GOOD PILOTS DON'T JUGGLE AVOIDING COCKPIT OVERLOAD ยป By Natalie Bingham Hoover Juggling 101: Don't drop the ball. Juggling 102: If things start to fall, you are trying to juggle too much at once. Flying an airplane can sometimes feel like a circus juggling act, especially when trying to manage an unfamiliar aircraft or master a new piloting skill. There are many times during the course of learning to fly when students frequently feel overwhelmed: mastering the traffic pattern, dealing with equipment malfunction, learning to fly an instrument approach, and upgrading to more complex aircraft, just to name a few. During these times, cockpit skills needed to 34 / FLIGHTTRAINING.AOPA.ORG PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE FIZERhttp://FLIGHTTRAINING.AOPA.ORG