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260,000
The number of new pilots
projected to be needed in the
U.S. aviation industry in the
next 10 years.

News & Notes

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PUBLICATIONS

Special issue
now available

2021 edition of
'You Can Fly' is published
B Y KO L L I N S TAG N I TO

MEMBERSHIP

WHAT'S INSIDE
The 2021 You Can Fly: Your Path
to Become a Pilot special issue is
designed to introduce new pilots to
the exciting world of general aviation.
We get back to the basics with stories
such as:
* W
hat's your flying goal?
Choosing the pilot certificate
that's right for you.
* P
ilot gear: You'll need some, but
want it all.
* L
iving the dream: Tools to help
you start (and finish) your flight
training.
* T
o infinity and beyond: Aviation
career opportunities are limitless.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR, Flight Training, AOPA's multimedia brand dedicated to
* C
ost calculation: How much is
inspiring and educating student pilots, has produced a special issue titled You Can
training?
Fly: Your Path to Become a Pilot. Custom You Can Fly countertop displays filled
* C
ool rides: Old or new, aircraft
with the special publication were distributed to more than 900 of the most active
deliver the magic.
flight schools in the United States.
* F
un with wings: What can you do
For those arriving at their local flight school dreaming about becoming a pilot,
with a pilot certificate? Almost
the publication sheds light on what to expect-from their first introductory flight in
anything.
a general aviation airplane through initial training. Flight Training's editors detail the
Also included are scholarship
opportunities, inspirational stories, a
steps to becoming a pilot, different career options, aircraft they can fly, gear they'll
terminology decoder, weather basics,
need, pilot lingo, medical certification standards, the cost of flight training, and more.
and more.
The Flight Training team thought about the questions someone interested in learnft.aopa.org/youcanfly
ing to fly might ask-and provided straightforward answers with plenty of colorful
illustrations and amazing photography.
Additionally, the You Can Fly issue contains an offer for a free AOPA student pilot
trial membership. The free membership
MEET SARAH DEENER,
includes a subscription to Flight Training
AOPA DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS
magazine (print or digital), the Flight
Sarah Deener is the AOPA director of publiTraining weekly newsletter, an enhanced
cations, serving as managing editor of AOPA
members-only website with premium aviPilot and Flight Training magazines as well as
ation training content, and a student pilot
shepherding special projects such as the You
helpline for one-on-one support.
Can Fly special issue and Freedom to Fly: The
History of AOPA and General Aviation. She
If you know of someone who might be
joined AOPA in 2009 in the eMedia division
interested in learning to fly, encourage them
and was named managing editor in publito access a digital version of the You Can
cations in 2015. She is an instrument-rated
Fly issue at ft.aopa.org/youcanfly. Flight
commercial pilot, a mother of two, and a
master's graduate of the Columbia School of
schools that did not receive a countertop disJournalism. Her story " Start Here " was a
play can request one, while supplies last, at
finalist in the prestigious Folio: magazine
getmore@aopa.org.
awards in 2019.

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