AOPA PILOT CONTENTS March 2014 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 74 Technique Rust off. 78 Efficiency 84 T-4 TURBINE PILOT T-2 Quick Look Piper Cheyenne II. PILOT BRIEFING Light Sport industry report card. 30 Regional Events Spend a Saturday with AOPA. Garmin G3000 propels Cessna's M2 ahead. 32 Events Rotorcraft rookie. 84 Ownership 86 Frugal Flier A tipping point for 406 MHz. 88 Wx Watch Trouble on top. 92 Never Again 75 years ago. Missed signals. 34 Test Pilot T-4 Stall the Pig 80 Proficiency Cold comfort. 28 B+ T-12 M2 Debut Taking it around. Preventing Air France 447. David Clark headsets. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES COMMENTARY 35 Aerial Adventures 96 AOPA Action 4 President's Position More than we asked for. 16 Waypoints Learned along the way. 18 Proficient Pilot Partial power. 20 Foundation Focus If you believe. 22 License to Learn DEPARTMENTS 10 Visual Approach Sunset Stearman. 12 Letters Fly the San Francisco Bay area. 36 Pilot Products New tools for basic needs. 98 Member Services Are you medically safe to fly? 37 Airport Stories The Whales of Baja. 'Benign neglect.' 108 Fly by Wire 38 AOPA Sweepstakes 100 AOPA Aviation Finance Index of advertisers. Powering up. 112 Pilots 40 Aircraft Showdown Jerry Knouff. What AOPA is doing to keep you flying. Not just for aircraft purchases. 102 AOPA Foundation Join the madness. Accident Case Study. 104 State & Local Action AOPA action in the states. Aviation poetry 106 Insurance Services 24 Pilot Counsel Buying an aircraft. Reexamination. Lay of the Land SAFETY PILOT LANDMARK ACCIDENT 26 Fly Well TURBINE EDITION March 2014 Check your undercarriage. LSA SuperSTOL NO RUNWAY? NO PROBLEM The Voice of General Aviation Huey Tribute FLYING THE VIETNAM WORKHORSE www.aopa.org/pilot | March 2014 Rotorcraft Rookie FIXED-WING PILOT GETS A NEW RATING p. 80 Stall the Pig M2 DEBUT AVOIDING 'COFFIN CORNER' p. T-4 Cessna Citation M2 | Bell UH-1B Huey | Avoiding "Coffin Corner" New tools for basic needs. 2 | AOPA PILOT March 2014 SAVE THE DATE IN YOUR REGION p. 30 Garmin Glass for Newest Citation Cessna's newest Citation M2 is shown in the skies over Wichita. See Cyrus Sigari's story "Leaping Forward," which begins on page T-12. Photography by Mike Fizer. www.aopa.org 36 AOPA FLY-INS NEW REGIONAL EVENTS Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org