Flight Training - August 2019 - 1

AUGUST 2019

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A good pilot is always learning

IN DEPTH

34

40

Sod Season
Tips for soft-field landings.

BY JASON BLAIR

40

Job Security
PIA offers a secure endgame
for its students.
BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER

26
PREFLIGHT

14 What Am I?
16 Flight Lesson
17 How It Works
18 Weather
20 People
21 Ramp Appeal
23 After the
Checkride
26 Aviation History
29 Road Trip
32 Technique

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47 Career
Spotlight
Big fish

PERSPECTIVES

4 Coms
Speak up

BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN

48 Accident
Analysis
Don't be that pilot
BY DAVID JACK KENNY

6 Always Learning
AirVenture arrival
BY KOLLIN STAGNITO

8 Unusual Attitude
Tailwheel test
BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN

49 Opinion
Lessons from the
737 Max debacle

10 Flying Carpet
Oh, the glory

BY PETER A. BEDELL

BY GREG BROWN

51 Instructor
Report
The sky beckons

64 Final Exam
Feeling cross

BY GARRETT DEMEYER

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ABOUT THE COVER
Soft-field landing technique
and mountain flying know-how
give AOPA's 2019 Sweepstakes
Super Cub access to remote
areas of the Idaho backcountry.
Brush up on your soft-field
techniques in "Sod Season,"
which begins on p. 34.
Photography by Mike Fizer.

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A good pilot is always learning

SOFT
SKILLS

UNLOCK ADVENTURE
BEYOND THE PAVEMENT P. 34

IN T H IS ISS U E

IN DEMAND

FUN FACTOR

P. 40

P. 51

HANDS-ON TRAINING, INSPIRATION FOR
BANKABLE SKILLS
YOUR NEXT LESSON

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