Training and Safety Tip: When weather happens between reporting points


VOL 22, ISSUE 7	February 18, 2022

Training and Safety Tips

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Weather between reporting points

As you plan cross-country flights, keep in mind there are often large gaps between weather reporting stations and forecast coverage areas. Conditions encountered in such gaps could catch you off guard. Read more >

Technique

After the checkride

Armchair flying

If you find yourself stuck on the ground for an extended period, chair flying is an excellent way to keep yourself somewhat sharp. Read more >

Flight Training News

Article

Able Flight announces 2022 scholarship recipients

Able Flight, a nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities learn to fly, is looking to add six new sport pilots to its roster of success stories in 2022. Read more >

Podcast

'Hangar Talk': Best CFI Ambyr Peterson

Career-switching CFI Ambyr Peterson of Minnesota, named the best flight instructor in the country during the recent 2021 AOPA Flight Training Experience Awards, explains why she loves helping others fulfill their dreams. Listen to the podcast >

Podcast

Parachute pull over Dallas

In the latest episode of the AOPA Air Safety Institute's There I was... podcast, Brian Lenzmeier recalls an engine and avionics failure in his Cirrus SR22 over busy Dallas airspace. Listen to the podcast >

Article

Nominations sought for CFI hall of fame

Nominations for the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame administered by the National Association of Flight Instructors are sought through April 30. Read more >

What am I

Aircraft tires

Bicycle mechanics invented the airplane, but not the bicycle-like wheels common on early flying machines. That distinction belongs to Horatio Phillips. Read more >

AOPA Live This Week

Our giant step into Big Bend; Taming your Tiger

Texas' Big Bend is a region of mountains, canyons, desert—as "remote" as anywhere yet packed with pilot-pleasing surprises. Also, one of our own gets checked out in your AOPA Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger. Watch AOPA Live This Week® >

Career News

Image Gallery

NGPA Industry Expo returns to Palm Springs

Major airlines showed up in a hiring mood to the National Gay Pilots Association Industry Expo in Palm Springs, California—the second-largest pilot recruiting event in the country. Read more and view photos >

Article

ATP opens seventieth location amid pilot shortage

ATP Flight School has opened its newest location 10 miles from downtown Pittsburgh at the Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Read more >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: Production control coordinator/scheduler, Vertex Aerospace

This position is responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance operations to meet contractual requirements, providing daily oversight of all functional and operational activities of aircraft, and assisting the site manager with daily operations to meet contract 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 a vice president of brand and member experience, a Northwest Mountain regional manager, a Southern regional manager, a video editor, a UX/UI designer, and a mobile app developer. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Training Products and Resources

Video

Runway Safety: Over the line

Confusion and cockpit distraction led to a runway incursion that put a Beechcraft Baron within 100 feet of a landing aircraft. Watch the AOPA Air Safety Institute video >

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

FAA updates investigative and enforcement regulations

The regulations governing FAA investigations and enforcement actions are codified in FAR Part 13. Read more >

AOPA Premier Partner created content

Engine failure: The No. 1 rule

What's the No. 1 rule for surviving engine failure? Get the answer, and stories from pilots who walked away from their own off-airport landing, from PilotWorkshops >

Instrument Tip

Premium content

Whatever it takes

Flying in instrument conditions only works well when everyone agrees that VFR pilots stay out of the clouds, IFR pilots fly as assigned, and controllers keep a watchful eye on everything. What happens when a link in that chain breaks? Read more >

Photo of the Week

Personal-size performance

Cessna's Citation Mustang may be the smallest jet Cessna ever built, but that has made it a popular step-up airplane. Mike Fizer (former AOPA senior photographer) captured this view of the Mustang in its natural habitat. Follow @flywithaopa on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.

Final Exam

Question

What happens if I declare an emergency?

Answer

An emergency is defined as a distress or an urgency condition. Air traffic control staff will give you their full attention and offer any assistance needed to get you on the ground safely. FAR 91.3(b) states, "In an in-flight emergency requiring immediate action, the pilot in command may deviate from any rule of this part to the extent required to meet that emergency." Additionally, FAR 91.123(d) reminds "each pilot in command who...is given priority by ATC" to "submit a detailed report of that emergency within 48 hours to the manager of that ATC facility, if requested by ATC." 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

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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

Aviation writer Martha Lunken

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

Inspiration4 commander Jared Isaacman

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

AOPA podcasts

'Ask the A&Ps': 'You'll ruin a set of clothes for sure'

'Hangar Talk': Best CFI Ambyr Peterson

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Feb. 14, 2022

'There I was...': Brian Lenzmeier

'Never Again': Autopilot mayhem

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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