Training Tip: Make this one a full stop


VOL 21, ISSUE 39	September 24, 2021

Training Tips

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Make this a full stop

Be sure to include a generous helping of full-stop landings in your takeoff-and-landing practice in place of some of those sometimes hectic touch and goes. Read more >

Technique

Premium content

Charts are still essential

Keeping a current chart in the airplane—whether it is in electronic form in your iPad or tablet, or on paper in your backpack—is important for safety. Read more >

Flight Training News

Advocacy

AOPA repeats call to protect flight training

AOPA President Mark Baker is asking AOPA members to urge their elected officials in Congress to back bills to clarify an FAA action that seemed to suggest that flight instruction is an operation carrying a passenger for compensation. Read more >

Future flight

Electric aircraft show off

German air mobility pioneer Volocopter earned another superlative at EAA AirVenture in July. (Photo courtesy of Volocopter.) Read more >

Premium content

What am I? In control

What exactly happens when you move a yoke, or a stick, or press a rudder pedal? Glad you asked. Read more >

Podcast

'There I was...': Stormy weather

In the latest episode of the AOPA Air Safety Institute's There I was... podcast, Jon Humberd recounts a close call with a quickly approaching storm while flying out of his grass airstrip in Tennessee. (Photo courtesy of Jon Humberd.)

Podcast

'Ask the A&Ps': 'Why can't we do something simple like clone an engine?'

On Ask the A&Ps, a pilot wonders why aircraft engines are so expensive; a young student knows there must be a better way to clean an airplane; and owners tackle concerns over increasing compressions, throttle lag, and avionics. Submit your own questions for a future episode. Listen to the podcast >

AOPA Live This Week

Hero's stylish welcome; Quality time with Bearhawks

A Boeing B–17 pilot who completed 35 World War II missions flew a modern jet from the right seat to Washington, D.C., for a hero's tour. Also, we get our paws on Bearhawks and join an airport spruce-up. Watch AOPA Live This Week® >

Career News

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2022 'Flight Training' College Aviation Directory

This directory lists the colleges and universities in North America that offer associate, bachelor's, or master's degrees in an aviation field. We show which type of degree is offered, and in which discipline(s). Read more >

Article

Boeing 20-year pilot outlook indicates 20-percent decline

Boeing Co.'s Pilot and Technician Outlook 2021-2040 lowered predicted pilot hiring numbers from 763,000 forecast in 2020 to 612,000, but long-term demand for pilots and aviation personnel "remains strong." Read more >

Blog

Foreign flying fun for well-prepared pilots

Unfamiliar accents and procedures make preparation imperative for pilots headed overseas, writes airline pilot and Flight Training blogger Chip Wright. Read more >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: Pilot instructor, Guardian Flight

Guardian Flight is hiring a pilot instructor to join its team of highly skilled emergency medical experts, pilots, and mechanics. 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 research analyst, an eMedia content producer, and a major gifts officer. To learn more about these and other AOPA career opportunities, visit AOPA Online >

Training Products and Resources

Online resource

More than see and avoid

This AOPA Air Safety Institute Safety Spotlight explains how to avoid collisions using tools and procedures now available.

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

That little voice

Dr. Kenneth Stahl explains the science behind our inner voice, and encourages pilots not to dismiss its prompting in the cockpit. Read more >

Instrument Tip

Article

IMC on a VFR day: Icarus device creates realistic obscuration

AOPA staff put a new kind of view-limiting device through its paces, experiencing a much more realistic simulation of instrument conditions. Read more >

Photo of the Week

Reno roars back

AOPA Social Media Marketer Kevin Cortes managed a close approach to this Lockheed Martin F–35A Lightning II at the Stihl National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Follow @flywithAOPA on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.

Final Exam

Question

If a private pilot training for an instrument rating occupies the left seat of a Cessna 172, a commercial pilot acting as safety pilot and pilot in command occupies the right seat, and an instrument instructor providing instruction occupies a back seat, can all three pilots log PIC time?

Answer

No. According to this FAA legal interpretation, a flight instructor providing instruction is required to occupy a control seat. Join the discussion >

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Education & Seminars

AOPA's in-person educational courses and seminars have been canceled or postponed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Stay sharp with our webinars, podcasts, and videos.

Upcoming AOPA webinars

Sep 29, 12 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Oct 5, 6 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Oct 14, 12 p.m. EDT	'Don't Get Rusty' series: Behind the headset: ATC
Oct 20, 7 p.m. EDT	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': 'Why can't we do something simple like clone an engine?'

'Hangar Talk': Remembering United Flight 93 First Officer LeRoy Homer Jr.

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Sep. 20, 2021

'There I was...': Jon Humberd

'Never Again': Speeding toward the trees

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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