AOPA PILOT CONTENTS March 2014 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 74 Technique Rust off. 78 Efficiency 84 PILOT BRIEFING Light Sport industry report card. 30 Regional Events Spend a Saturday with AOPA. 32 Events COMMENTARY A tipping point for 406 MHz. 88 Wx Watch Trouble on top. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 35 Aerial Adventures Fly the San Francisco Bay area. 36 Pilot Products New tools for basic needs. 22 License to Learn 24 Pilot Counsel 16 Waypoints Reexamination. Learned along the way. 26 Fly Well 18 Proficient Pilot Check your undercarriage. Partial power. DEPARTMENTS 37 Airport Stories 'Benign neglect.' Powering up. Join the madness. Are you medically safe to fly? Not just for aircraft purchases. Accident Case Study. AOPA action in the states. 106 Insurance Services Buying an aircraft. The Whales of Baja. LSA SuperSTOL NO RUNWAY? NO PROBLEM The Voice of General Aviation March 2014 Index of advertisers. Arctic Adventure EARNING AN ALASKA FLOAT RATING Lay of the Land SAFETY PILOT LANDMARK ACCIDENT www.aopa.org/pilot | March 2014 FLYING THE VIETNAM WORKHORSE AOPA FLY-INS NEW REGIONAL EVENTS SAVE THE DATE IN YOUR REGION p. 30 Bell UH-1B Huey | Just Aircraft SuperSTOL | Alaska Floatplane Rating Jerry Knouff. 98 Member Services 104 State & Local Action Sunset Stearman. 112 Pilots What AOPA is doing to keep you flying. 102 AOPA Foundation 40 Aircraft Showdown 10 Visual Approach 108 Fly by Wire 96 AOPA Action 100 AOPA Aviation Finance 38 AOPA Sweepstakes 12 Letters New tools for basic needs. 86 Frugal Flier Missed signals. David Clark headsets. More than we asked for. 36 84 Ownership 34 Test Pilot Aviation poetry. If you believe. Rotorcraft rookie. 92 Never Again 75 years ago. 4 President's Position 20 Foundation Focus 80 Proficiency Cold comfort. 28 B+ 74 Taking it around. HUEY TRIBUTE Mike Fizer photographed the Bell UH-1B "Huey" in the skies over Southern California to accompany Barry Schiff's story "A Flying Symbol," which begins on page 42. Rotorcraft Rookie A FIXED-WING PILOT GOES FOR THE RATING p. 80 www.aopa.org Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT March 2014