AOPA PILOT CONTENTS 88 October 2013 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 80 Ownership Salute to situational awareness. 85 Wx Watch Look out below! 30 87 Dogfight Tower or no tower. 88 Frugal Flier My $1 million education. PILOT BRIEFING 30 Inverted Jenny stamp to be reissued Hapless pilot marked start of air mail service. 32 Fly-Outs 90 Never Again The no-nose landing. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 94 Airports Texas travel tips. ASN roundup at Summit. 34 AOPA Sweepstakes 96 Member Services The inside job. Pilot Protection Services. 37 Milestones EAA founder Paul Poberezny dies. 98 Member Products AOPA Finance, Insurance File. 39 Pilot Products 100 AOPA Foundation Stick-on checklists. COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 4 President’s Position 10 Membership Highlights Behind the curtain. Working for you. 16 Waypoints 12 Letters An AirVenture unlike any other. Diversity. 18 Proficient Pilot 107 Fly by Wire Speak up! Index of advertisers. 20 Safety Pilot 112 Pilots Weather Flying (again). Jack Schulte. 22 License to Learn Getting around on the ground. Oh, my aching head. Where’s the seatbelt? 46 People First photographer in space? 47 AOPA News Opinion Leaders blog launches. WHERE’S THE SEATBELT? Powered parachute meets bicycle. 2 | AOPA PILOT October 2013 Build A Plane ONE RIVET AT A TIME AOPA’s New CEO MEET MARK BAKER The Voice of General Aviation Epic LT SLINGSHOT ACCELERATION www.aopa.org/pilot | October 2013 FLYING THE LAST FRONTIER. Chris Rose photographed a Cirrus SR22 in Alaska to accompany Dave Hirschman’s “Epic Flight: Journey to the Land of the Midnight Sun,” which begins on page 62. GA Trek in Alaska www.aopa.org 44 104 AOPA Contact Info Directory of services. 44 News GA Trek to Alaska | AOPA’s New CEO: Mark Baker | Epic LT 26 Fly Well Building on an outstanding record. 42 Pilot Products October 2013 Ends of the spectrum. 102 State and Local Action Highest surface wind. Having a clue, or two. 24 Pilot Counsel ASI receives award. 41 Test Pilot 1310p_Cover_reg.indd 1 8/30/13 2:04 PM FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)