AOPA PILOT CONTENTS July 2017 SECTIONS 43 Events Winning weekend at Safecon 2017. 44 People Mystery solved. 86 46 You Can Fly 'Tweety' launches North Texas flying club. 47 Events AOPA ACTION Pilots preparing for solar eclipse. 26 Working For You 34 A new era. 16 Waypoints The customer experience. 18 Proficient Pilot Decisions, decisions. 20 Flying Life AOPA helps ensure BasicMed info is transmitted correctly. PILOT BRIEFING Single-seat airplanes. First flight in America. Preference or procedure. 32 Pilot Products 88 ADS-B Just over the horizon. Take your reading beyond these pages. 33 Drones 93 On Instruments SkyFire trains first responders. Say position and status. 12 Letters 34 AOPA 172 Sweepstakes 96 Never Again Top songs. 108 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. 22 Safety Spotlight Richard 'Mac' MacVicar. Who owns the sky? 84 Dogfight Head-up display for light GA. 4 AOPA Online 109 Answers for Pilots 24 Pilot Counsel Traveling tool kit. 86 Technique 29 Milestones The retirement of a Monday-morning quarterback. A ladder of priorities. 80 Savvy Maintenance 27 Medical Reform COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 6 President's Position PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY AOPA's fight for fair pricing continues. Canada's beauty beckons. 112 Pilots Airshow season. The little voice inside me. 36 Budget Buy MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES Piper Tri-Pacer. 100 AOPA Fly-Ins 38 Industry News Camarillo draws a crowd. Strategic alliance. 102 Products and Services 40 Musings Does an airplane have a soul? 42 Test Pilot For the birds. Dogfight SINGLE-SEAT AIRPLANES The Voice of General Aviation 104 AOPA Air Safety Institute 'Pinch Hitter' course and syllabus are free. Carpathian Journey FLYING IN UKRAINE BasicMed is here. Heads Up FIGHTER TECH ON YOUR IPAD www.aopa.org/pilot | July 2017 | $6.95 July 2017 Modern Marvel 106 Member Services Instrument training tips. 100 YEARS OF HARTZELL p. 60 Machine Gun Helicopters Cirrus Vision Jet | 100 Years of Hartzell | Helicopter Target Shooting | Flying in Ukraine ONE OF A KIND One of a Kind Cirrus SF50 CIRRUS' SINGULAR VISION p. 50 www.aopa.org 42 TARGET SHOOTING, VEGAS STYLE p. 74 Chris Rose photographed the Cirrus Vision Jet outside of Duluth, Minnesota, to accompany Thomas B. Haines' story "Cirrus Defines the Personal Jet," which begins on page 50. TEST PILOT For the birds. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT July 2017http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org