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COMPELLED TO COMPLIMENT

I

am compelled to let you know that I enjoy your magazine very
much and look forward to each new issue. Flight Training has
evolved to become my first pick of the litter each month. I
thoroughly enjoy your writers, articles, photos, graphics, and

yes, advertisers. Although not a CFI yet, I
share the articles and enroll as many prospective pilots and pilots that I can.
Steven Pinello
Brooklyn, New York
As an aerospace engineer with 35
years experience, I am quite puzzled
by your description of how a radial
engine works (“Birth of the Boom,”
August Flight Training. “In a radial, the
crankshaft is a central hub, where most
cylinders are connected indirectly—one
cylinder, called the master, is directly
connected to the crankshaft as one
solid piece.” This can’t work—the
engine would be incapable of motion.
Actually, the master cylinder’s piston
is connected to the master rod, which
is what is connected directly to the
crankshaft. The other piston rods are
also connected to the master rod via a
ring that allow the rods to articulate
and rotate the crankshaft.
Robert Zimmerman
Conifer, Colorado
In his article on slow flight (“Slow
Down,” August Flight Training) Scott
Hotaling expresses mathematically

an aerodynamic concept I found
confusing. He says, “as airspeed
increases, induced drag decreases at
the square root of the speed.” I think
a more clear way of explaining this
concept is to say that induced drag is
inversely proportional to the square
of the airspeed.
Gregg Solove
Albuquerque, New Mexico
I am instrument rated and seek a
clarification on Jill Tallman’s article
in the August Flight Training (“Back in
the Hood”). She states IFR currency
requirements can be met using an
aviation training device “as long as an
authorized instructor is present.” 
Could you clarify this statement? I do
not see any requirement in 61.57 that
an instructor be present when using an
ATD to maintain instrument currency.
Thank you.
Larry J. Gallagher
Daly City, California
Illogical as it may be, there’s no reference to an instructor in the applicable
section of FAR 61.57. For that you’ll have
to turn to FAR 61.51(g)(4).—Ed.

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Flight Training - October 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - October 2013

Flight Training - October 2013
Contents
Member Benefits
Right Seat
Centerline
Letters
Night Flight
Success Story Flight Training Excellence Award Winner
How It Works
After the Checkride
AOPA Action
News From Airventure 2013
ASI News
Tech Tip
Final Exam
Flight Lesson
Flying Carpet
The Oops List
One Pilot, Many Tools
Stop, Look, Listen
Technique
Weather
Accident Report
Fuel Management
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Familiarity Breeds Good Training
Perceptual Magic
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - October 2013 - Flight Training - October 2013
Flight Training - October 2013 - Cover2
Flight Training - October 2013 - Contents
Flight Training - October 2013 - 2
Flight Training - October 2013 - 3
Flight Training - October 2013 - Member Benefits
Flight Training - October 2013 - 5
Flight Training - October 2013 - Right Seat
Flight Training - October 2013 - 7
Flight Training - October 2013 - Centerline
Flight Training - October 2013 - 9
Flight Training - October 2013 - Letters
Flight Training - October 2013 - 11
Flight Training - October 2013 - Night Flight
Flight Training - October 2013 - 13
Flight Training - October 2013 - Success Story Flight Training Excellence Award Winner
Flight Training - October 2013 - How It Works
Flight Training - October 2013 - After the Checkride
Flight Training - October 2013 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - October 2013 - News From Airventure 2013
Flight Training - October 2013 - 19
Flight Training - October 2013 - ASI News
Flight Training - October 2013 - Tech Tip
Flight Training - October 2013 - Final Exam
Flight Training - October 2013 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - October 2013 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - October 2013 - 25
Flight Training - October 2013 - The Oops List
Flight Training - October 2013 - 27
Flight Training - October 2013 - 28
Flight Training - October 2013 - 29
Flight Training - October 2013 - 30
Flight Training - October 2013 - 31
Flight Training - October 2013 - One Pilot, Many Tools
Flight Training - October 2013 - 33
Flight Training - October 2013 - 34
Flight Training - October 2013 - 35
Flight Training - October 2013 - Stop, Look, Listen
Flight Training - October 2013 - 37
Flight Training - October 2013 - 38
Flight Training - October 2013 - 39
Flight Training - October 2013 - Technique
Flight Training - October 2013 - 41
Flight Training - October 2013 - Weather
Flight Training - October 2013 - 43
Flight Training - October 2013 - Accident Report
Flight Training - October 2013 - Fuel Management
Flight Training - October 2013 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - October 2013 - 47
Flight Training - October 2013 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - October 2013 - Familiarity Breeds Good Training
Flight Training - October 2013 - 50
Flight Training - October 2013 - Perceptual Magic
Flight Training - October 2013 - Advertiser Index
Flight Training - October 2013 - 53
Flight Training - October 2013 - 54
Flight Training - October 2013 - 55
Flight Training - October 2013 - Debrief
Flight Training - October 2013 - Cover3
Flight Training - October 2013 - Cover4
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