AOPA PILOT CONTENTS December 2020 | Volume 63 | Number 12 | aopa.org/pilot ON THIS PAGE: Santa's helpers in Michigan are pilots from across the state who volunteer to fly presents to needy children and families. Oakland County International Airport is the new North Pole. Photography by Mike Fizer 58 Santa is a GA Pilot Celebrating 50 years of holiday joy with Michigan's Operation Good Cheer. By Julie Summers Walker FEATURES Mild to Wild All-Terrain Vehicle Par Avion We fly the Extra NG, the elegant all-carbon über-plane. Gyrocopters prove their mettle in a hazardous environment. Retracing the flight path of the U.S. air mail 100 years later. By Dave Hirschman By Ian J. Twombly By Julie Summers Walker Page 50 Page 66 Page 74 aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot