AOPA PILOT CONTENTS June 2019 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 86 Efficiency Propeller test. TURBINE PILOT T-2 MAX and MCAS T-7 T-7 Preflight Prepping Seeking a fix to the fix. In the airlines, it's more than gas and go. T-4 Aviation Finance T-10 FalconEye Flying No surprises. The Falcon 8X combines synthetic terrain and infrared imagery in its new HUD. COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 6 President's Position 4 AOPA Online The first rule of flight club. 18 Waypoints Hospital flight. 20 Proficient Pilot Times have changed. 22 Flying Life Youth movement. 24 Safety Spotlight This year's model. 26 Fly Well Balloon accidents. 88 Savvy Maintenance 86 A matter of policy. 91 Wx Watch VFR not recommended. AOPA ACTION 12 Transparency 93 Proficiency Making it happen. AOPA leads call for FBOs to share prices online. 96 ADS-B PILOT BRIEFING 98 Never Again 30 First Look 'Miss Montana' debuts. 32 Musings Starting in January. Stuck controls. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 100 Working for You Fearless, almost. 34 People Vintner likes to be airborne. 35 Fly-Ins Top advocacy efforts continue. 102 AOPA Air Safety Institute Let's go to Livermore. Following the plan. Take your reading beyond these pages. 36 Industry News 104 Turn on Your Notifications 14 Letters 40 Aviation History What problem? 108 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. 109 Answers for Pilots Cost-sharing options for smart pilots. 112 Pilots Luke Lysen. 41 Piper unveils new trainers. James H. Doolittle. 41 Test Pilot Fly with AOPA. 106 Pilot Protection Services The more things change... Flying Tiger line. 42 Milestones Inventor turns 90. 44 Destinations Pilgrimage to Graceland. TEST PILOT Flying Tiger line Fly 'em Cowboys What Went Wrong? Into the Wild HIGH SIERRA FLY-IN p. 62 TURBINE EDITION ENGINE TROUBLE AT NIGHTp. 58 The Voice of General Aviation BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES p. 70 aopa.org/pilot | June 2019 | $10.95 June 2019 FALCONEYE Prep School PREFLIGHT LIKE A PRO p. T-7 FalconEye HUD | Extra 330SC | What Went Wrong? | Flying Cowboys | Backcountry Adventures Unleashed EXTRA 330SC IS PURE POWER p. 50 Dassault Falcon 8X FalconEye THIS HUD SEES ALL The FalconEye head-up display is an option for the Falcon 8X that allows pilots to descend to 100 feet minimums. Read more in "FalconEye Flying," which begins on p. T-10. Photography courtesy Dassault Falcon. p. T-10 aopa.org Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT June 2019