessee; Elizabethtown, Kentucky; and Elkhart, Indiana |
| Jun 9 |
South Lake Tahoe, California; Palo Alto, California; Wichita, Kansas; and Batavia, Ohio |
| Jun 16 |
Englewood, Colorado; Marshfield, Massachusetts; Missoula, Montana; Stevensville, Maryland; and Eastland, Texas |
| Jun 23 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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| 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.) |
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Aviation Calendar
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| 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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ePilot Editors:
Alyssa J. Cobb
Jim Moore
Dan Namowitz
David Tulis
Production Team:
Elizabeth Linares
Kristy O'Malley
Melissa Whitehouse |
Contributors:
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Sarah Deener
Dave Hirschman
Tom Horne
Warren Morningstar
Jill W. Tallman
Ian J. Twombly
Julie Summers Walker |
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