May 4, 2018, issue of 'AOPA ePilot: Flight Training Edition'


VOL 18, ISSUE 18	May 4, 2018

Training Tips

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Don't let go

A large and impressive group of aviation experts was talking about you the other day. Want to know what they said? Read more >

Flight Training News

You Can Fly

You Can Fly challenge seeks to boost pilot population

If you have wanted to support AOPA and help our efforts to boost the pilot population through the You Can Fly program, now is the time to act. Read more >

You Can Fly

Listening tour strives for flight training success

What challenges do flight schools face, and how can the programs AOPA dedicates to building a thriving general aviation community help address them? Read more >

Article

Richard L. Collins remembered

Aviation writer, publisher, and safety advocate Richard L. Collins died on April 29. Collins was familiar to flight students for his informative Air Facts videos and other educational resources about weather challenges, instrument flying techniques, and other best practices. Read more >

Article

'It's complex'

Before the FAA's welcome announcement on April 24 that it had set aside the requirement for commercial pilot or flight instructor applicants with a single-engine airplane rating to provide a complex airplane for the practical test, applicants had two choices. Read more >

Article

American Airlines launches cadet academy

American Airlines announced April 24 that it will open a cadet academy aimed at recruiting and training pilots to fly for its regional airlines, with an opportunity to advance to the major carrier. Read more >

Article

Learning to train with electric airplanes

Flight instructors testing four Pipistrel Alpha Electro two-seat aircraft in California are studying how electricity will power flight training's next generation. Read more >

Video

What would you do?

How would you react if your aircraft's engine quit right after takeoff? Pilot David Keller shares his experience in this Real Pilot Story from the AOPA Air Safety Institute. Watch the video >

Scholarships

Technical Women's Organization scholarships open

The FAA Technical Women's Organization is offering two scholarships: One $1,000 scholarship is open to members of the organization, and an additional financial award is available for non-FAA applicants pursuing an aviation-related degree, or a technical degree that will advance a career in a technical area. The deadline is June 12.

WAI Martha King scholarship winner announced

North Carolina flight instructor Sarina Houston was awarded the Martha King Scholarship for Women Flight Instructors to encourage Houston's advanced aviation training. The award was announced at the recent Women in Aviation International conference, and includes a lifetime of access to King Schools courses and flight instructor refresher training.

AOPA Live

AOPA Live This Week

Fly like an Eagle; Legacy 450 sets record

Find out how the San Juan Eagles fly to help save lives in Washington state. Join AOPA Editor at Large Tom Horne on a record-setting across-the-pond flight in an Embraer Legacy 450; also, the House passes a long-term FAA funding bill. Watch AOPA Live This Week®, May 3 >

Training Products and Resources

Be safe, fly healthy

Keep your health in check with the AOPA Air Safety Institute's Medical self-assessment: A pilot's guide to flying healthy online course. Learn how illness and medication can impair your ability to fly and how to assess your overall well-being. The course also qualifies for flying under the BasicMed rule. Take the course >

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

Article

AOPA, JSfirm.com partner

AOPA announced a partnership with JSfirm.com to help job seekers find the latest career and aviation opportunities from the association's website. Read more >

Pilot Protection Services

Be a guardian of your health

Normal aging leads to changes in physiological and psychological functioning that are mostly continuous and subtle. Here are tips for monitoring our own flying capabilities as we age. Read more >

Member benefit

AOPA enhances benefits for drone pilots

Discounts on equipment from Multicopter Warehouse, discounted admission to the October 2018 Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, and an opportunity for free tickets to that show worth $900 are among the new benefits available to drone pilots who join AOPA as we step up our unmanned aircraft offerings. Read more >

Blogs

Airline careers demand housing flexibility

Aviation careers often begin with city-to-city job hopping as career paths are established, says Flight Training blogger and airline pilot Chip Wright, adding that short-term rentals might make the most sense for new hires. Read more >

Instrument Tip

IFR Fix

Hold the altitude, forget the autopilot

You were expecting to shoot an RNAV approach in challenging 800-and-2 weather at night. What you got instead, after a flight fraught with glitches and deviations from air traffic control instructions, was weather easy enough to handle with a visual approach. Read more >

Plane Spotter

Guppy love

Everyone's a plane spotter when an Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is flying. A triumph of function over form, it's how NASA delivers deep-space rocket components from the manufacturing location in Huntsville, Alabama, to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "The Guppy has a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long and can carry more than 26 tons," NASA says, noting that the aircraft's "unique hinged nose" opens wide to load its capacious cargoes. NASA's aircraft is one of five built. (Photo courtesy of NASA.)

Final Exam

Question

One of my flight students who is training for a private pilot certificate is prohibited from night flying according to his medical certificate. Is this student still required to receive the night flying dual instruction specified in 14 CFR 61.109(a)(2)?

Answer

Yes. Even though he cannot fly at night solo or as pilot in command, he still must receive the three hours of night training to meet the aeronautical experience requirements for the private pilot practical test.

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, FlightGest Inc.

FlightGest Inc., a Part 141 and Part 61 flight school in Raleigh, North Carolina, is seeking a chief flight instructor. The school offers training for a variety of ratings from private pilot to ATP. Clients get real-world experience flying out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Class C airspace. Read more >

AOPA career opportunities

Join the AOPA team

Ever dream of turning your passion for aviation into a career? AOPA is looking for a renewals account executive, High School Aviation Initiative manager, Salesforce developer, marketing coordinator, Web project manager, UI front-end developer, business analyst, and several interns. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Education & Seminars

Flight Instructor Refresher Courses

May 5-6	Hollywood, Florida; Albany, New York; and Conroe, Texas
May 19-20	Sacramento, California
Jun 2-3	Columbus, Ohio
Jun 9-10	Santa Clara, California; and Tempe, Arizona

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

May 7	Garden City, New York; and Green Bay, Wisconsin
May 8	Poughkeepsie, New York; Roanoke, Virginia; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 9	Albany, New York; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Madison, Wisconsin; and Richmond, Virginia
May 10	Brockport, New York; and Hampton, Virginia

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

Rusty Pilots Seminars

May 5	Conroe, Texas; and Boise, Idaho
May 6	Anchorage, Alaska
May 12	Winter Haven, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Zionsville, Indiana; McPherson, Kansas; Frederick, Maryland; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Lincoln, California
May 19	San Marcos, Texas; Loveland, Colorado; Burlington, Iowa; Southbridge, Massachusetts; Ithaca, New York; New Roads, Louisiana; West Chester, Pennsylvania; Warrens, Wisconsin; Bethany, Oklahoma; and Idaho Falls, Idaho

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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