AOPA PILOT CONTENTS 44 December 2016 SECTIONS 42 Pilot Products VIRB Ultra 30. 44 Events Cast of characters attends balloon fiesta. 46 Update 80 Swift Fuels 94UL flight test. 47 Red Bull Air Race Goulian sets track record. PILOT BRIEFING 29 'Missions for America' CAP soldiers on after 75 years of service. 80 Technique 30 FAA News Deep dive. Few chart prices affected by FAA shift. 82 Wx Watch Icing basics-and traps. 32 AOPA Fly-Ins Record-breaking attendance ends fly-in season. COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 6 President's Position Bluer skies ahead. 16 Waypoints Aha moments. 18 Proficient Pilot Memories. 20 License to Learn 4 AOPA Online 12 Letters 36 Budget Buy Index of advertisers. You're too slow for slow flight. 109 Answers for Pilots 22 Safety Pilot 112 Pilots Only using the hammer to train? 24 Pilot Counsel Parsing FAR 91.409(b). Head to the islands. Gideon Jones. Buyer beware. 96 Never Again Nose to the grindstone. A plane of many mods. 37 AOPA 172 Sweepstakes Light bright. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 100 Flying Clubs 38 First Look An all-season AirCam. Texas club awarded airplane. 102 Products and Services 39 Test Pilot Don't get bugged. Fogged in. 104 AOPA Foundation 40 Musings Route 66 to Sedona. Learn with the best. 106 Insurance Services Multiple quotes. Deep Dive MIXING SCUBA AND FLYING You Can Fly BUILDING THE PILOT POPULATION The Voice of General Aviation December 2016 Soaring Praise GLIDERS IN OMARAMA www.aopa.org/pilot | December 2016 | $6.95 Golden Girl Douglas DC-3 GOLDEN GIRL FLYING WITH HISTORY IN THE TABITHA MAY p. 50 Historic DC-3 | Sling 4 | You Can Fly Initiative | Gliders in Omarama 42 92 Savvy Maintenance Those slippery FICONs. 26 Fly Well Something wicked this way comes. Airline-style training. Navigating the FAA rebate. Arnold Palmer heads west. 35 Rules and Regs 108 Fly by Wire 84 Proficiency 88 ADS-B 34 Departures Take your reading beyond these pages. Tales of woe. PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY PILOT PRODUCTS Author Peter A. Bedell flies an iconic DC-3 and shares the excitement in his story "Golden Age Ambassador," which begins on page 50. Photography by Chris Rose. Sling Shot VIRB Ultra 30. DOING MORE WITH LESS p. 66 Buyer Beware SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? IT PROBABLY IS p. 92 www.aopa.org Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT December 2016