AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2020 - 16

LETTERS
down on the Hudson. Long ago
I flew in the New York City area
and I put an airplane down on
the Hudson perhaps a dozen
times, and what's more, I even
took off from the Hudson-
which is something Sully never
did, so what's the big deal? It
won't take you long to figure out
that I was in a floatplane, a venerable Piper Cub-all routine,
as I do have a single-engine sea
rating.
George H. Spencer
AOPA 122610
McLean, Virginia

HANGAR TALK

I read Barry Schiff 's logbook
article and must admit that if
I were still flying I would be
keeping a paper log as well.
Electronic logs just don't seem
as enjoyable.
As a retired American
Airlines 767 pilot, I logged
every flight while I was active.
I retired in 2013 at the age of 59
just because I could and have
thoroughly enjoyed retirement.
Since retiring I have become
a ham radio operator. We are
required to keep a log of all our
radio contacts and I use a paper
logbook there as well. However,
I also keep two electronic logs as

a lot of other operators use the
electronic logs to confirm contacts. Still prefer paper, though.
Thanks for the monthly
stories.
Greg Brown
AOPA 1090143
Chardon, Ohio

Leaving a legacy

Natalie Bingham Hoover's
recent article "Leaving a
Legacy" is one of the most significant commentaries to come
to my attention in over 50 years
of flying. You have done general
aviation an important service
by emphasizing common sense,
experience, and thoughtfulness.
I particularly like the admonition to avoid becoming too
dependent on technology. It is
akin to reminding our children
when they actually speak to people (rather than texting them) it
may produce better results.
I am certain Grant Bales
would be very proud of her.
Keep up the good work.
Tom Bredeson
AOPA 817638
Eden Prairie, Minnesota

'Turn on avionics'

Thanks for the "ATC and ADSB" article. Last summer I took off

"I once turned down an offer of a ride in a Breezy,
because I could not stand the thought of flying while
being so exposed to the elements," said Senior Editor
JILL W. TALLMAN. "I felt the same way about the gyroplanes I'd see flying around Frederick Municipal. Good
for them, not for me." But Tallman got over her fear with
the help of gyroplane pilot Frank Noe, whose AutoGyro
MTO Sport she flew for "ALL-AROUND WINNER," p. 66.
"Coming back from the photo shoot at Essex Skypark
in northeastern Maryland, we did the kind of flying you
can do best in a gyroplane-you see something interesting, you turn around, double back, and check it out.
It turned out to be a police training track, with a small
mock town square with signal lights and signs," Tallman
said. "Then we flew over a pumpkin patch. The kids
could see us and were jumping up and down waving."
It's a visceral type of flying, and Tallman hopes to get
another opportunity.

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from 1G0 in Wood County, Ohio,
leaving a local airshow in my
Stemme S12 with ADS-B In and
Out-that is, Out if you remember to turn on your transponder.
I was outside Toledo airspace and planned to stay there
heading home to Fulton County
Airport in Wauseon, Ohio. My
LXNav LX 9070 display showed
traffic around one-half to threequarters of a mile ahead of me,
moving around a bit. I strained
my eyes to spot it along with the
young guy with great eyes in the
right seat-and we saw nothing.
Then it hit me and I turned on
my transponder. The instant the
transponder timed in the traffic disappeared. It was us with
the errors built into the radar
located 15 miles to the north. It
just shows how much safer we
will be with ADS-B and that
I should change my checklist
from "Turn on avionics" possibly to listing each avionics item
individually.
Rick Lederman
AOPA 9323245
Swanton, Ohio

Errata

A caption in "Fly with AOPA,"
November 2019 AOPA Pilot,

incorrectly identified Christin
Sanders as a competitor in the
STOL Drag demonstration at the
Stihl National Championship
Air Races. She was an attendee,
not a competitor.
The spec box on the Piper
Pilot 100 in "Smooth Moves,"
December 2019 AOPA Pilot,
included units but no numbers
for the aircraft's endurance and
fuel consumption. They are 3.6
hours and 66 pph at 75 percent
power, 4.3 hours and 57 pph at 65
percent power, and 5.1 hours and
49.2 pph at 55 percent power.
We ran afoul in "Events:
Chickens Realize Their Dream
to Fly," December 2019 AOPA
Pilot, when we used a photo
of the wrong person in a bird
costume to illustrate Captain
Peeps, the chicken suit-wearing
target of a rubber-chickendropping contest.
AOPA Pilot regrets the errors.
We welcome your comments.
Send letters by mail to Editor,
AOPA Pilot, 421 Aviation Way,
Frederick, Maryland 21701 or by
email (pilot@aopa.org). Letters
may be edited for length and
style before publication.

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