AOPA PILOT CONTENTS December 2020 84 SECTIONS 32 46 Book Review Demystifying engines. 47 Aviation History NORAD tracks Santa. PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 84 Ownership Slush fund. 12 NCAA Act of 2020 87 Savvy Maintenance Proposal would help workforce challenges. It's baffling. 90 Wx Watch PILOT BRIEFING Being ice-aware. 29 First Look 93 Efficiency Listen up! New panel, new checklist. 32 You Can Fly COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 150th flying club recognized. 33 Future Flight 96 Proficiency The pursuit of proficiency. 6 President's Position 4 AOPA Online Turning the calendar. Take your reading beyond these pages. Pipistrel Nuuva V300. 14 Letters The best gift of all. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 36 AOPA News 100 AOPA Pilot Gear Duckworth honored. Wearing your passion. 38 Postcards 102 AOPA Air Safety Institute 18 Waypoints Check notams. 20 Proficient Pilot Watts up? 22 Flying Life Finish strong. 108 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. The right stuff- do you have it? 109 Tips from PIC 24 Safety Spotlight 112 Pilots Decisions, decisions. Max Trescott. A clean belly. 99 Never Again I knew I was rusty. 34 Musings Back in time. Matter of time. 40 Giving Back Supporting volunteer pilots. 104 Turn On Your Notifications 42 People Beach therapy. 26 Fly Well Citizen of the World. 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.' 44 Pilot Products 106 Member Products and Services FAA certifies uAvionics AV-30-C. Filing an ASRS report. 45 Test Pilot First copters. Santa is a GA Pilot OPERATION GOOD CHEER p. 58 Prep Now COLD WEATHER FUN p. 84 The Voice of General Aviation Aviation Podcasts LISTEN UP! p. 29 aopa.org/pilot | December 2020 | $8.95 Air Mail Centennial NEITHER WIND, NOR SNOW, NOR SMOKE... p. 74 All-Terrain Vehicle GYROCOPTERS SAVE THE PARKS p. 66 45 TEST PILOT EXTRA NG Carbonated NEXT GEN DROPS THE STEEL p. 50 CARBONATED Look ma, no steel! A carbon-fiber Extra NG blasts over coastal South Carolina in "Mild to Wild," a first-look pilot report by Editor at Large Dave Hirschman, which begins on page 50. Photography by Chris Rose First copters. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT December 2020