August 23, 2019, issue of 'AOPA ePilot: Flight Training Edition'


VOL 19, ISSUE 34	August 23, 2019

Training Tips

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce

Flight plan mandate

Here's a practice exercise you should be sure to add to your flight lessons starting in late August: File a VFR flight plan using the international flight plan format. Read more >

Flight Training News

Article

American Flyers celebrates 80 years

Texas-based American Flyers built its business training military pilots and flying a few rock stars you've heard of. Today they turn out professional pilots by the dozen. Read more >

Flight Training magazine

Disc brakes 101

Learn how your airplane's brakes work—and what to look for in preflight. Read more >

Video

All crossed up

Sharpen your crosswind landings and stick it on the centerline every time with a few handy tips in this AOPA Air Safety Institute video.

Redbird Migration registration opens

Registration is open for the Redbird Migration flight training conference, Oct. 15 to 17 in Englewood, Colorado. Featured speakers include author Erika Armstrong, Boeing general aviation authority William Ampofo, and retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold of the USS Cole.

GAMA design challenge enters eighth year

Competition opened Aug. 19 for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association's 2020 Aviation Design Challenge. Students from 150 U.S. high schools will apply science, technology, engineering, and math to maximize the performance of a virtual Cessna 172.

Scholarships

Apply for up to four ag pilot scholarships

If aerial application sounds like your kind of job, the National Agricultural Aviation Association offers four $5,000 Ag Wings of Tomorrow scholarships to help build the required skills. The deadline for this application is Aug. 31.

AOPA Live

AOPA Live This Week

Mustang, Pitts, and puppies

The final AOPA Fly-In of 2019 will feature our crowd-pleasing short-field invitational, P–51 Mustang flyby, and acro by Jeremy Holt. Also, watch pilots fly puppies to new homes, and how we fly a go-around. Watch AOPA Live This Week®, Aug. 22 >

Training Products and Resources

Flight in thin air

Get a better grasp of how the unseen danger of high density altitude can affect your flight with this AOPA Air Safety Institute quiz.

Telescoping inspection mirror handy for preflights

The adjustable K-2 Rectangular Telescoping Inspection Mirror can assist preflight inspection of an aircraft's hard-to-reach places including engine compartments and landing gear doors. The tool is available online from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Co. for $8.95.

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

Know your limitations

If you fly an experimental aircraft, be sure you know and comply with your aircraft's operating limitations. Read more >

Plane Spotter

Ready for launch

Plane spotters can look forward to their first sightings of a high-wing, twin-engine commuter aircraft powered by 375-horsepower piston engines once a pair of Tecnam P2012 Travellers complete their Atlantic Ocean crossing. Massachusetts-based Cape Air is prepared to welcome the first 20 Italian-made P2012s to its fleet, and holds options for more; Tecnam Chief Operating Officer Giovanni Pascale will personally ferry the first 7,936-pound P2012, his firm's first commuter airliner, to Hyannis. Spotting tip: Look for fixed landing gear beneath a fuselage with lines characteristic of the Tecnam design ethos.

Final Exam

Question

Do student pilot certificates include aircraft privileges?

Answer

No. A student pilot certificate has no aircraft ratings on it. All privileges afforded to a student pilot are done through specific training and subsequent logbook endorsements from the instructor.

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

Aviation job board

Job of the week: Flight instructor, AeroVenture

AeroVenture in Mansfield, Massachusetts, is seeking talented CFI candidates to lead its incoming classes of Zero-to-Hero Airline Track students. 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 marketing coordinator, High School Aviation Initiative director, front-end developer, Flight Training Initiative coordinator, Northwest Mountain Region manager, aviation technical specialist, legislative affairs director, aviation event operations senior manager, and development marketing and communications manager. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Education & Seminars

Flight Instructor Refresher Courses

Sep. 7-8	Tempe, Arizona
Sep. 14-15	Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Sandston, Virginia
Sep. 21-22	Elkridge, Maryland
Oct. 5-6	Santa Clara, California

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. 10	Blountville, Tennessee
Sep. 11	Maryville, Tennessee
Sep. 12	Calera, Alabama
Sep. 16	Orlando, Florida

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

Rusty Pilots Seminars

Aug. 24	Wadsworth, Ohio; and Addison, Texas
Aug. 31	Murrieta, California
Sep. 7	Downers Grove, Illinois
Sep. 14	Tullahoma, Tennessee

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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