AOPA PILOT CONTENTS December 2013 72 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 72 Technique Engine-out landings at night. 76 Proficiency Icing primer. 36 79 Wx Watch Eyes in the sky. 81 Technology PILOT BRIEFING 28 What Happens in Vegas... Garmin action-cam. How the Thunderbirds spent their sequestration. 83 Ownership 30 AOPA Sweepstakes 86 Frugal Flier Flying career and family. Leather and glass. Self-made upgrade. 32 Aviation Jobs 88 Never Again Unwelcome guests. Winch a sea captain, mug a buffalo. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 34 Gift Guide No wires attached. 92 State and Local Action Barrow honored for work on Capitol Hill. 35 Pilot Products COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 4 President's Position 10 Visual Approach Seeking to understand. Winter wonderland. 16 Waypoints 12 Letters A blank, but not ageless canvas. My $1 Million Education. 18 Proficient Pilot 107 Fly by Wire A bygone era. Index of advertisers. 20 Foundation Focus 94 Member Products AOPA Finance. 36 Test Pilot Jet fighters. 96 AOPA Foundation ASI releases new PSA. 38 News Scheduled service in a Cirrus. Reggie Webb. Wounded veteran earns wings. 102 AOPA Insurance Agency Lienholder coverage. MU-2 Adventure AROUND THE WORLD IN 25 DAYS TBM in Icing SAFETY PILOT LANDMARK ACCIDENT The Voice of General Aviation Extra Extra AEROBATICS TO TURBOPROPS www.aopa.org/pilot | December 2013 December 2013 24 Pilot Counsel MIGHTY SEABIRD 26 Fly Well Grumman HU-16B Albatross | MU-2 Around the World | Profile: Walter Extra Running on empty (2). Flying over California's Calatina Island. Grumman HU-16B Albatross 81 GARMIN ACTION-CAM A High-Tech Rebirth www.aopa.org Fifty weighs to lose your blubber. 100 Government Affairs ASN volunteers. 22 License to Learn Confirmation bias. 98 Member Services Pilot Protection Services. 40 People 112 Pilots What have we done for you lately? First of its kind: GPS wristwatch. Mike Fizer photographed the Grumman HU-16B Albatross in the skies over California's Catalina Island to accompany Barry Schiff's story "Yacht of the Air," which begins on page 42. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. First flight with the VIRB. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT December 2013