Training Tip: The human yaw detector


VOL 21, ISSUE 47	November 19, 2021

Training Tips

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The human yaw detector

Learn to feel the difference between coordinated flight, which is smooth, and uncoordinated flight, which feels like you are being shoved sideways in your seat. Read more >

Technique

Podcast

'There I was...': Edge 540 fire

Henry Coffeen was practicing aerobatic maneuvers when he experienced a fire in the cockpit of his Zivko Edge 540. Hear his story in the latest episode of the AOPA Air Safety Institute's There I was... podcast.

Flight Training News

You Can Fly

In the Pattern fosters an excellent training experience

At In the Pattern, the 2021 winner of AOPA's Flight Training Experience Award for best flight school in the Central Southwest, students join a group of people who truly care about them. Read more >

Premium content

What Rosie was doing

"Rosie the Riveter" is an iconic poster of a factory worker, flexing her muscle, calling other women to join the manufacturing efforts during World War II with the declaration that "We Can Do It!" But what was Rosie doing? Read more >

Online resource

Aging gracefully, flying safely

Learn how your health may impact pilot performance with this AOPA Air Safety Institute Safety Spotlight.

AOPA Live This Week

High desert closeup; We fight for fair rates

Behind the scenes of a photo shoot that required a pickup truck, a harness, and an airplane. Also, our pilot survey exposes a problem with aviation insurance, and why Maine is a floatplane state. Watch AOPA Live This Week® >

Career News

Article

Pilot hiring increasing exponentially

Pilot hiring has rebounded to levels last seen before the coronavirus pandemic, and air carriers are luring job seekers with financial incentives. Read more >

Advocacy

Final rule eases single-engine ATP path

A new rule allows pilots who concurrently train for a Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet type rating and an airline transport pilot certificate to satisfy the practical test requirements for both in a single checkride. Read more >

Article

Stop abusing guard

It seems that 121.5 MHz has become a dumping ground for improper, inappropriate commentary. Cut it out. Read more >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: Training coordinator, Bombardier Aviation

Bombardier is seeking a training coordinator based in Wichita, Kansas, to be responsible for the design, administration, delivery, evaluation, and maintenance of training programs and services for assigned site(s) to ensure a fully qualified workforce as well as regulatory compliance. Read the full description and apply today >

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Training Products and Resources

Article

Your early gift guide for the holiday season

With shipping and manufacturing delays, it's never too early to start buying gifts for your favorite pilot. Here are some ideas. Read more >

Note: Products listed have not been evaluated by Flight Training editors unless otherwise noted. AOPA assumes no responsibility for products or services listed or for claims or actions by manufacturers or vendors.

Member Benefits

AOPA Premier Partner created content

Ditching in water versus trees

Your engine fails and the only landing options are tall pine trees or a lake below you. What would you do? Get poll results, discussion, and tips from PilotWorkshops >

Pilot Protection Services

Pushing past personal minimums

Adhering to personal minimums is something that we all do as pilots. If you choose to go beyond those designated minimums, here's what you might face. Read more >

Member benefit

Asset-based loans are not common in the piston aircraft market

Banks rarely provide asset-based loans in the piston aircraft market because lenders can easily, and quickly, get financially upside down. Read more >

Instrument Tip

Article

What are you?

In the bad old days before GPS, filing an equipment suffix code for an IFR flight plan was easy. Read more >

Photo of the Week

Props for leaf peeping

The leaves are in full color for AOPA Social Media Marketer Erick Webb as he flies the AOPA Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Enjoy more color in the AOPA video on Instagram. Follow @flywithAOPA on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.

Final Exam

Question

My transponder is out of compliance as it has not been tested per FAR 91.413(a) in the past 24 months. The airplane is otherwise airworthy, and I need to fly it to a maintenance facility to get the testing done. Per 91.413(a) I understand that I can't "use" the transponder. Can I depart VFR from a nontowered airport, contact approach, and request authorization to proceed to the repair facility at a towered airport in Class D airspace with the transponder in standby, or do I need to phone first and get some sort of preauthorization?

Answer

It is possible that the request would be denied in busy airspace. To fly into transponder-required airspace, it is a good idea to call to clear it ahead of time, especially because transponder-required airspace is also ADS-B-required airspace (as of January 1, 2020), and the protocol for no-ADS-B operations in ADS-B-required airspace involves doing the ADAPT request/approval before flight. However, if you're not going through any transponder-required airspace, you can just leave the transponder in standby/OFF and go. Join the discussion >

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Education & Seminars

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For a full list of Pilot Lounge videos, see the AOPA Live® YouTube channel.

AOPA podcasts

'Ask the A&Ps': 'Only a CFI would ask a question like that'

'Hangar Talk': Earthrounding hopeful Zara Rutherford

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Nov. 15, 2021

'There I was...': Henry Coffeen

'Never Again': How I turned an airplane into a tractor

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