AOPA PILOT CONTENTS 80 March 2015 SECTIONS 42 News Air Shepherd targets poachers. 43 Milestones Over the Poles. 36 PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 80 Wx Watch Lessons from Roselawn. PILOT BRIEFING 85 Ownership 24 Diamond DA50 Turboprop enters flight testing. Diesels on the cusp. 89 Proficiency 26 Awards Endeavor Awards back for second year. How did I get here? 91 Dogfight Making training relevant. 27 AOPA News Baker honored in Hollywood. 92 Never Again 28 Budget Buy Tumble on the ridge. Second car. COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 30 2015 Sweepstakes 4 President's Position 10 Letters 32 Chart Challenge Cub effect. Centerline zealot. 14 Waypoints 108 Fly by Wire Not so alone. Index of advertisers. 16 Proficient Pilot 109 Tips from PIC Oops! Practical weather tips. 18 Above and Beyond 112 Pilots The front lines. Dawn Seymour. Reimagined 152 flies south. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 96 AOPA Advocacy Check your radiation shields. You make a difference. 98 AOPA Action 34 Test Pilot Action in the states. Lightening holes. 100 AOPA Action 36 News Terrafugia requests weight increases. AOPA to DOT: Time to act on medical reform. 102 AOPA Foundation 38 Saving Airports 20 License to Learn Burning the mortgage. Could you handle a survival situation? Drones aren't new. 40 LSA News Belgium firm offers Light Sport engine. 104 Products and Services 22 Fly Well Prostate cancer. Looking out for you. 106 Aviation Finance 41 News Two aircraft ditch in Pacific. Rejected Takeoff SAFETY PILOT LANDMARK ACCIDENT Dogfight MAKING TRAINING RELEVANT The Voice of General Aviation Icing Tangles LESSONS FROM ROSELAWN www.aopa.org/pilot | March 2015 | $6.95 March 2015 AOPA FLY-INS NEW REGIONAL EVENTS DATES AND LOCATIONS ANNOUNCED p. 34 Enstrom Helicopters | Above Hawaii | NewsChopper 4 34 Welcome Back, TEST PILOT Copter Enstrom regains its market share Above Hawaii AMAZING AERIAL IMAGES p. 64 www.aopa.org Lightening holes. Speeding up aircraft loans. WELCOME BACK, COPTER Editor Ian J. Twombly discovered that manufacturing is back in Michigan- Menominee, Michigan-as Enstrom Helicopter gears up for its second, er, third, er, next act. Chris Rose photographed the F-28F over Green Bay for our cover story, which begins on page 50. NewsChopper 4 REPORTING FROM THE AIR p. 58 Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT March 2015