Training and Safety Tip: Altitude adjustment


VOL 22, ISSUE 25	June 24, 2022

Training and Safety Tips

Sponsored by Aircraft Spruce

Altitude adjustment

The word "altitude" has many meanings to an aviator, and accurate awareness of distance above solid objects requires active intervention and situational interpretation. Read more >

Technique

Gyro Hero

It sure is breezy up here

Flying an aircraft that is wide open to the air can be exhilarating, and teach you things about how to manage fear. Read more >

Flight Training News

Video

Your AFTA answers

AOPA's senior director of flight training explains how our new flight training platform works to everyone's advantage. Read more and watch a video >

Multimedia

Classroom teachers primed to fly

Classroom teachers were prepped (in the best ways we know) to deploy the AOPA Foundation High School Aviation STEM Curriculum. Read more, view photos, and watch a video >

Online resource

Meet the Extra 300

Experience how advanced maneuvers build confidence through heightened awareness in the new series Beyond Proficient: Extra 300 by the AOPA Air Safety Institute.

What Am I

Paperless

Paper charts are still being printed, though today's pilots could fly an entire career without touching one. Read more >

Ask AOPA

Permitted by lack of prohibition

You may not find a regulation that says you may do a certain thing, but, if there is none that says you cannot do that certain thing, then you can do it. Clear as mud, right? Read more >

Round and round

What is a spin called when performed in approximately level flight? Test your knowledge >

Career News

Five questions

Meet Textron's Miranda Konowitz

Textron Aviation Program Manager Miranda Konowitz leads a team of more than 100 different people and entities bringing the Cessna SkyCourier to production. Read more >

Premium content

You are being recorded

Microphones on flight decks are always recording; flight data is constantly captured also. The data gets used for more than accident investigations. Read more >

AOPA Pilot® Producer's Pick

Short flight, high workload

Ride along on a short repositioning flight in a Cessna Citation CJ3 and see how busy two pilots can be during a 15-minute trip. Watch the video >

Podcast

'Hangar Talk': GAMI's Braly on G100UL

General Aviation Modifications Inc. founder George Braly updates us on G100UL unleaded aviation fuel. Plus, stick around for the news. Listen to the podcast >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: CFI, Bravo Flight Training

Bravo Flight Training is hiring CFIIs for the school's Frederick, Maryland, and Martinsburg, West Virginia, locations. Full-time hours are available for a motivated instructor. Bravo Flight Training offers FAR parts 61 and 141 training with a variety of aircraft. 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 senior manager of communications, a Legal Services Plan attorney, a data analyst, a Western Pacific regional manager, a product marketing coordinator, and a graphic designer. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Training Products and Resources

Pilot Magazine

178 seconds

Inadvertent visual flight into instrument conditions often ends (less than 3 minutes later) in accidents with an 86-percent fatality rate. Read more >

Online resource

Learn from 'CFI to CFI'

Read about the importance of checklists, clearance instructions, and more in the latest edition of the AOPA Air Safety Institute's CFI to CFI newsletter.

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

Patterns within patterns

If you are interested in staying alive, performing to the best of your ability, and looking good to anyone watching, consider practicing patterns during your flight. Read more >

AOPA Aviation Finance

Aircraft ownership and credit score

What is the minimum credit score requirement to get a loan on an aircraft you own? Read more >

Photo of the Week

Fireworks around the corner

From Independence Day to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022, the coming weeks will be packed with powder, and pilots have unique opportunities to take in the best shows from the air, or on the ground. AOPA Senior Photographer David Tulis captured this view at AirVenture. Some CFIs may be willing and able to schedule a local night flight to view the shows.

Final Exam

Question

I am a student pilot and would like to buy a Cessna 182. I am practicing maneuvers for my private pilot checkride. What hurdles should I expect?

Answer

You can purchase a 182 as a student, but if you have trained in other aircraft and you are just short of your private pilot checkride, learning a new aircraft with characteristics not found in typical trainers might extend your training significantly. Better to wait until you finish the checkride before you start thinking about buying something different from what you're training in now. When you are ready to purchase an aircraft, AOPA's website has a section chock-full of good information on buying your first airplane. 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

Jul 9	Medford, Oregon; and Minden, Nevada
Jul 16	Cheektowaga, New York; and Terre Haute, Indiana
Jul 27	Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Aug 6	Amarillo, Texas

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

Jun 30, 12 p.m. EDT	'Don't Get Rusty' series: Bundle your procedures with Flo-w
Aug 24, 12 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

Building the aviation community—Vermont Aviators Association

New Aerospace Center for Excellence leader Eric Crump

'The Aviators'/'The RVers'/'The Boaters' TV shows' Anthony Nalli

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

AOPA podcasts

'Ask the A&Ps': 'EGTs are imaginary numbers'

'Hangar Talk': GAMI's George Braly on G100UL aviation fuel

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Jun 20, 2022

'There I was...': Paul Loewenstein and Larry Suter

'Never Again': See or be seen

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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