AOPA PILOT CONTENTS July 2013 PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY SECTIONS 40 82 Technique The third wheel. 85 Technique All the way to the chocks. 87 Wx Watch A slow-moving IMC-maker. 88 Ownership Opening the rental skies. 90 Avionics PILOT BRIEFING Who are you talking to? 30 New York to Tokyo In Two Hours 91 Dogfight Bizjet concept aims to shatter sound barrier in near-silence. All-new website debuts. Hondajet CEO confident in light jet market. 98 Events AOPA Aviation Summit 2013. 36 Events 100 Member Products Red Tails reaching out. DEPARTMENTS 4 President’s Position 12 Visual Approach Regulatory delays. Mexican sunset. 18 Waypoints 14 Letters All in the family. Buy or Rent? 20 Proficient Pilot 108 Fly by Wire Another nail in the coffin. Index of advertisers. 22 Safety Pilot 112 Pilots Scare tactics. Vladimir Lange. 24 License to Learn MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 34 News COMMENTARY 94 Never Again Unseen storm. 32 AOPA News 82 The E6B computer. Aircraft title: What could possibly go wrong? 38 Pilot Products Folding bicycles. 102 AOPA Foundation 40 Fly-Outs Improving runway safety. Santa Fe. 104 AOPA Action 42 Test Pilot What AOPA is doing to keep you flying. Volcanic action. 106 Membership 44 People Be one of the 50 percent. Fly like Superman. 46 Training Flight school forms simulator club. The backseat. Tailwheel Tricks Dogfight: The E6B Trainers Tangle GET YOUR FEET IN THE GAME 28 Fly Well The grim reaper versus $49. VOLCANIC ACTION Saving Hilo, Hawaii. www.aopa.org | July 2013 Going to XTREME Akro speed, power, and finesse with performer Greg Koontz. SPECIAL SERIES PROPULSION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? LET’S START WITH THE PISTONS p. 58 GOING TO XTREME. Senior Editor Alton K. Marsh and Photographer Chris Rose joined aerobatic performer Greg Koontz at his Alabama ranch to capture the Xtreme Decathlon in action for Marsh’s story “Punching and Rolling,” which begins on page 50. www.aopa.org 42 The Voice of General Aviation American Champion Decathlon American Champion Xtreme Decathlon | Propulsion Series: Pistons | Fly Off T–34 vs. CJ–6 VFR weather minimums, part II. FLY OFF T–34 VS. CJ–6 July 2013 26 Pilot Counsel STILL RELEVANT? FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT July 2013