AOPA PILOT CONTENTS 28 May 2015 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 98 Proficiency The air you breathe. 101 Wx Watch Different takes. 106 106 Technique Engineering truth and operational fiction. PILOT BRIEFING 110 Avionics 28 Hero Flight Tail wags dog. It all adds up. 113 Dogfight 30 AOPA News Experience business aviation. 114 Ownership 31 First Look Weekend warriors. Share Aviation. 116 Never Again 32 Aviators COMMENTARY 4 President's Position DEPARTMENTS 12 Letters Bringing down the cost of ADS-B My Toughest Student. 16 Waypoints Index of advertisers. Your ticket to GA adventures. 18 Proficient Pilot The rest of the story. 20 Safety Pilot 132 Fly by Wire 133 Tips from PIC The "NASA Form." 136 Pilots Jennifer Depp-Mallet. Wheel landings. A real eye-opener. Stranded dolphin flown to new home. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 34 Budget Buy Old reliable. 120 AOPA Advocacy 36 Giving Back Case closed. Going for the girls. 122 AOPA Action 38 Test Pilot PBR2 gains support. Flying backwards. 124 Action in the States 40 Awards Aviation advocates. Honorees announced. 126 Products and Services 48 Chart Challenge Losing it. Aerial tramways and ski areas. 22 License to Learn 54 AOPA Fly-Ins Trust but verify. 128 AOPA Foundation Get ready to taxi. Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt. Salinas, California. 24 Pilot Counsel The Landing Zone. 130 Aviation Finance 56 Fly-Outs Finance your training. Maintenance sign-offs. 26 Fly Well Dogfight Your body in flight. HOW MANY WHEELS? The Voice of General Aviation S FLY-IN TS AOPA NAL EVEN A REGIO ORNI NEW AS, CALIF 2015 SALIN MAY 16, 54 p. Super Cub Fun BUSHWHEEL AWARENESS WEEK www.aopa.org/pilot | May 2015 | $6.95 Flying the B-52 SCHIFF STRAPS ON THE STRATOFORTRESS p. 76 Working for You Mooney Moves Up |AOPA Annual Report| Flying the B-52 PROFICIENCY TRAVELING WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS May 2015 98 Caravan Company AOPA ANNUAL REPORT p. 58 Full Throttle The air you breathe. Mooney is Back in the Air FULL THROTTLE Mike Shore photographed this Mooney Ovation 3 in the Texas Hill Country to accompany Dave Hirschman's story "Mooney 'Hibernation' Ends," which begins on page 68. p. 68 www.aopa.org Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT May 2015http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org