Flight Training - September 2011 - 12

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This weekend
Places to go, people to see, stuff to...eat!

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ometimes you just have to get out of the local traffic pattern. So make your next trip an adventure and use the airplane for a fun trip to an airport close to you, either by yourself for a confidence-building solo, or with an instructor as a great cross-country training adventure.

» By Ian J. Twombly

GREENVILLE SEAPLANE BASE GREENVILLE, MAINE

TRIANGLE NORTH EXECUTIVE AIRPORT LOUISBURG, NORTH CAROLINA

ISEDOR IVERSON AIRPORT MCGREGOR, MINNESOTA

SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

KEN JERNSTEDT AIRFIELD HOOD RIVER, OREGON

52B

September 8 through 11 brings one of the biggest seaplane fly-ins in the world to Moosehead Lake, with everything from production seaplanes to experimentals and classics. Landlubbers should fly into nearby Greenville Municipal Airport (3B1).

Head to Louisburg the weekend of September 17 and 18 for High Flight, a festival filled with airplanes, antique cars, barbeque, balloon rides, seminars, skydiving, and more. Last year more than 4,000 people attended, making it one of the biggest fly-ins in the region.

LHZ

Minnesota is home to one of the largest annual crops of wild rice in the world. Take part in the fun over Labor Day weekend at Wild Rice Days in McGregor. Fly in to HZX and take a free shuttle for the car show, crafts, Corn Feed, and more.

HZX

Join the New Mexico Pilots Association for a weekend moun tain flying course-for certificated pilots Sep tember 23 through 25.The course includes a ground school, three flight hours, and a social event. See www. nmpilots.org.

SAF

4S2

The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum is hosting a fly-in on September 9 through 11. There will be a barbeque Friday night for pilots, a swap meet, pancake breakfasts, and a dinner/dance Saturday evening.

WEEKEND TRAVEL LOG: SEPTEMBER 2011 (WWW.AOPA.ORG/PILOT/CALENDAR)
September 4 Fly-in pancake breakfast Dansville Municipal Airport (DSV), Dansville, New York Septenber 9-11 Sport Aviation Weekend Rough River State Park Airport (2I3), Falls-of-Rough, Kentucky September 10 Community Day and Fly-In Cambridge Municipal Airport (CDI), Cambridge, Ohio September 10-11 California Capital Airshow Mather Airport (MHR), Sacramento, California September 17 U.S. Coast Guard and Port of Astoria Airshow Astoria Regional (AST), Warrenton, Oregon

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Flight Training - September 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - September 2011

Flight Training - September 2011
Contents
President's Perspective
Right Seat
Letters
Getting There in Style
This Weekend
Success Stories
What It Looks Like
AOPA Action
Member Products News
ASI News
Since You Asked
News
Member Products Final Exam
Insights
Flying Carpet
Protective Layers
Wheels Down, Rods Ready
Technique
Weather
Checkride
Flight Lesson
You Heard It Here First
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Gyroscopic Precession
Flight Instructor Code of Ethics
Your Controls!
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - September 2011 - Flight Training - September 2011
Flight Training - September 2011 - Cover2
Flight Training - September 2011 - 1
Flight Training - September 2011 - Contents
Flight Training - September 2011 - 3
Flight Training - September 2011 - President's Perspective
Flight Training - September 2011 - 5
Flight Training - September 2011 - Right Seat
Flight Training - September 2011 - 7
Flight Training - September 2011 - Letters
Flight Training - September 2011 - 9
Flight Training - September 2011 - Getting There in Style
Flight Training - September 2011 - 11
Flight Training - September 2011 - This Weekend
Flight Training - September 2011 - Success Stories
Flight Training - September 2011 - What It Looks Like
Flight Training - September 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - September 2011 - Member Products News
Flight Training - September 2011 - ASI News
Flight Training - September 2011 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - September 2011 - 19
Flight Training - September 2011 - News
Flight Training - September 2011 - Member Products Final Exam
Flight Training - September 2011 - Insights
Flight Training - September 2011 - 23
Flight Training - September 2011 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - September 2011 - 25
Flight Training - September 2011 - Protective Layers
Flight Training - September 2011 - 27
Flight Training - September 2011 - 28
Flight Training - September 2011 - 29
Flight Training - September 2011 - 30
Flight Training - September 2011 - 31
Flight Training - September 2011 - Wheels Down, Rods Ready
Flight Training - September 2011 - 33
Flight Training - September 2011 - 34
Flight Training - September 2011 - 35
Flight Training - September 2011 - Technique
Flight Training - September 2011 - 37
Flight Training - September 2011 - Weather
Flight Training - September 2011 - 39
Flight Training - September 2011 - 40
Flight Training - September 2011 - Checkride
Flight Training - September 2011 - 42
Flight Training - September 2011 - 43
Flight Training - September 2011 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - September 2011 - You Heard It Here First
Flight Training - September 2011 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - September 2011 - 47
Flight Training - September 2011 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - September 2011 - Gyroscopic Precession
Flight Training - September 2011 - Flight Instructor Code of Ethics
Flight Training - September 2011 - Your Controls!
Flight Training - September 2011 - Advertiser Index
Flight Training - September 2011 - 53
Flight Training - September 2011 - 54
Flight Training - September 2011 - 55
Flight Training - September 2011 - Debrief
Flight Training - September 2011 - Cover3
Flight Training - September 2011 - Cover4
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