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DEBRIEF

A pilot's perspective
LIPTON is a recurring
character on Arrested
Development.

WHO: James Lipton
OCCUPATION:

Television host, writer,
and actor
HOURS: 1,000-plus
hours in 30 years of
recreational flying
RATINGS: Lipton
always wears his AOPA
lapel pin—he’s been a
member for more than
30 years—and comedian
Robin Williams famously
made a joke of it on
Lipton’s show.

STARTED FLYING… I volunteered for the armed services
and I qualified as an aviator.
Since it was peacetime and it
cost a lot of money to train us,
they came to us and said Look,
you have to sign on for four
years. Well, that was a long
time. I thought I was going
to be a lawyer and go to law
school. So I got out of the service and I came to New York.
I started acting as a means of
paying for my education.
INTO THE COCKPIT…I got
my ticket in 1980 at the Cessna
training center in East Hampton Airport. I trained primarily
in the Cessna 152 and 172.
PILOTS ON YOUR SHOW…
When we get anyone on the
show who’s a pilot we bore
people with it—Angelina Jolie,
Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise,
John Travolta. Once I get them
up on the stage we just forget
about the audience and talk
about airplanes. I don’t have to
tell you it’s a passion.

JAMES LIPTON

INSIDE A PILOT'S HEART

Floating quietly amidst the dregs of TV’s Jerry Springer Show, Hell’s Kitchen, and the
Real Housewives is a quietly brilliant little program called Inside the Actors Studio.
Each week host James Lipton interviews actors—not about dalliances and plastic
surgery and drug abuse—but about the craft of acting. You won’t find out much about
Lipton himself unless a Harrison Ford or John Travolta is a guest; then it turns out
that Lipton has logged more than 1,000 hours as pilot in command. Each interview
he concludes with a few standard questions he’s written on blue index cards, such as
What is your favorite word? and, If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say
when you arrive? For Lipton, we asked a few questions of our own.

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ADVICE TO STUDENTS… Do
the homework, do the paperwork, do the groundwork. I
think for the written exam a 70
passes. I made myself a promise
that if I got anything lower than
90 I would give it up. I got a 97,
so I passed that exam with flying colors.

CHRIS ROSE

PLUS View a video interview with James Lipton.

FIRST SOLO…My instructor
and I had just practiced landing
and he said, “Let’s make it a full
stop.” He got out and said, “Are
you OK?” I said, “I thought you
would never go.” I was never
so happy as when I departed
that runway. I looked down
and he was lying on his back in
the grass. It was the first time I
didn’t have anyone in the right
seat. It’s a wonderful feeling.



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Flight Training - April 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - April 2013

Flight Training - April 2013
Contents
Right Seat
Centerline
Letters
Get Your James Bond On
Success Story
How it Works
Since You Asked
Tech Tip Final Exam
Flight Training Excellence Award Winner ASI News
Member Products
Membership
ASI News
Flying Carpet
Flight Lesson
Accident Report
WORRY-FREE GUARANTEE
ON YOUR OWN
HANGAR TALK
TECHNIQUE
Weather
Little Fish Among Whales
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
The Fallible Flight Instructor
Supervising Our Students
Higher, Faster—and Harder?
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - April 2013 - Flight Training - April 2013
Flight Training - April 2013 - Cover2
Flight Training - April 2013 - Contents
Flight Training - April 2013 - 2
Flight Training - April 2013 - 3
Flight Training - April 2013 - Right Seat
Flight Training - April 2013 - 5
Flight Training - April 2013 - Centerline
Flight Training - April 2013 - 7
Flight Training - April 2013 - Letters
Flight Training - April 2013 - 9
Flight Training - April 2013 - Get Your James Bond On
Flight Training - April 2013 - 11
Flight Training - April 2013 - Success Story
Flight Training - April 2013 - How it Works
Flight Training - April 2013 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - April 2013 - Tech Tip Final Exam
Flight Training - April 2013 - Flight Training Excellence Award Winner ASI News
Flight Training - April 2013 - Member Products
Flight Training - April 2013 - Membership
Flight Training - April 2013 - 19
Flight Training - April 2013 - ASI News
Flight Training - April 2013 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - April 2013 - 22
Flight Training - April 2013 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - April 2013 - Accident Report
Flight Training - April 2013 - 25
Flight Training - April 2013 - WORRY-FREE GUARANTEE
Flight Training - April 2013 - 27
Flight Training - April 2013 - 28
Flight Training - April 2013 - 29
Flight Training - April 2013 - 30
Flight Training - April 2013 - 31
Flight Training - April 2013 - ON YOUR OWN
Flight Training - April 2013 - 33
Flight Training - April 2013 - 34
Flight Training - April 2013 - 35
Flight Training - April 2013 - HANGAR TALK
Flight Training - April 2013 - 37
Flight Training - April 2013 - 38
Flight Training - April 2013 - 39
Flight Training - April 2013 - TECHNIQUE
Flight Training - April 2013 - 41
Flight Training - April 2013 - Weather
Flight Training - April 2013 - 43
Flight Training - April 2013 - 44
Flight Training - April 2013 - Little Fish Among Whales
Flight Training - April 2013 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - April 2013 - 47
Flight Training - April 2013 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - April 2013 - The Fallible Flight Instructor
Flight Training - April 2013 - Supervising Our Students
Flight Training - April 2013 - Higher, Faster—and Harder?
Flight Training - April 2013 - Advertiser Index
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Flight Training - April 2013 - 54
Flight Training - April 2013 - 55
Flight Training - April 2013 - Debrief
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