CONTENTS flighttraining.aopa.org VOLUME.23 / NUMBER. 8 08.11 FEATURES Flight Training now offers an Enhanced Digital Edition. This icon occurs throughout the magazine and indicates additional digital coverage. See www.aopa.org/digitaleditions for more. 34 Mastering the stall maneuver If you're still frightened or uncomfortable practicing stalls, you're not alone. But stalls will always be scary until you practice them...and practice them. By Bob Schmelzer NOSE IN THE AIR 38 SAY THE MAGIC WORDS Three tricks for cross-country flying Pilots flying cross-country can rely on these three magical phrases. By Jerry DiCairano 42 TECHNIQUE Spin training Get comfortable spinning and you'll be a safer, more confident pilot. By Ian J. Twombly See page 26. COVER STORY » Meet two pilots who fly LSA SPORT PILOT FROM START TO FINISH ON THE COVER » 26 "THEY [SPORT PILOT APPLICANTS] ARE, IN GENERAL, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL PREPARED AND EXCEPTIONALLY ASTUTE PILOTS." —JANEEN KOCHAN, DPE The sport pilot certificate is putting new pilots in the air— and the aircraft category is adding fun. By Jamie Beckett The Light Sport category Gobosh at Liberty Aviation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Chris Rose. AUGUST 2011 FLIGHT TRAINING /1http://flighttraining.aopa.org