AOPA PILOT CONTENTS December 2016 | Volume 59 | Number 12 | www.aopa.org/pilot ON THIS PAGE: Experiencing the aviation community is just one of the facets of the AOPA You Can Fly initiative. Photo by Chris Rose. 58 You Can Fly Rebuilding our industry, one pilot at a time. AOPA Staff Report FEATURES Golden Age Ambassador Meet the Tabitha May, a historic DC-3 that just keeps going and going. By Peter A. Bedell Page 50 More From Less: The Sling 4 Sometimes just the right combination of factors comes together to create a really great airplane. By Alton K. Marsh In Praise of Soaring Taking your flying to a higher power. By Charles Petersen Page 74 Page 66 www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot