Training Tip: Let's keep this quiet


VOL 21, ISSUE 43	October 22, 2021

Training Tips

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Let's keep this quiet

Consider noise abatement awareness a critical component of your flight planning. One careless act can undo local pilots' efforts to make general aviation a good neighbor to the surrounding communities. Read more >

Technique

Article

Feelin' it

Chasing the instruments with excessive attitude corrections? Developing a "feel" for the airplane helps you establish and maintain the correct attitude by reference to the natural horizon. Read more >

Flight Training News

You Can Fly

Who's the best?

The 2021 annual Flight Training Experience Awards honor 42 schools and 100 flight instructors with a "Distinguished" Award, and six schools and six instructors as regional winners. National winners will be announced in February. Read more >

Article

Diamond developing all-electric trainer

Diamond Aircraft announced its intent to compete for a slice of the electric flight training market with the eDA40. Read more >

How it works

Phantom of the cockpit

Random navigation or RNAV fell out of favor until GPS made creating (and finding) random waypoints easy. Read more >

Slideshow

Newlyweds tie the knot at fly-in wedding

Georgia Hanson and Parker Thaxton made their fly-in wedding dream come true at a private grass strip in Georgia. These tips can help you plan an aviation-themed proposal or wedding. Read more >

Podcast

'There I was...': Huey ferry flight

David Bradley talks about ferrying a flight of UH–1 "Huey" helicopters to Texas during Operation Desert Storm in this AOPA Air Safety Institute There I was... podcast. Listen to the podcast >

AOPA Live This Week

Fast times at Dead Cow lakebed; Volunteer pilots deliver blood

We are on location at Nevada's High Sierra Fly-In for aviation's best new experience, and tag along with Arizona pilots who crisscross the rugged state speeding vital blood deliveries. Watch AOPA Live This Week® >

Career News

Article

Kings, Greg Brown inducted into CFI hall of fame

King Schools Inc. founders John and Martha King and aviation author Greg Brown were inducted into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame October 13. Read more >

After the checkride

Alma mater airport

It's a rite of passage—taking your son or daughter on the rounds of college tours as they make that important choice of where to spend your money and receive their degree. Read more >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: CFI, West Bend Air Inc.

West Bend Air is seeking a full-time flight instructor for its Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, location to provide Part 61 ground and flight training. The instructor will have the opportunity to advance into the company's charter department. 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 medical certification specialist, a UX/UI designer, an aviation events specialist, an aviation events manager, a marketing specialist, an IT project manager, a content producer, and a research analyst. To learn more about these and other AOPA career opportunities, visit AOPA Online >

Training Products and Resources

Maneuvering flight

Don't get spun around by maneuvering flight. Roll yourself right with this AOPA Air Safety Institute quiz.

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

Pilot Protection Services

Little by little

Tiny deviations from your safety standards can set you on a slippery slope toward disastrous consequences. Read more >

Member benefit

Cash-out financing

AOPA Aviation Finance Co. President Adam Meredith explains some roadblocks to obtaining cash-out financing on an aircraft. Read more >

Photo of the Week

High dust at High Sierra

Thousands of pilots gathered at the High Sierra Fly-In, sometimes called "Burning Man for pilots," for a weekend of fun and STOL Drag Racing at the Dead Cow lakebed near Reno, Nevada, in mid-October. AOPA Senior Photographer Mike Fizer photographed this taildragger kicking up some dust at a previous event. Follow @flywithAOPA on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.

Final Exam

Question

If two fully qualified pilots fly together and share the load of piloting and alternating controls, who can log pilot in command time?

Answer

If two pilots are taking turns flying, so to speak, then whoever is sole manipulator of the flight controls can log the PIC time. However, for other operations, such as simulated instrument flight in visual meteorological conditions, the answer depends on the situation (see this AOPA article and this Boldmethod article for additional information.) Join the discussion >

This discussion is from our online Pilot Information Center, where you can ask questions, contribute answers, earn badges, and join our growing pilot community online. (Log in to the online Pilot Information Center using your AOPA website username and password to see this discussion.) 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. Have a question for our technical services staff? Contact AOPA.

Education & Seminars

Stay sharp with AOPA's webinars, podcasts, and videos.

Upcoming AOPA webinars

Oct 27, 12 p.m. Eastern	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Nov 4, 7 p.m. Eastern	AOPA Air Safety Institute presents: Wrong Surface Operations
Nov 10, 12 p.m. Eastern	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Nov 18, 11 a.m. Eastern	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition

See the full webinar schedule in our online Pilot Information Center. (Log in to our online Pilot Information Center using your AOPA website username and password to view these events.) View our recently recorded webinars (registration required).

Latest AOPA Pilot Lounge videos

Pilot/adventurer Victor Vescovo

XPrize Foundation cofounder Gregg Maryniak

Hartzell President JJ Frigge talks about new products

For a full list of Pilot Lounge videos, see AOPA Online.

AOPA podcasts

'Ask the A&Ps': 'Compression readings are garbage'

'Hangar Talk': 'Latinas in Aviation' author and pilot Jacqueline Ruiz

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Oct. 18, 2021

'There I was...': David Bradley

'Never Again': Personal minimums

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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