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Training and Safety Tip: To your health

AOPA Flight Training
VOL 22, ISSUE 1 January 7, 2022
Training and Safety Tips
To your health
Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce
To your health
Five simple tips to prepare your mind and your body for flight will make your aviation journey more fun—and rewarding. Read more >
Technique
Premium content
Finding the centerline
Students and already certificated pilots often struggle to align the airplane with the runway when landing. Looking farther down the runway during landing is one technique to overcome this problem. Read more >
Flight Training News
Article
Registration open for Redbird Migration
Registration is open for the 2022 Redbird Migration Flight Training Conference in Lakeland, Florida. Read more >
Take the 2022 state of the flight training industry survey
Redbird Flight Simulations' second annual State of Flight Training Survey and Report is open and needs your feedback. Your real-world, up-to-date insights into the flight training community will help pave the way for advancements in flight training. This brief survey is open to all flight training providers, flight instructors, student pilots, and active pilots until January 31.
Flight lesson
Dealing with unresponsive flaps
The pilot of a Cessna 152 who was practicing a soft-field takeoff discovered that the aircraft's flaps wouldn't retract during climbout. How would you handle this situation? Read more >
Premium content
How it works: Carburetor mixture valve
Carburetors must maintain the proper fuel-to-air ratio throughout a wide range of altitudes and atmospheric pressures. Read more >
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'CFI to CFI,' a great read for all pilots
In the latest edition of the AOPA Air Safety Institute's CFI to CFI newsletter, learn how false-positive drug test results threaten your pilot and medical certificates and get insights from flight instructors and designated pilot examiners.
Article
Apply for these aviation scholarships
If you're in need of financial assistance to begin or complete your flight training or aviation education, here are several scholarships you may qualify for. Read more >
Career News
Article
Pathway to an aviation career
With reports pointing to a shortage of pilots and other aviation professionals over the next few decades, a recently launched planning software tool is a welcome means for those looking for a career rooted in flight. Read more >
Applications open for Piper Aircraft Apprenticeship Program
Piper Aircraft has opened the application period for its 2022 apprenticeship program. The two-year, full-time, paid program "accepts 10 new apprentices each year who receive a combination of on-the-job training as well as classroom instruction... The program is designed to qualify the participants as a Journeyman in Aircraft Assembly." Learn more >
You Can Fly
'Welcoming newcomers and making them feel at home'
Mike Carzoli opened Blue Skies Flying Services 28 years ago at Lake in the Hills Airport west of Chicago. The school was recognized as the best in the Great Lakes region during the 2021 AOPA Flight Training Experience Survey. Read more >
Video
Pilot Lounge: Jared Isaacman
We talk with entrepreneur, pilot, airshow performer, world aviation speed record holder, astronaut, and philanthropist Jared Isaacman, who commanded the Inspiration4 SpaceX flight. Watch the video >
Aviation job board
Job of the week: Pilot instructor, Guardian Flight
Guardian Flight in South Jordan, Utah, is hiring a pilot instructor to oversee and manage all aspects of Global Medical Response's initial and recurrent pilot training, conduct flight training of new-hire pilots, and conduct checkrides during new-hire and recurrent training. Read the full description and apply today >
AOPA career opportunities
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Training Products and Resources
Online resource
Don't let cold weather ground you
Tackle this winter's chilly spells—cold temperatures, low clouds, and frozen precipitation—with the AOPA Air Safety Institute's Icing and Cold Weather Ops Safety Center. 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
Article
Start the new year off flying
If you're in search of warmer weather and a good challenge, check in with the AOPA app's Pilot Passport feature and fly south for the winter. Read more >
Pilot Protection Services
Translating the Pilot's Bill of Rights
Familiarize yourself with your specific rights in case of an FAA investigation. Read more >
Pilot Protection Services
Deep dive into decision making
Whether you're trying to stay safe in the air or on the road, it all hinges on an understanding of our decision-making process. Read more >
Photo of the Week
A rare find
A rare find
AOPA eMedia Assistant Editor Cayla McLeod recently spotted this rare Wing D–1 Derringer, one of only a few still flying, at an airpark community in southern Texas. Follow @flywithAOPA on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.
Final Exam
Question

How can I find a physician in my area to perform a BasicMed exam?
Answer
Check out AOPA's doctor locator search engine. We work continuously to keep this database up to date. If you had a BasicMed exam with a doctor who isn't in our database, you can provide your doctor with the link to the search engine and ask him or her to sign on. If your doctor is curious about doing the exams but wants more details, this webpage includes BasicMed FAQs for physicians. Read the full answer and join the discussion >

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Education & Seminars
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Latest AOPA Pilot Lounge videos
Inspiration4 commander Jared Isaacman
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For a full list of Pilot Lounge videos, see the AOPA Live® YouTube channel.
AOPA podcasts
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'Never Again': Suckered in
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