CONTENTS 06.15 flighttraining.aopa.org VOLUME.27 / NUMBER.6 FEATURES 28 THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE JUNGLE Elephants and airplanes don't mix. When you exceed your airplane's gross weight, you've just become a test pilot. Weight-and-balance skills are important. By William Dubois 38 HERDING CATTLE Low and fast in a Century-series fighter. Animals stampeding and military training routes, oh, my! By Roland D. Shultz 42 TECHNIQUE Constant-speed propeller. One propeller, many options. By Ian J. Twombly See page 28 34 "I USED UP NEARLY EVERY FOOT OF THE 6,500-FOOT RUNWAY 5 THEN PLUNGED OFF THE MESA INTO THE TREETOPS. MY PASSENGERS THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT FUN. I NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK." -WILLIAM DUBOIS BE A RADIO STAR FEAR DEFEATED THE RADIO HOW YOU CAN OVERCOME COMMUNICATION PANIC AND ROCK ON p. 34 06.15 Key the mic and belt out these radio basics. Take the stage in the cockpit and rule the airways-ways to overcome your communications fears. STAR flighttraining.aopa.org PILE IT ABOUT THE COVER » Illustration by Barry Downard. ON Perfecting your weight-and-balance skills p.28 By Jamie Beckett DISTURBING WILDLIFE HERDING CATTLE WITH A JET FIGHTER p.40 DERECHO DRAMA BEYOND THE STORM p. 44 JUNE 2015 FLIGHT TRAINING /1http://flighttraining.aopa.org http://flighttraining.aopa.org