AOPA PILOT CONTENTS October 2017 SECTIONS 55 AOPA Fly-In Extend your summer. PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 88 T-14 TURBINE PILOT T-2 Quick Look Cessna 208 Caravan. T-4 Sales Tax and Aircraft Intangible benefits. T-7 Mentor Matters Don't make things worse. True confessions. 20 Flying Life I feel fine. 22 Safety Spotlight Make it personal. T-11 ADS-B 33 Milestones Can you afford not to equip? Fifi and Doc soar together. T-14 Pro Pilot 36 First Look To infinity and beyond. T-19 Down But Not Out 38 AOPA Sweepstakes Making the most of your time on the ground. Take your reading beyond these pages. 12 Letters News you can use. 116 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. 117 Answers for Pilots Selling an aircraft. 120 Pilots 'We try to save them.' 98 Proficiency Fear factor. 101 ADS-B Changing flight ID. Undone by a no-brainer. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 108 Community Making connections. 41 Test Pilot Wind warrior. 110 Member Products and Services 42 Budget Buy Don't let paperwork delay your purchase. Grumman AA1B. 44 You Can Fly Like family. 112 AOPA Air Safety Institute 46 Events Where stalls really happen. Pilots get pinned. 48 Pilot Products Two for the road. 114 Pilot Protection Services Clock's ticking. 52 Aviation History 'Founder of the jet age.' Taylor Deen. Portfolio In case of emergency. A PILOT'S PERSPECTIVE p. 80 TURBINE EDITION The First 100 Feet BACKCOUNTRY LESSONS FOR ALL p. 88 The Voice of General Aviation www.aopa.org/pilot | October 2017 | $6.95 October 2017 You Don't Say CONTROLLERS SHARE THEIR PET PEEVES p. T-14 A bitter pill to swallow. Problem Solved ADS-B FOR LEGACY TURBINES p. T-11 TBM 910 | Controller Pet Peeves | Piper PA-11 | Portfolio www.aopa.org 41 Local flavor. 104 Never Again Listen up. 24 Pilot Counsel 26 Fly Well 95 Wx Watch PILOT BRIEFING 4 AOPA Online 18 Proficient Pilot Crisis averted. ATC privatization would come at a steep price. 6 President's Position Concrete. 90 Savvy Maintenance 28 Future of ATC DEPARTMENTS 16 Waypoints The first 100 feet. AOPA ACTION COMMENTARY Staying focused. 88 Technique JUST RIGHT Just Right TBM 910 MAKES ITS MARK p. 58 After rolling out the TBM 930, Daher didn't leave Garmin G1000 acolytes behind. Chris Rose photographed the TBM 910 for Thomas A. Horne's story "Panel Power," which begins on page 58. TEST PILOT Wind warrior. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT October 2017