October 12, 2018, issue of 'AOPA ePilot: Flight Training Edition'


VOL 18, ISSUE 41	October 12, 2018

Training Tips

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce

Overpowered

A student pilot and instructor took off in a Piper PA–28 to fly a few laps around the traffic pattern but found themselves coping with an emergency instead. Read more >

Flight Training News

You Can Fly

Best flight schools, CFIs named

A New York flight school known for innovation and a suburban Chicago flight instructor who has gone out of his way to welcome newcomers are the top winners of AOPA's 2018 Flight Training Experience Awards. Read more >

Article

Moody Aviation chooses Frasca for sim update

Frasca International will update Moody Aviation's three Cessna single-engine advanced aviation training devices. Read more >

Article

Miss New Jersey to participate in Girls in Aviation Day

Miss New Jersey Jaime Gialloreto recently took to the skies to prepare for Women in Aviation International's Girls in Aviation Day. Read more >

Podcast

'Hangar Talk': Vulcanair V1 trainer inside scoop

Learn what it takes to bring the Vulcanair V1.0 four-seat single to the flight training market. Plus, stick around for the week's headlines. Listen to the podcast >

PDF download

Report highlights Cessna Citation safety

The Cessna Citation jet is a business aviation workhorse—one you'll likely fly as you climb the professional pilot ranks. See how the jet stacks up in this new AOPA Air Safety Institute report. Download the report >

Scholarships

Article

Virginia aviation career expo scholarships top $388K

Scholarships totaling more than $388,000 await 700 students at the Aviation Education and Career Expo in Leesburg, Virginia, on Oct. 26. Read more >

Article

I Hart Flying exceeds scholarship goal

What do you do when you surpass your flight training scholarship fundraising goal? Help more people become pilots. Read more >

AOPA Live

AOPA Live This Week

Light sport expansion; Free food with fuel

Big news about Bonanzas for sport pilots, and the FAA revives a rebate. Also, Michael Goulian is on the brink of a Red Bull Air Race championship, and fuel in Gulf Shores, Alabama, comes with a tasty perk. Watch AOPA Live This Week®, Oct. 11 >

Training Products and Resources

Video

To go or not to go?

Decisions to fly in marginal weather are rarely black and white. Watch this video from the AOPA Air Safety Institute to learn some of the factors to consider.

Sporty's E6B iPhone/iPad app

The Sporty's E6B iPhone/iPad app offers 22 aviation functions, 20 conversions, timers, and a weight-and-balance calculator. It is available online for $9.99.

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

Revisiting inoperative equipment

A legally deactivated and placarded inoperative instrument can't stay inoperative forever. Find out why >

Humble beginnings

Joseph B. ("Doc") Hartranft Jr., AOPA's first employee, started working in an office used for storage, surrounded by film cans and boxes of potatoes. See how far we've come in Freedom to Fly, available for preorder.

Blogs

Airports that are the same, but different

How many ways does an airline pilot have to ask permission for push-back from the gate? Read more >

Instrument Tip

IFR Fix

Disoriented in Des Moines

The approach controller quickly grasped that the pilot who had just accepted an en-route IFR clearance to a socked-in destination had no business flying in instrument weather. Read more >

Plane Spotter

Schweizer's old standard

Long, thin wings (that is, a high aspect ratio) are the most obvious clue that the aircraft you see soaring silently overhead is a glider, not a powered airplane with its throttle pulled back. From that basic spotting rule, sailplane characteristics vary widely, although all exploit the low-drag penalty exacted by those simple-to-spot long wings. A popular glider trainer of long standing is the Schweizer SGS 2-33, a two-place sailplane with strut-braced, tapered high wings, manufactured by Schweizer Aircraft Co., of Elmira, New York, from 1967 to 1981.

Final Exam

Question

I just got back from AOPA's Fly-In at Carbondale, Illinois. It was a great experience. When is the next AOPA Fly-In?

Answer

You can catch the last AOPA Fly-In of 2018 at Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Oct. 26 and 27. Meanwhile, AOPA is finalizing the details for the 2019 fly-ins.

This question and answer were provided by the aviation experts in AOPA's Pilot Information Center. 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

JSfirm aviation job board

Job of the week: CFIs, Louisville, Kentucky

Cardinal Wings Aviation in Louisville, Kentucky, is seeking full-time flight instructors. The busy Part 61 school helps instructors build time fast. 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 customer acquisitions director, development operations director, medical certification technician, curriculum development director, aviation finance loan processor, accounts payable accounting technician, aviation finance sales manager/senior account executive, human resources director, publications senior director, renewals insurance agent, regulatory affairs director, new business aviation insurance agent, aviation finance account executive, and marketing project manager. Learn about these and other AOPA career opportunities >

Education & Seminars

Flight Instructor Refresher Courses

Oct. 13-14	Indianapolis, Indiana; and Dulles, Virginia
Oct. 20-21	Columbia, South Carolina; and Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Nov. 10-11	Atlanta, Georgia; and San Diego, California
Nov. 17-18	Austin, Texas; and Anchorage, Alaska

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

Oct. 16	Cheektowaga, New York
Oct. 17	Milan, Illinois
Oct. 22	Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Van Nuys, California; Mesa, Arizona; Fairfax, Virginia; Concord, California; and Monroe, North Carolina
Oct. 23	West Des Moines, Iowa; Ontario, California; Tucson, Arizona; Richmond, Virginia; Fresno, California; Asheville, North Carolina; and Zionsville, Indiana

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

Rusty Pilots Seminars

Oct. 13	Sanford, North Carolina; Syracuse, New York; Roanoke, Virginia; Wiley Ford, West Virginia; and Weslaco, Texas
Oct. 20	Spring, Texas; Sebring, Florida; Abilene, Texas; London, Kentucky; Rock Falls, Illinois; and Lawrence, Kansas
Oct. 27	Richmond, Virginia; Broomfield, Colorado; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Gulf Shores, Alabama; and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Nov. 3	Henderson, Nevada; Poplar Bluff, Missouri; Burlington, Washington; Acampo, California; and Tuskegee, Alabama

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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