AOPA Pilot Magazine - June 2020 - 2

AOPA PILOT

CONTENTS

June 2020

SECTIONS

40

42  AOPA News
New flight planner online.

43  Industry News
Halladay accident report
released.

44  Just for Fun
Reader's corner.

48  Airplanes We Love

98

12  AOPA Action

An industry rallying together.

18 Waypoints
Fly. Don't fly.

20  Proficient Pilot
On edge.

22  Flying Life
In it together.

24  Safety Spotlight
Costly mistakes.

26  Fly Well
Reading Camus.

PROFICIENCY &
EFFICIENCY

GA is vital to economy.

82 Technique

PILOT BRIEFING

Flare is not a four-letter word.

27  First Look

86  Wx Watch

YouTube sensations.

COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS
6  President's Position

Twin Commander 500S.

AOPA ACTION

4  AOPA Online
Take your reading
beyond these pages.

14 Letters
Quest for perfection.

108  Fly by Wire
Index of advertisers.

109  Tips from PIC
Special issuance.

112 Pilots
Phil Lockwood.

Convection, by the numbers.

30 People

89  Savvy Maintenance

"Never forget to be silly."

Justice denied?

32 Perspective
Aircraft values and the
coronavirus.

93 Proficiency

33 News

98  Never Again

More than a bumpy ride.

Picked for Panchito.

Close call.

34 Musings

MEMBERSHIP
NEWS & NOTES

On silver wings.

100  Breaking News

36 Sweepstakes

Keeping you informed
with aopa.org.

This prop is perfection.

38 Airports

102  AOPA Air Safety
Institute

Stinson Memorial Airport.

Keeping the odds in your favor.

40  Pilot Products
Appareo introduces new EFB.

TEST PILOT

Thermal runaway
hazards.

41

41  Test Pilot
Thermal runaway hazards.

41  FAA News
Good news for diabetics.
Fixing the Flare
LESSONS FROM A MASTER p. 82

Justice Denied?

POST-MAINTENANCE HAZARDS p. 89

104  Turn On Your
Notifications
Fly with AOPA.

106  Member Products and
Services
Aircraft and wildlife mergers.

More than Bumps

The Voice of General Aviation

HELICOPTERS AND TURBULENCE p. 93

aopa.org/pilot | June 2020 | $8.95

June 2020

Fair Fight

RV-10 VERSUS SR22 p. 60

Moment in
Time (Lapse)
RETIRED C-130'S
FINAL JOURNEY p. 66

Ragwood Refactory Restorations | Sweeps Fly-Off | A C-130's Last Journey | Buying an Experimental Aircraft
aopa.org

Beast
CESSNA 175

Backcountry

BACKCOUNTRY BEAST

This Cessna 175 reimagined by Kyle
Bushman of Ragwood Refactory
showcases all kinds of unusual mods-
including leading-edge slats. This
shot of the 175 won by a landslide in a
Facebook and Instagram poll. See the
runner-up on p. 59.
Photography by Mike Fizer.

RAGWOOD REFACTORY PUTS THE FUN
BACK INTO FLYING p. 50

Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)
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