AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2018 - 104

NEWS & NOTES

AOPA AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE

Want to be the best pilot
you can be?
Fly the Focused Flight Review
B Y M AC H T E L D S M I T H

WHETHER YOUR NEXT FLIGHT REVIEW is
coming up or you're the kind of pilot eager
to invite your flight instructor to help you
brush up in between, you'll hit pay dirt
with a straightforward, one-of-a-kind program-the Focused Flight Review.
The AOPA Air Safety Institute, in collaboration with industry leaders, flight
instructors, type clubs, and government
agencies, designed the comprehensive
flight review program offering a series
of ready-to-use scenarios to improve
stick-and-rudder skills, decision making,

loss-of-control avoidance, and understanding of technology and aircraft performance
limitations and capabilities.
The program is not complicated but it
is thorough, with neatly packaged flight
profiles and lesson plans designed to pinpoint proficiency gaps. Commit time to
study, fly, debrief, and improve your skills.
So how does it work? Simple. Next
time you contact your flight instructor to
schedule a training flight or a flight review,
let him or her know you'd like to use one
of the flight profiles from the Focused

Flight Review program (www.focused
flightreview.org). Just use the "Share with
your CFI" link at the top of the webpage
to send him or her a pre-formatted email
with details and include the profile of your
choice. For example, you may want to delve
into mountain and backcountry flying; or
hone your takeoff, landing, and go-around
skills. Use this opportunity to review the
options and discuss your recent flight
experience, flight hours, and more with
your instructor.
When you've agreed on the flight profile that best suits your situation and needs,
simply go through the steps to complete the
preflight study, ground, and flight portions.
It may also be helpful to download and
print the flight profile and preflight study
resources.
The program meets the flight review
requirements of FAR 61.56(a), which specifies a minimum of one hour of ground
training and one hour of flight training.
However, covering all the material, ground
discussions, and flight maneuvers in any
one of the Focused Flight Review flight
profiles will take anywhere from 2.5 to 3.5
hours. You can also earn FAA Wings credit
for completing the program.
Improve your skills and challenge yourself with the Focused Flight Review. Then,
make sure to provide your feedback using
the "Feedback" feature on the focusedflightreview.org home page.
MACHTELD SMITH is an aviation technical

writer for the AOPA Air Safety Institute.

NEW FROM ASI
WATER WISDOM

RUDDER RULES

HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF AN AIRPLANE
THAT IS UPSIDE-DOWN AND SUBMERGED?
In ASI's Real Pilot Story: Underwater
Escape, Bryan Webster recounts his
experience as a passenger in a Cessna 150.
He also shares his knowledge gained from
training people in water egress techniques
in the hope it will benefit others.
www.airsafetyinstitute.org/RPS/
underwaterescape

DON'T BE GUILTY OF RUDDER NEGLECT.
ASI's Safety Tip: The Rudder-It Gets
No Respect! reminds us why yaw
recognition and coordinated flight are
important. Enjoy the short video.
www.airsafetyinstitute.org/
videos/therudder

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NEW SEMINAR! ASI INVESTIGATES:
WEATHER ACCIDENTS
WEATHER IS OFTEN BLAMED FOR
ACCIDENTS when, in reality, the culprit
is poor decision making. Arm yourself
to make the right weather choices at
crucial moments before and during
flight. Find a seminar near you and invite
your friends.
www.airsafetyinstitute.org/seminars

http://www.focusedflightreview.org http://www.focusedflightreview.org http://www.focusedflightreview.org http://www.focusedflightreview.org http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/videos/therudder http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/RPS/underwaterescape http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/seminars

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