Flight Training - January/February 2021 - 1

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021
Volume.33 * Number.1 aopa.org/ft

A good pilot is always learning

IN DEPTH

38

28

Transcontinental Flight Training
A student and instructor cross the
Continental Divide-and a personal one.

BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN

34

Chilling Adventures
Wintertime flying means you
dress to egress, not to impress.
BY JILL W. TALLMAN

38

21
PREFLIGHT

12 What Am I?
13 ASI News
14 Flight Lesson
15 How It Works
16 Five Questions

On Point
Use this remarkable Japanese process
for consistent performance.

17 Ramp Appeal

BY DENNIS K. JOHNSON

19 Road Trip

18 Ask AOPA

20 Checkride 101
21 After the
Checkride
Find Max! Flight Training's longtime
co-pilot is hidden in our pages.
Let us know if you find him.
facebook.com/AOPAflighttrainingmag
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25 Membership
26 Technique
Find full Preflight
contents on p. 11.

ADVANCED PILOT

43 Career
Spotlight
Eagle eyes
BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER

44 Accident
Analysis
Consider the
consequences
BY DAVID JACK KENNY

45 Career Pilot
Silver lining
BY WAYNE PHILLIPS

PERSPECTIVES

4 Coms
Missed opportunity
6 Always Learning
Chart circles
BY KOLLIN STAGNITO

8 Around the
Patch
Rusty and dusty
BY JILL W. TALLMAN

56 Final Exam
Aerobatic flight

47 Instructor
Report
Zen lessons
BY DAVE FORSTER

50 Instrument Tip
What does that
mean?
BY IAN J. TWOMBLY

ABOUT THE COVER
A CubCrafters
Carbon Cub on a
coast-to-coast flight.
Photography by
Chris Rose

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