CONTENTS AOPA PILOT July 2015 | Volume 58 | Number 7 | www.aopa.org/pilot FEATURES 50 Having a Blast A glider transition to a jet- and a whole lot of fun. By Dave Hirschman 66 Little Airplane, Big Job The World War II L-bird is the poor man's warbird. By Barry Schiff 72 Portfolios: Adam Senatori Patterns in the landscape by a former airline pilot and CFI. 58 Meet the Breitling Jet Team Inside the workings of the American Tour airshow with the men from France. By Julie Summers Walker ON THIS PAGE: The Breitling Jet Team-in their L-39 Albatrosses- perform a loop during the Sun 'n Fun airshow. Photo courtesy Breitling Jet Team. www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot