AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 61
OUT IN THE COLD
PIPERSPORT
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U.S. Sport Aviation Expo
Tim Fleming of Gaithersburg, Maryland, purchased a PiperSport light sport aircraft for his flight school.
Name change doesn’t change the game
BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN
The PiperSport seemed like the perfect airplane for launching a new flight school designed for sport pilots, and Tim Fleming bought the airplane after a single demo flight.
Sleek, sturdy, and roomy, with an expansive bubble canopy and an airframe parachute, the all-metal airplane could attract the youthful, technologyembracing new student pilots that Fleming sought. And during the first year in which Fleming, 52, founder of Fleming Aviation in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has operated the low-wing, Rotax-powered airplane, it’s more than met his high expectations.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS ROSE
So when Piper Aircraft announced in mid-January that it was abruptly dropping the PiperSport and severing its ties to the factory in the Czech Republic that builds and supports them, Fleming was in a quandary. Should he rely on the now-orphaned aircraft design to expand his flight school and aircraft dealership? Or should he sell his lone PiperSport and make a new affiliation with another manufacturer? It didn’t take long for Fleming, a computer software consultant, and his wife, Pat, a former school administrator, to make their decision. They kept their airplane and went ahead with plans to buy a second. “Piper brought name recognition and some amount of value to the PiperSport because of its well-known brand,” said Fleming, who also owns and flies a Piper Seneca II (and has a dog named Piper).
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AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011
Contents
President’s Position
Hangar Talk
AOPA Media
AOPA Action
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Pilot Briefing
Mission Ready
Mentoring Matters: The Need for Less Speed
System Synopsis
Ronnie Morgan: Fear is No Longer a Factor
Logbook Entry: Commentary
Rally GA: Help is on the Way
A Higher Calling
Out in the Cold
The Perfect Howard
GA Serves America: Back to Life
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Strange and Unusual Crashes
Crossover Classic Sweepstakes: Panel Countdown
Challenges: Thunder on the Water
Wx Watch: Zooming Through Jet Cores
Pilot Products: New Ideas
Avionics: Don’t Leave Home Without It
Dogfight: Run the Tank Dry?
Never Again
Fly Outs
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Contents
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 3
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - President’s Position
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 5
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Hangar Talk
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 7
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 8
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 9
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - AOPA Media
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 11
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - AOPA Action
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 13
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AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 19
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Letters
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 21
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 22
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 23
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Waypoints
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 25
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Proficient Pilot
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 27
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 29
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - License to Learn
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 31
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 33
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Fly Well
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 35
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 36
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 37
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Pilot Briefing
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 39
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AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-1
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-2
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-3
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Mission Ready
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-5
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-6
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-7
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-8
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Mentoring Matters: The Need for Less Speed
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - System Synopsis
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-11
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Ronnie Morgan: Fear is No Longer a Factor
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-13
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-14
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Logbook Entry: Commentary
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - T-16
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Rally GA: Help is on the Way
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 50
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 51
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - A Higher Calling
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 53
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AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 60
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Out in the Cold
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 62
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 63
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - The Perfect Howard
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 65
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 66
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 67
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 68
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 69
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - GA Serves America: Back to Life
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 71
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 72
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 73
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 74
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 76
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 77
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 78
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Strange and Unusual Crashes
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 80
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 81
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 82
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Crossover Classic Sweepstakes: Panel Countdown
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 84
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 85
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 86
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Challenges: Thunder on the Water
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 88
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 89
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 90
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Wx Watch: Zooming Through Jet Cores
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 92
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 93
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 94
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Pilot Products: New Ideas
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 96
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Avionics: Don’t Leave Home Without It
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 98
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 99
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Dogfight: Run the Tank Dry?
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 101
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Never Again
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 103
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 104
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 105
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Fly Outs
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Fly by Wire
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 108
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 109
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - 110
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AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - March 2011 - Pilots
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