AOPA PILOT CONTENTS November 2019 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 82 Proficiency No equations required. 89 On Instruments Low-vis takeoffs. 97 38 COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 6 President's Position As you like it. 20 Waypoints In support of the Bahamas. 22 Proficient Pilot Dear Diary. 24 Flying Life Leaving a legacy. 26 Safety Spotlight Flying in the last frontier. 28 For the Record 4 AOPA Online Take your reading beyond these pages. 14 Letters Flight of passage. 109 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. 110 Tips from PIC Lights on? 112 Pilots Carolina Anderson. A toxic proposal. 93 Savvy Maintenance Evicted. 97 ADS-B AOPA ACTION ATC and ADS-B. 12 Milestones 100 Never Again BasicMed breaks 50,000. I do declare. PILOT BRIEFING MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 32 Just for Fun The lone beagle takes off. 102 AOPA Fly-Ins 34 2020 Sweepstakes Terrific time in Tennessee. Overheard at OSH. 104 AOPA Air Safety Institute 36 AOPA News Beyond the checkride. You Can Fly challenge tops its goal. 106 Turn On Your Notifications 37 Events Shining light on Veterans Day. Fly with AOPA. 38 Budget Buy 108 Pilot Protection Services Van's RV-4. What's your address? 40 Test Pilot Raining cats and dogs. 42 Milestones 90 in November. 44 News GA rallies to help in the Bahamas. Flight to Healing VETERANS' RAFTING ADVENTURE p. 68 Evicted! HANGAR HARDSHIPS p. 93 Dogged Pursuit SNOOPY SEES RED p. 32 aopa.org/pilot | November 2019 | $8.95 The Voice of General Aviation November 2019 FILL YOUR FLIGHT BAG SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED 2019 GEAR GUIDE p. 49 Down to your toes. 2 | AOPA PILOT November 2019 Carbon Cub FX-3 Some Assembly Required CUBCRAFTERS SLASHES BUILD TIME aopa.org GEAR GUIDE CubCrafters FX-3 | Gear Guide | Ski Flying in Maine | Veteran River Adventure 49 p. 60 The Carbon Cub FX-3 is a surprisingly successful member of the CubCrafters line, thanks to a pioneering builder assistance program, Dave Hirschman explains in "Mud and Dirt in its Future," which begins on p. 60. Photography by Chris Rose. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)