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CONTENTS

flighttraining.aopa.org
VOLUME.23 / NUMBER. 10

10.11

DEPARTMENTS
40 Weather
Mountain waves
By Jack Williams

52 Advertiser Index
Aviation marketplace

56 Debrief 42 Accident Report
'Dual' control
By Dan Namowitz

Hal Shevers

44 Flight Lesson
Black hole
By Robert Lee Kistner

COMMENTARY

"TRY PULLING TWO ALLNIGHTERS A WEEK AND YOU'LL GET AN IDEA WHAT INTERNATIONAL FLYING IS ALL ABOUT."
—PETE BEDELL See page 45

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4 President’s Perspective
Paying at the pump
By Craig Fuller

25 Insights
Final approach
By Ralph Butcher

6 Right Seat
A proper flogging
By Ian J. Twombly

26 Flying Carpet
New chapter
By Greg Brown

8 Letters
Spin debate

PREFLIGHT

CAREER PILOT

10 Dancing After Dark 12 This Weekend

45 Too Tired to Care?
By Pete Bedell

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13 Success Stories

46 Career Advisor
By Wayne Phillips

What It Looks Like

14 Training Products 15 Air Safety Institute 16 News 17 Tech Tip 18 Since You Asked
By Rod Machado

48 Tech Talk

INSTRUCTOR REPORT

49 Silence!
By Jason Catanzariti

50 First-Lesson Etiquette
By Rod Machado

20 Member Products

51 Watch Your Feet!
By David J. Kenny

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21 AOPA Action 22 Final Exam 24 AOPA Action

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Flight Training - October 2011

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

Flight Training - October 2011
Contents
President’s Perspective
Right Seat
Letters
Dancing After Dark
This Weekend
Success Stories What It Looks Like
Training Products
Air Safety Institute
News
Tech Tip
Since You Asked
Member Products
AOPA Action
Final Exam
AOPA Action
Insights
Flying Carpet
Here Comes the Night
Do Over
Technique
Weather
Accident Report
Flight Lesson
Too Tired to Care?
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Silence!
First-Lesson Etiquette
Watch Your Feet!
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - October 2011 - Flight Training - October 2011
Flight Training - October 2011 - Cover2
Flight Training - October 2011 - Contents
Flight Training - October 2011 - 2
Flight Training - October 2011 - 3
Flight Training - October 2011 - President’s Perspective
Flight Training - October 2011 - 5
Flight Training - October 2011 - Right Seat
Flight Training - October 2011 - 7
Flight Training - October 2011 - Letters
Flight Training - October 2011 - 9
Flight Training - October 2011 - Dancing After Dark
Flight Training - October 2011 - 11
Flight Training - October 2011 - This Weekend
Flight Training - October 2011 - Success Stories What It Looks Like
Flight Training - October 2011 - Training Products
Flight Training - October 2011 - Air Safety Institute
Flight Training - October 2011 - News
Flight Training - October 2011 - Tech Tip
Flight Training - October 2011 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - October 2011 - 19
Flight Training - October 2011 - Member Products
Flight Training - October 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - October 2011 - Final Exam
Flight Training - October 2011 - 23
Flight Training - October 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - October 2011 - Insights
Flight Training - October 2011 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - October 2011 - 27
Flight Training - October 2011 - Here Comes the Night
Flight Training - October 2011 - 29
Flight Training - October 2011 - 30
Flight Training - October 2011 - 31
Flight Training - October 2011 - 32
Flight Training - October 2011 - 33
Flight Training - October 2011 - Do Over
Flight Training - October 2011 - 35
Flight Training - October 2011 - 36
Flight Training - October 2011 - 37
Flight Training - October 2011 - Technique
Flight Training - October 2011 - 39
Flight Training - October 2011 - Weather
Flight Training - October 2011 - 41
Flight Training - October 2011 - Accident Report
Flight Training - October 2011 - 43
Flight Training - October 2011 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - October 2011 - Too Tired to Care?
Flight Training - October 2011 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - October 2011 - 47
Flight Training - October 2011 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - October 2011 - Silence!
Flight Training - October 2011 - First-Lesson Etiquette
Flight Training - October 2011 - Watch Your Feet!
Flight Training - October 2011 - Advertiser Index
Flight Training - October 2011 - 53
Flight Training - October 2011 - 54
Flight Training - October 2011 - 55
Flight Training - October 2011 - Debrief
Flight Training - October 2011 - Cover3
Flight Training - October 2011 - Cover4
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