AOPA PILOT CONTENTS January 2014 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 76 Technique What to do if you're upside down. 28 T-6 Global Express. T-6 Instrument Insights Hover like a hawk. 82 Airframe PILOT BRIEFING Seeing red. 28 Pint-size warbird 85 Wx Watch Flying the SAM LS. FIKI insights. 30 Events TURBINE PILOT T-2 Quick Look 79 Proficiency 89 Dogfight Star sightings. T-10 The New Sovereign The "next" airplane for the lucky few. Flight bags. 32 Behind the Scenes 90 Avionics Making Dusty fly. L-3 Trilogy: Quietly capable. 34 'Live in the Moment' 92 Never Again A photo captures the experience. 24 Pilot Counsel Working together. ATC instructions. 16 Waypoints 26 Fly Well Last day to fly. Drug wars. 18 Proficient Pilot DEPARTMENTS A bum rap. 20 Safety Pilot Reflections from the "Leading Edge." 22 License to Learn Submarine knowledge. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES Are you fit enough for the Air Force? COMMENTARY 4 President's Position Scud running. 35 First Look Special PIC considerations. 10 Visual Approach At home in the mountains of Oregon. 12 Letters Traveling by GA. 109 Fly by Wire Get the haddock. 100 AOPA Action 37 Pilot Products What AOPA is doing to keep you flying. Ez Creeper. 38 AOPA Sweepstakes The top end, in depth. Triskaidekaphobia. Best crew car ever? TURBINE EDITION Cessna's New Sovereign | Kodiaks to 'Mars" | Spitfire Checkout Smartphone WindMeter. GRAY WHALES OF BAJA The Voice of General Aviation Spitfire Checkout A DREAM COME TRUE www.aopa.org/pilot | January 2014 Cessna Sovereign CanThey Recover? ENDANGERED AIRSHOWS p. 70 Special PIC Considerations NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART p. T-6 Cessna Aircraft provided this photograph of the new Cessna Sovereign on the ramp in Wichita to accompany Neil Singer's story "The New Sovereign," which begins on page T-10. www.aopa.org PILOT PRODUCTS Epic Flight Flying with angels. CESSNA SOVEREIGN New Touch-Screen Potentate 37 Balancing law and aviation. 106 AOPA Insurance Agency 40 News AIRCRAFT HELP RESEARCH ASI Accident Case Study. 104 Member Services 39 Test Pilot Kodiaks to 'Mars' 102 AOPA Foundation January 2014 Tom Davis. New generation of pilots. 36 Fly-Outs Index of advertisers. 112 Pilots 98 State and Local Action FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT January 2014