Training and Safety Tip: Never take performance for granted


VOL 22, ISSUE 8	February 25, 2022

Training and Safety Tips

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Never take performance for granted

The performance charts in your trainer's pilot's operating handbook suggest you have runway to spare. But your aircraft's age can erase room for error. Read more >

Technique

Premium content

Tiedown tying tips

Proper aircraft tiedown technique is essential whether you're securing your aircraft on the ramp at your home airfield, exploring new airfields, or aircraft-camping under the stars. Read more >

Flight Training News

Advocacy

Public-private effort to speed departure of leaded fuel

Federal officials and industry leaders will collaborate to responsibly phase out leaded avgas by 2030, after introducing unleaded options that can serve all existing aircraft —including training aircraft of any vintage. Read more >

Webinar

How a lead-free future affects flight training

An all-star panel of general aviation leaders and experts will detail our commitment to remove lead from aviation fuel by 2030. Learn how it will affect flight training during an online briefing March 2 at 9 a.m. Eastern time. Set a reminder on YouTube >

Article

Say 'yes' to 'Extra' opportunities

What started as a cross-country flight in an Extra NG has led to the opportunity of a lifetime for Middle Georgia State University student Angela Rogers. Read more >

Video

Skill, proficiency, and luck

Rob Olsen-Drye shares an incredible in-flight emergency and how he was able to walk away from his crippled airplane after landing on a road in this AOPA Air Safety Institute Real Pilot story.

You Can Fly

Longtime CFIs reflect on what they learned while teaching

Many people think of flight instructors as purveyors of knowledge more than recipients, but AOPA You Can Fly Ambassadors Jamie Beckett, Kay Sundaram, and Pat Brown learned early and often that pilot education works in both directions. Their candid conversation recounts lessons learned during decades of dual given. Watch the recorded webinar >

AOPA Live This Week

Industry commits to unleaded fuel; Fujino departs Honda

A public-private partnership pledged to eliminate lead from aviation fuel by 2030. Plus, HondaJet creator Michimasa Fujino announces his retirement, and an Arizona fly-in draws a crowd. Watch AOPA Live This Week® >

Career News

Article

United Airlines launches United Aviate Academy

A diverse first class of pilot trainees at the United Aviate Academy is preparing for careers flying for United Airlines. Read more >

Article

Piper to host apprenticeship informational sessions

Piper Aircraft's apprenticeship program will host informational sessions in March and April for prospective candidates. Apprentices will undergo on-the-job and classroom training to qualify as journeymen in aircraft assembly. Read more >

Always learning

Complex or advanced

Commercial pilot applicants need time in a complex or technically advanced airplane. What's the difference, and why is there a choice? Read more >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: Part 141 chief flight instructor, Snohomish Flying Service

Snohomish Flying Service is seeking a fixed-wing chief flight instructor for an active Part 141 flight school established in 1950, located in the Puget Sound Region of Washington state. 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 UX/UI designer, an aviation technical writer, a video editor, a mobile app developer, a Northwest Mountain regional manager, and a Southern regional manager. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Training Products and Resources

PDF download

Lost communication preparation

Keep this AOPA Air Safety Institute ATC Light Gun Signals reference card handy in case of a radio failure at a towered airport.

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

A pilot's bout with COVID-19

A fully vaccinated, mask-donning, crowd-avoiding pilot became infected with COVID-19. Here's his message.

Photo of the Week

For the love of a Cub

Aviation writer and photographer Garrett Fisher takes us along on the exquisitely complicated trek to bring the perfect Piper Super Cub back to his home airport across European borders. Read the story to learn what it took to navigate the red tape, and follow @flywithaopa on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.

Final Exam

Question

There seems to be a lack of AOPA resources for (aspiring) rotorcraft pilots. Am I missing something?

Answer

Although there is no dedicated section of the AOPA website for rotorcraft, you can use the search feature at the top right of the homepage to find relevant information. Most of the actual training and how-to material has been published in Flight Training, while helicopter-related news usually appears in AOPA Pilot. 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

Mar 9, 7 p.m. EST	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition (Augusta, Kansas)
Mar 12, 9 a.m. EST	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition (Ronkonkoma, New York)

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. 21, 2022

'There I was...': Brian Lenzmeier

'Never Again': Autopilot mayhem

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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