Training and Safety Tip: Eyes outside


VOL 22, ISSUE 14	April 8, 2022

Training and Safety Tips

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Eyes outside

Don't let an instrument panel full of fancy whiz-bang divert your eyes from their most important job: scanning for traffic. Read more >

Technique

Unusual Attitude

In-flight fire

Here's an emergency checklist item that pilots almost never practice—and never have time to think about when they need it. Read more >

Flight Training News

Article

Washington state CFI is national flight instructor of the year

Amy Hoover of Ellensburg, Washington, has been named the 2022 National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year. Hoover is a college professor who wrote Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flying. Read more >

Article

Scholarship opportunities abound in April

Get your aviation career blooming with help from these abundant scholarship offerings. Read more >

WEBINAR

Weather flying: Safe in any season

How can air traffic control help pilots avoid and escape thunderstorms? The AOPA Air Safety Institute reviews real-life examples of ATC assists during this AOPA Air Safety Institute webinar April 14 at 7 p.m. Eastern.

How it works

Alternator

The alternator is part of the electrical system found in many light aircraft, powering components while charging the battery. Read more >

AOPA Live This Week

Buying aircraft on TikTok; Fuel frustration; Tiger fun, sun

TikTok stars in their twenties buy an airplane—and show their followers how. Also at the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo, the AOPA Sweepstakes Tiger debuted, and a fuel entrepreneur vented frustration. Watch AOPA Live This Week® >

Career News

Article

Bold decision leads to CFI scholarship

Charnell Walls' leap of faith, selling her house at age 50 to finance aviation training, has rewarded her again as the 2022 recipient of the King Schools scholarship named for Martha King. Read more >

Premium Content

The trips that nobody wants

Anyone with experience flying for the airlines will tell you there are certain kinds of trips that are never welcomed, and they involve loss of sleep. Read more >

Podcast

'Ask the A&Ps': 'Your airplane may look like the molting hide of an animal'

Our expert hosts tackle your questions about inexpensively improving paint, cylinders running cool, and a magic floatplane that burns less fuel with its floats fitted. Plus, an airplane that can't turn left. Submit your questions.

Aviation Job Board

Job of the Week: Bureau Chief, Montana Aeronautics Division

The Airports and Airways Bureau Chief in Helena, Montana, is responsible for directing, planning, developing, managing, and leading the bureau. 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 data entry/travel products representative, a Legal Services Plan attorney, an HR specialist, a creative project manager, a staff accountant, a financial analyst, a You Can Fly coordinator, a development operations manager, an aviation technical writer, a video editor, a mobile app developer, and Northwest Mountain and Southern regional managers. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Training Products and Resources

Online Resource

Vital learning at your fingertips

The AOPA Air Safety Institute launched a comprehensive, yearlong campaign designed to help you protect yourself against the most common and persistent cause of accidents—inadvertent flight into instrument conditions. Learn 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

Pilot Protection Services

Most notorious medical certificate application question

While "complicated mess" aptly describes the form used to apply for a medical certificate, one question stands out as most likely to trip you up. Read more >

Instrument Tip

Article

Logbook labyrinth

Knowing how to properly log most flight time isn't particularly difficult, but the rules around logging instrument flight time are confusing and widely open to interpretation. Read more >

Photo of the Week

Fun in the sun

A North American P–51 Mustang is always a crowd-pleaser, and AOPA Digital Media Content Producer Niki Britton captured this slice of the airshow action on April 5 at the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo in Florida. Follow @flywithAOPA on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.

Final Exam

Question

I have a lesson coming up that will focus on the basics of instrument flight, and how to avoid inadvertent entry into clouds, and how important that is. Where can I learn more?

Answer

The AOPA Air Safety Institute just launched this new yearlong education campaign on exactly this topic. Check out the many resources available online including Safety Spotlights, podcasts, video, and more, to find learning material that suits your style. 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

Apr 14, 7 p.m. EDT	AOPA Air Safety Institute Weather Flying: Safety for all seasons
Apr 21, 12 p.m. EDT	'Don't Get Rusty' series: Now you see, now you don't
May 3, 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

First paraplegic Cirrus Vision Jet pilot Clayton Smeltz

Aviation writer Martha Lunken

Kim Kissh: What it's like to be a corporate pilot

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

AOPA podcasts

'Ask the A&Ps': 'Your airplane may look like the molting hide of an animal'

'Hangar Talk': Latina corporate pilot Jessika Hernandez

'Pilot Briefing': Week of April 4, 2022

'There I was...': Drew Ryan and Potomac Tracon

'Never Again': Jump, son, jump

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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