AOPA PILOT CONTENTS February 2018 SECTIONS 46 Pilot Guides AOPA Pilot Guides to Bahamas and Caribbean available. 48 Milestones 42 86 4 AOPA Online Take your reading beyond these pages. Kids today. 22 Proficient Pilot Getting rid of the rust. 24 Flying Life Aviation's unexpected gifts. 16 Letters Clash of the titans. 108 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. 109 Answers for Pilots 88 Technique Lean on me. 'Round the patch. 90 Wx Watch Flying the frozen zone. PILOT BRIEFING 93 Savvy Maintenance 32 Aviation History Making metal behave. What's your state aircraft? 96 ADS-B 36 Budget Buy Ercoupe 415-C. Airlines, military face the mandate. 37 Industry News 98 Never Again New FlyQ Online launched. Dancing with the devil. 38 Musings MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES Airport for sale. 100 Media Flying to Cuba. 40 Fly-Outs 112 Pilots Winter wonderland in New Hampshire. 26 Safety Spotlight When something's not right. 12 FAA Guidance on FBO Pricing The future is now. Shining a light. 20 Waypoints 86 Efficiency 13 Special Report 6 President's Position Zeke Miller. AOPA's newsletters, videos, podcasts, and more. 28 Pilot Counsel 42 AOPA Sweepstakes Current events. "Do-it-yourself" fabrication. 30 Fly Well 43 Good Reads Long play. Angels in the Sky. You Can Fly Portfolio WEST COAST WONDERS p. 72 106 Pilot Protection Services Medical special issuance can take time. A Better Pattern HAVE WE BEEN DOING IT WRONG? p. 88 www.aopa.org/pilot | February 2018 | $6.95 The Voice of General Aviation JOY RIDE 45 Barnstormers. Along for the ride. Flying UAS. B-52 Stratofortress. GROWING THE PILOT POPULATION p. 13 102 AOPA Air Safety Institute 104 Member Products and Services 45 Test Pilot TEST PILOT PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY AOPA ACTION First steps to transparency. COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS Hartzell's James W. Brown Jr. dies. Ride Joy 'S YM WACO Sons and Daughters FLYING FAMILIES THROUGH THE YEARS p. 58 F-5F MAKE S A SP LASH p. 50 Waco Aircraft is turning heads with its YMF-5F, which is fun on land or water. Dave Hirschman flew the amphibious biplane for the story "Mind Bender," which begins on page 50. Photography by Chris Rose. Trench Tour THE OTHER ALASKA ROUTE p. 80 Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT February 2018