CONTENTS flighttraining.aopa.org VOLUME.23 / NUMBER. 5 05.11 FEATURES 30 'MIRACLE' STUDENT Two years after landing in the Hudson, Clay Presley is PIC. Some passengers on the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight vowed never to set foot on an aircraft again— Clay Presley had a different idea. By Jill W. Tallman 34 THE TRANSITION One man's switch from round dials to a glass cockpit. He's seen enough to know he hasn't seen it all. By Chuck Cali 38 TECHNIQUE Leaning the mixture. Learn proper diet control for your airplane. By Jill W. Tallman See page 30. 24 The bent line that keeps us in the air. How your ship of the air stays afloat By Budd Davisson "JUST TWO YEARS AND 10 DAYS AFTER HE WAS PART OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING THAT RIVETED THE NATION, PRESLEY SOLOED A CESSNA 172." —JILL W. TALLMAN OF WINGS AND THINGS ON THE COVER » Mike Fizer photographed the wing of a Diamond DA 20 to accompany Budd Davisson's story "Of Wings and Things," which begins on page 24. MAY 2011 FLIGHT TRAINING /1http://flighttraining.aopa.org