Late last year AOPA introduced the Center to Advance the Pilot Community, or CAPComm, to help the problem of a shrinking pilot population. This group has taken over all of AOPA’s initiatives that deal with flight training. Adam Smith, formerly of Experimental Aircraft Association, was tapped to run the new group. We sat down with Smith to learn about CAPComm and how he plans to improve flight training, as well as grow other segments of the industry. —Ed. PROBLEM SOLVER BELIEVING IN WHAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS ROSE PLUS Watch an interview with Adam Smith. MARCH 2013 FLIGHT TRAINING / 35