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VOLUME.23 / NUMBER. 7

07.11

DEPARTMENTS
38 Weather
Hot, humid, and dangerous
By Jack Williams

44 Flight Lesson
Slow lesson to learn
By Ray Hawkins

41 Checkride
The letter of discontinuance
By Bob Schmelzer

52 Advertiser Index
Aviation marketplace

56 Debrief
Michael Combs

45

COMMENTARY

4 President’s Perspective
A new knowledge test
By Craig Fuller

23 Insights
Slow down
By Ralph Butcher

6 Right Seat
Diversionary strategy
By Ian J. Twombly

24 Flying Carpet
Affordable adventure
By Greg Brown

8 Letters
Of wings and things

PREFLIGHT

CAREER PILOT

10 The Wind in Your Hair 12 This Weekend

45 Rotorworld
By Wayne Phillips

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51 44

13 Success Story

46 Career Advisor
By Wayne Phillips

What It Looks Like

14 ASI News Member Products 15 Tech Tip 16 Since You Asked
By Rod Machado

48 Tech Talk
By Jared Dirkmaat

INSTRUCTOR REPORT

49 Get Inside the Checklist
By Jeff Panhans

18 AOPA Action 19 Final Exam 20 AOPA Action 22 News

50 Nothing to See Here
By David Jack Kenny

51 Ultimate Communicators
By Rod Machado

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Flight Training - July 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - July 2011

Flight Training - July 2011
Contents
President’s Perspective
Right Seat
Letters
The Wind in Your Hair
This Weekend
Success Story What It Looks Like
ASI News Member Products
Tech Tip
Since You Asked
AOPA Action
Final Exam
AOPA Action
News
Insights
Flying Carpet
Emergency Practice
I Love Low and Slow
Technique
Weather
Checkride
Flight Lesson
Rotorworld
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Get Inside the Checklist
Nothing to See Here
Ultimate Communicators
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - July 2011 - Flight Training - July 2011
Flight Training - July 2011 - Cover2
Flight Training - July 2011 - Contents
Flight Training - July 2011 - 2
Flight Training - July 2011 - 3
Flight Training - July 2011 - President’s Perspective
Flight Training - July 2011 - 5
Flight Training - July 2011 - Right Seat
Flight Training - July 2011 - 7
Flight Training - July 2011 - Letters
Flight Training - July 2011 - 9
Flight Training - July 2011 - The Wind in Your Hair
Flight Training - July 2011 - 11
Flight Training - July 2011 - This Weekend
Flight Training - July 2011 - Success Story What It Looks Like
Flight Training - July 2011 - ASI News Member Products
Flight Training - July 2011 - Tech Tip
Flight Training - July 2011 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - July 2011 - 17
Flight Training - July 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - July 2011 - Final Exam
Flight Training - July 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - July 2011 - 21
Flight Training - July 2011 - News
Flight Training - July 2011 - Insights
Flight Training - July 2011 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - July 2011 - 25
Flight Training - July 2011 - Emergency Practice
Flight Training - July 2011 - 27
Flight Training - July 2011 - 28
Flight Training - July 2011 - 29
Flight Training - July 2011 - 30
Flight Training - July 2011 - 31
Flight Training - July 2011 - I Love Low and Slow
Flight Training - July 2011 - 33
Flight Training - July 2011 - 34
Flight Training - July 2011 - 35
Flight Training - July 2011 - Technique
Flight Training - July 2011 - 37
Flight Training - July 2011 - Weather
Flight Training - July 2011 - 39
Flight Training - July 2011 - 40
Flight Training - July 2011 - Checkride
Flight Training - July 2011 - 42
Flight Training - July 2011 - 43
Flight Training - July 2011 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - July 2011 - Rotorworld
Flight Training - July 2011 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - July 2011 - 47
Flight Training - July 2011 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - July 2011 - Get Inside the Checklist
Flight Training - July 2011 - Nothing to See Here
Flight Training - July 2011 - Ultimate Communicators
Flight Training - July 2011 - Advertiser Index
Flight Training - July 2011 - 53
Flight Training - July 2011 - 54
Flight Training - July 2011 - 55
Flight Training - July 2011 - Debrief
Flight Training - July 2011 - Cover3
Flight Training - July 2011 - Cover4
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