CONTENTS September 2012 | Volume 55 | Number 9 | www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT FEATURES 50 58 68 76 Cessna’s X Factor Cessna further refines the speed demon Corvalis. By Thomas B. Haines Flight Before Christmas A very sick little boy flies home in style with some PALS. By Ian J. Twombly French Lessons A visit to Grenoble’s Aéro Club du Dauphiné shows how France keeps GA alive. By Thomas A. Horne Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Pointing Fingers Cirrus accident nearly changes the training environment. By Bruce Landsberg 10s and Robins on the field at Le Versoud Airport in Grenoble, France, to accompany Thomas A. Horne’s story “French Lessons,” which begins on page 58. ON THIS PAGE: Mark Wagner photographed this line of CAP 58 www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot