AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 32

BRIEFING

YOUTH

AV8RS YOUTH MEMBERSHIP

NEW AOPA MEMBERSHIP FREE TO TEENS
WE’VE JUST MADE it easier for teens to develop and fulfill their aviation aspirations. Introducing AOPA AV8RS, AOPA’s new free membership for teens age 13 through 18. The membership is offered to teens at no cost thanks to generous contributions to the AOPA Foundation online (www.aopa foundation.org/donateav8rs). Benefits to AOPA AV8RS include a digital subscription to Flight Training magazine; access to members-only content on www.aopa.org, http:// ft.aopa.org, and special content at www.aopa.org/av8rs; opportunities to join AOPA AV8RS online social communities through Facebook, Twitter, tumblr, and YouTube; an AOPA AV8RS e-newsletter; free support and advice through the AOPA Pilot Information Center’s helpline at 800-872-2672; chances to win scholarships; and much more.
ON THE

Central Florida Aerospace Academy
Not your typical high school
B Y J A M I E B EC K E T T “I WAS TERRIFIED OF FLYING,” says

WEB

WHETHER IT’S A CAREER in

aerospace engineering or learning how to fly, help a teen achieve that dream by referring him or her to a free AOPA AV8RS membership. www.aopa.org/av8rs

18-year-old Adarius Enzor. However, after attending a summer camp at the Florida Air Museum that put him in the pilot’s seat for a short hop, his attitude changed. So much so that Enzor set his sights on space flight as a career. To help him get there, he chose to enroll as an inaugural member of the freshman class in a brand-new high school known as the Central Florida Aerospace Academy. Four years later Enzor is a graduate of CFAA who intends to complete the training for his private pilot certificate and add a glider rating as well. He will attend Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. “After college I’m going to join the military, go into the fighter pilot program, and become a Thunderbird,” says the newly minted graduate. Enzor thinks big. And that’s just fine with the men and women who forged this institution of learning out of not much more than an idea, an empty hangar behind the Florida Air Museum on the grounds of Sun ’n Fun at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, and a desire to make a difference.
WEB www.polkacademies.com/cfaa

Rick Garcia, the founder and driving force behind Gulf Coast Avionics, says, “I went to exactly the same type of high school. Somebody pushed me to go when I was in the ninth grade.” His decision to attend George T. Baker Aviation School in Miami led to a skilled trade that paid a reasonable wage. It also led Garcia to the U.S. Air Force, steady employment afterward, and ultimately to establish his own successful business. That was a driving force in Garcia’s mission to found an aviation high school in Polk County. “I kept pushing, and pushing, and pushing,” says Garcia. “I think we started with about 60 students,” says John Small, the Polk County School District’s director of workforce education. “And we’ve grown by about that number each year. The purpose of the school isn’t to produce pilots, or technicians. It is to produce good, strong students who can become successful adults.” With a 100-percent graduation rate and every graduate planning on attending college, CFAA appears to be on a winning trajectory. As for Adarius Enzor, he says, “I want to be the first black commander of the U.S. Thunderbirds.”

JOSEPH GAMBLE

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AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012

AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012
Contents
President’s Position
Visual Approach
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Foundation Focus
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
An aerial perspective
AOPA Sweepstakes
Youth
Milestones
AOPA Action
Test Pilot
micro.
Jet In a Box
Force From Above
Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Not So Easy
Desert Delight
Gone West
Ownership
Proficiency
Technique
Avionics
Never Again
Membership
Member Products
State and Local Action
AOPA Foundation
AOPA Insurance Services
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - President’s Position
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 5
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 6
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 7
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 8
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 9
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Visual Approach
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 11
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Letters
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 13
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 14
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 15
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Waypoints
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 17
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Proficient Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 19
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Foundation Focus
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 21
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 23
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Fly Well
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - An aerial perspective
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 29
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - AOPA Sweepstakes
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Youth
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Milestones
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 35
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - AOPA Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 38
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Test Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 40
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 41
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - micro.
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 49
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Jet In a Box
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 51
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 52
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 53
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Force From Above
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 55
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 61
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Not So Easy
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 63
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 64
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 65
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Desert Delight
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 68
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 70
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 71
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Gone West
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 73
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 74
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 75
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Ownership
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 77
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 78
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 79
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 80
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Proficiency
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 82
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 83
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 84
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 85
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Technique
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 87
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Avionics
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 90
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 91
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 92
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 93
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 95
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 96
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - I1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - I2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Membership
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Member Products
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - State and Local Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - AOPA Foundation
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - AOPA Insurance Services
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 107
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Fly by Wire
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 109
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - 111
AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2012 - Pilots
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