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CONTENTS
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VOLUME.25 / NUMBER.6
06.13
DEPARTMENTS
4 Member Benefits
Membership at work
42 Weather
Too hot to handle
By Jack Williams
23 Flight Lesson
Scary first solo
By Greg Marino
24 Accident Report
Good in the gusts
52 Advertiser Index
Aviation marketplace
56 Debrief
Judy Phelps
By Dan Namowitz
45
COMMENTARY
6 Right Seat
The jerk
The arguments continue
By Ian J. Twombly
"WIND GUSTS
CONTINUE TO
MAKE FREQUENT
APPEARANCES
IN ACCIDENT
NARRATIVES—
PROBABLY IN
SOME INSTANCES
AS SCAPEGOATS."
21 Flying Carpet
8 Centerline
Flying adventures
Flying Carpet tour
By Greg Brown
By Adam Smith
PREFLIGHT
12 Unique Perspective
—DAN NAMOWITZ
24
10 Letters
56
14 Success Story
15 How it Works
16 Since You Asked
By Rod Machado
CAREER PILOT
45 Mother Nature's
Tantrums
By Pete Bedell
46 Career Advisor
By Wayne Phillips
48 Tech Talk
By Jared Dirkmaat
17 Tech Tip
Abeam the Numbers
18 Final Exam
20 Training Products
INSTRUCTOR REPORT
49 Ready or Not?
By Natalie Bingham Hoover
50 Creating Glide Gurus
23
By Rod Machado
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Flight Training - June 2013
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - June 2013
Flight Training - June 2013
Contents
Member Benefits
Right Seat
Centerline
Letters
Unique Perspective
Success Story
How it Works
Since You Asked
Tech Tip Abeam the Numbers
Final Exam
Training Products
Flying Carpet
Flight Lesson
Accident Report
STALL+YAW=SPIN
LITTLE FISH IN A BIG POND
TECHNIQUE
Weather
Mother Nature's Tantrums
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Ready or Not?
Creating Glide Gurus
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - June 2013 - Flight Training - June 2013
Flight Training - June 2013 - Cover2
Flight Training - June 2013 - Contents
Flight Training - June 2013 - 2
Flight Training - June 2013 - 3
Flight Training - June 2013 - Member Benefits
Flight Training - June 2013 - 5
Flight Training - June 2013 - Right Seat
Flight Training - June 2013 - 7
Flight Training - June 2013 - Centerline
Flight Training - June 2013 - 9
Flight Training - June 2013 - Letters
Flight Training - June 2013 - 11
Flight Training - June 2013 - Unique Perspective
Flight Training - June 2013 - 13
Flight Training - June 2013 - Success Story
Flight Training - June 2013 - How it Works
Flight Training - June 2013 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - June 2013 - Tech Tip Abeam the Numbers
Flight Training - June 2013 - Final Exam
Flight Training - June 2013 - 19
Flight Training - June 2013 - Training Products
Flight Training - June 2013 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - June 2013 - 22
Flight Training - June 2013 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - June 2013 - Accident Report
Flight Training - June 2013 - 25
Flight Training - June 2013 - STALL+YAW=SPIN
Flight Training - June 2013 - 27
Flight Training - June 2013 - 28
Flight Training - June 2013 - 29
Flight Training - June 2013 - 30
Flight Training - June 2013 - 31
Flight Training - June 2013 - LITTLE FISH IN A BIG POND
Flight Training - June 2013 - 33
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Flight Training - June 2013 - 36
Flight Training - June 2013 - 37
Flight Training - June 2013 - 38
Flight Training - June 2013 - 39
Flight Training - June 2013 - TECHNIQUE
Flight Training - June 2013 - 41
Flight Training - June 2013 - Weather
Flight Training - June 2013 - 43
Flight Training - June 2013 - 44
Flight Training - June 2013 - Mother Nature's Tantrums
Flight Training - June 2013 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - June 2013 - 47
Flight Training - June 2013 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - June 2013 - Ready or Not?
Flight Training - June 2013 - Creating Glide Gurus
Flight Training - June 2013 - 51
Flight Training - June 2013 - Advertiser Index
Flight Training - June 2013 - 53
Flight Training - June 2013 - 54
Flight Training - June 2013 - 55
Flight Training - June 2013 - Debrief
Flight Training - June 2013 - Cover3
Flight Training - June 2013 - Cover4
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