Flight Training - June 2021 - 1
JUNE 2021
Volume.33 * Number.4 aopa.org/ft
A good pilot is always learning
IN DEPTH
32 26
32
Dog and Plane
Meet three pilots
who consider their dog
the very best co-pilot.
BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER
38
Easy or Difficult
to Land?
What design factors influence
an airplane's ground handling?
And how can pilots adapt?
BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN
PREFLIGHT
14 What Am I?
15 ASI News
16 Flight Lesson
17 How It Works
18 After the
Checkride
19 Five Questions
20 Ask AOPA
21 Future Flight
22 Accident Report
23 Ramp Appeal
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24 Weather
26 You Can Fly
29 Membership
30 Technique
45 Career
Spotlight
See the sights
BY IAN J. TWOMBLY
46 Accident
Analysis
Anywhere but here
BY DAVID JACK KENNY
47 Career Pilot
Pulling out
of the dive
PERSPECTIVES
6 Coms
Long trip
8 Always Learning
Get focused
BY KOLLIN STAGNITO
10 Unusual Attitude
Stay curious
BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN
56 Final Exam
VFR minimums
BY PETER A. BEDELL
49 Instructor
Report
Continuing
education
BY JOHN W. OLCOTT
51 Instrument Tip
The lesser-knowns
BY IAN J. TWOMBLY
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A good pilot is always learning
June 2021
Good
Boy!
FLYING WITH
YOUR FAVORITE
CO-PILOT
P. 32
IN THIS ISSUE
EASY OR
DIFFICULT?
KNOW YOUR
LANDING
ADVERSARY
OFF AIRPORT
PUT IT DOWN
IN A PINCH
P. 30
P. 38
Photography courtesy of Samuel Delgassi
$4.95
Find Max! Flight Training's longtime
co-pilot is hidden in our pages.
Let us know if you find him.
facebook.com/AOPAflighttrainingmag
ADVANCED PILOT
ABOUT THE COVER
Golden retriever
Skyler relaxes at
Maryland's Frederick
Municipal Airport.
Learn about flying
with pets in " Dog and
Plane, " which begins
on p. 32. Photography
by Chris Rose
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