CONTENTS 01.14 flighttraining.aopa.org VOLUME.26 / NUMBER. 1 FEATURES 26 COVER STORY » THE ZEN OF ENGINE FAILURE Finding your happy place when the worst happens. What's going to help you reach nirvana when you're on the ground after an engine failure? Stay calm by being prepared. By Jamie Beckett 32 MEMORY FIX A simple way to recall required aircraft inspections. How to make sense of the staggeringly complex world of required maintenance. By Natalie Bingham Hoover 36 THE OWN-TO-LEARN CLUB Join a club and take the hassle out of flight training. Consider making friends and forming a club before you start training. By Budd Davisson 46 TECHNIQUE Forward slip. Come on down, you're next for landing. By Ian J. Twombly See page 29. "BLACK SMOKE SPILLED FROM THE EXHAUST STACKS, AND THE OIL PRESSURE NEEDLE WAS FLICKERING AND FALLING." -DAVE HIRSCHMAN ADVANCED PILOT TIPS AND TECHNIQUES (FOR CFIS, CAREER BUILDERS, AND OBTAINING NEW RATINGS) » Begins on page 45 01.14 flighttraining.aopa.org ABOUT THE COVER » illustration by Charles Floyd. + MASTERING the Forward Slip POWER ESS RL HOW TO REMAIN In the Face of an Engine-Out CALM Emergency p. 26 MAINTENANCE MEMORY REMEMBERING TO DO IT ALL p. 32 MAKE NEW FRIENDS START A CLUB, LEARN A SKILL p. 36 JANUARY 2014 FLIGHT TRAINING /1http://flighttraining.aopa.org