AOPA PILOT CONTENTS September 2018 | Volume 61 | Number 9 | www.aopa.org/pilot ON THIS PAGE: Aspiring aviation mechanic and Bob Hoover Academy graduate Martin Mendez checks the security of fittings on airshow performer Sean D. Tucker's Extra 300. Photography by David Tulis 58 Hope Flies In Salinas, California, the Bob Hoover Academy helps students build a new future through aviation. By David Tulis FEATURES Childhood Sweetheart He's flown helicopters and Beechcraft King Airs-but Ken Haenlein just couldn't stop thinking about Stearmans. By Jill W. Tallman Portfolio: Donald Miralle Sports photographer Donald Miralle captures the action from a drone's-eye view. Page 66 Inventing Tech MITRE's IDEA Lab is developing general aviation's future. By Mike Collins Page 74 Page 50 www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot