Flight Training - January/February 2025 - 1
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025
Volume.37 * Number.1 aopa.org/ft
A good pilot is always learning
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IN DEPTH
28
34
40
Unwanted Camping
How to survive after an off-airport landing.
BY IAN J. TWOMBLY
Lean On Me
Two pilots find success in training together.
BY JULIE SUMMERS WALKER
Crooked Landings
We learn by making mistakes.
BY LEROY COOK
16 ASI Tips
17 5 Questions
18 Flight Lesson
20 Ask AOPA
22 Checkride 101
23 Weather
24 Membership
26 Technique
Find Max! Flight Training's longtime
co-pilot is hidden in our pages.
Let us know if you find him.
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PREFLIGHT
12 Ramp Appeal
14 What am I?
15 After the
Checkride /
You Can Fly
ADVANCED PILOT
45 Day in the Life
Keeping runways
spick and span
BY ANTHONY STAGNITO
46 CFI to CFI
CFI? Why?
BY JOHN W. OLCOTT
47 CFI Changes
Heads up, instructors
BY AOPA STAFF
48 Ratings
Get your feet wet
BY EMMA QUEDZUWEIT
51 Instrument Tip
More than a static map
BY BRUCE WILLIAMS
PERSPECTIVES
4 Coms
Albuquerque
International Balloon
Fiesta
6 Always Learning
Race day
BY SARAH DEENER
8 Pilotage
Good and bad
BY IAN J. TWOMBLY
56 Final Exam
Seeing red
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A good pilot is always learning
January/February 2025
ARE YOU
PREPARED?
SURVIVAL AFTER AN
OFF-AIRPORT LANDING P. 28
IN THIS ISSUE
SPIN SISTERS
TWO FRIENDS INSPIRE
EACH OTHER
P. 34
NO RUNWAY
REQUIRED
THE BENEFITS OF A
SEAPLANE RATING
P. 48
ABOUT THE COVER
Are you prepared to
stay safe after an offairport
landing? Know
before you go by
reading " Unwanted
Camping, " on p. 28.
Photo by Chris Rose
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