Training and Safety Tip: Eyes out when steep


VOL 22, ISSUE 48	December 2, 2022

Training and Safety Tips

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Eyes out when steep

Outside visual references should get most of your attention during steep turns, with well-timed glances at relevant instruments. Read more >

Technique

Article

Broaden your horizons

When you get your pilot certificate, you can pretty much fly wherever you want in the United States. That dream of freedom is why many of us start flying in the first place. Read more >

Flight Training News

Article

Scholarships at your fingertips

Angelina Tsuboi spent a lot of time hunting for scholarships before coming across the AOPA Foundation. Now she's designed a website so other aspiring pilots can find financial help faster. Read more >

After the checkride

Pets R Us

Since 2008, the Pilots N Paws organization has been uniting volunteer pilots with animals in need and helping transfer them to safe homes. Read more >

Ask AOPA

In command

Can someone who received a private pilot certificate log pilot-in-command time if the person has gone five to 10 years without flying, is not current, and has not completed a flight review in the past 24 months? Read more >

Video

The terrible truth about wire strikes

As relevant today as it was in 1995, this video from the AOPA Air Safety Institute's archival collection demonstrates the risks posed by power lines and how to avoid them. Watch the video >

Fly with AOPA

Wire strike analysis; Hyde Field closed; Caravan checkout

Early findings from the Maryland Mooney M20J suspended in power lines. Also, an airport in the Washington, D.C., flight restricted zone closed its doors, and come along for a checkout in a Cessna Caravan on floats. Watch Ep. 8 >

Career News

Article

New Archer eVTOL revealed

Archer Aviation Inc. unveiled a full-size production version of its next-generation air taxi called Midnight. Read more >

Pilot Magazine

Mission accomplished

A longtime pilot and history buff takes the plunge from a perfectly good airplane—not to prove a point, or check a box, but to experience what paratroopers saw and felt, minus the gunfire. Read more >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: QC inspector, Aviation Placements

Aviation Placements is hiring a QC inspector to perform receiving, in-process, and final inspection of material and components to ensure compliance with the quality management system; industry standards; and OEM, regulatory, and customer requirements. 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 an Aviation Finance loan assistant, a data entry/travel products representative, a marketing administrative coordinator, and a vice president of membership and event marketing. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Training Products and Resources

Stalls, spins, and safety

Forget about dry textbooks and complicated equations. If you want to understand the fundamentals of how your airplane flies, check out this online course covering aerodynamic principles from the AOPA Air Safety Institute.

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 Aviation Finance

On the way to a jet

You're now an experienced pilot who outgrew your single-engine airplane and want to move up, but to what? This is the third installment of a four-part series about helping you decide when to move to a larger aircraft. Read more >

Instrument Tip

Pilot magazine

Fine points of procedure turns

In the VFR world, reversing course is usually no big deal. If you want to turn, you clear the area to look for any potential conflict with other aircraft, then go ahead and make your move. In the instrument flying world things are more regimented—especially when it comes to instrument approaches. Read more >

Photo of the Week

Finishing strong

Flight training comes with a number of new experiences (and a few apprehensions) even for longtime pilots like AOPA Senior Content Producer Ian Twombly. Read the final installment of his series on managing the ups and downs of qualifying as a gyroplane pilot in a foreign country. For more work from AOPA Director of Photography Chris Rose, follow @flywithaopa on Instagram.

Final Exam

Question

Can any CFI sign someone off for the Class B-C-D/towered airport endorsement for the sport pilot certificate? Also, can the radio training be done in an aircraft that is not a light sport aircraft if I'm flying with a CFI?

Answer

The training need not be given in an LSA, but it must be given in an aircraft for which the instructor has the applicable instructor category/class rating. A CFI limited to providing sport pilot instruction must provide the training in an LSA, but that restriction does not apply to instructors whose certificates do not have that limitation. 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 seminars, webinars, podcasts, and videos.

AOPA Rusty Pilots seminars

Jan 28	Orlando, Florida; and Carlsbad, California
Mar 4	Queensbury, New York; Austinburg, Ohio; and Billings, Montana
Mar 18	Fishers, Indiana; and Nashville, Tennessee

For a complete schedule, visit our online Pilot Information Center. (Log in to our online Pilot Information Center using your AOPA website username and password to view these events.)

Upcoming AOPA webinars

Dec 8, 12 p.m. EST	AOPA Rusty Pilots—Webinar edition
Dec 15, 12 p.m. EST	'Don't Get Rusty' series: Riddle me this—best questions from 2022

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.

Latest AOPA Pilot Lounge videos

Aviation101's Josh Flowers

Building the aviation community—Vermont Aviators Association

New Aerospace Center for Excellence leader Eric Crump

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

AOPA podcasts

'Ask the A&Ps': 'You have two options and a top overhaul isn't one of them'

'Hangar Talk': Jumpers Away founder Ed Scott

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Nov 28, 2022

'There I was...': Ken Urban

'Never Again': Fire is not your friend

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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