CONTENTS FEATURES 32 THE SECRET LIFE OF SECTIONALS Details your CFI might not have mentioned. Many pilots know only the main features of sectional aeronautical charts. Here are a few interesting details you may never have learned. By Kevin D. Murphy 10.14 flighttraining.aopa.org VOLUME.26 / NUMBER 10 26 COVER STORY DOWN AND OUT Making a case for power-off landings. Landing without power on a regular basis ensures that dead-stick landing skills are a part of your psyche. By Budd Davisson 36 PLAN LIKE A MARINE Cross-country tactics that will serve the civilian pilot. Military operations require thorough preparation and planning and are essential for a safe and successful flight-tactics that make sense even if you're not in the corps. By Matthew Bauman 40 TECHNIQUE Left turning tendencies The propeller creates four unwanted effects that you must recognize and respond to. By Ian J. Twombly See page 32 "THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE PARALLELING IFR ROUTES AND SEEING A GIANT AIRLINER MAJESTICALLY GLIDING PAST YOU ON ITS WAY TO A LANDING." -KEVIN D. MURPHY SPECIAL S E C T I O N SHOW ME THE MONE WILL AIRLINES OPEN WALLETS Y TO FIND NEW PILOTS? p. 47 10.14 ABOUT THE COVER » Chris Rose photographed this Aeronca Champ landing at Essex Skyport in Maryland. flighttraining.aopa.org HIGH TIGHT AND Landing without power sharpens your skills p. 26 MILITARY TACTICS PREPARE LIKE A MARINE p. 36 RED BULL ROTORHEA AIRSHOW PILOT CHUCK OCTOBER 2014 FLIGHT TRAINING /1 AARON D p.56http://flighttraining.aopa.org http://flighttraining.aopa.org