AOPA PILOT CONTENTS May 2019 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 78 Innovations Visions for the future. 87 Proficiency 89 AOPA ACTION 35 6 President's Position Eighty years later. 18 Waypoints Exercise your freedom to fly. 20 Proficient Pilot Fate is the hunter. 22 Flying Life 24 Safety Spotlight 112 Pilots Remaining qualified. Wings Field. 100 80th Anniversary 35 AOPA Sweepstakes Index of advertisers. Buying your first airplane. Sammy Mason. I lived through a graveyard spiral. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 31 Aviation History 14 Letters 109 Tips from PIC 26 For the Record 97 Never Again 32 You Can Fly iPads as essential cockpit equipment. How far we've come. PILOT BRIEFING Going missed. Take your reading beyond these pages. 108 Fly by Wire 91 Savvy Maintenance 93 On Instruments 8 airports our members love. Destinations. Installing a skyBeacon. Clay Lacy awarded Hoover trophy. 30 Worth Fighting For 4 AOPA Online 89 ADS-B Band-Aid solutions. 12 Events COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS Not so fast. A banner day. Mobilized for action. 102 AOPA Air Safety Institute Float-tastic. Know your angles. 38 Test Pilot 104 Member Services Choosing inflight weather service. What's the symbol? 40 Events Endeavor Awards set for May 17. 41 Industry News Boeing acquires ForeFlight. 106 Pilot Protection Services Sellers take note. 47 AOPA Fly-Ins Let's light up the night. 48 AOPA Fly-Outs Welcome surprise. A New Vision PREDICTING GA'S NEXT CHAPTER p. 78 Howard 500 BEFORE THERE WERE BIZJETS p. 70 June 21-22, 2019 p. 48 L I V E R M O R E CALIFORNIA The Voice of General Aviation Visions for the future. Where it all began: Wings Field, site of AOPA's founding in 1939. FLYING INTO THE FUTURE 80th Anniversary Issue | Howard 500 | Record Breakers | Vision for the Future INNOVATIONS May 2019 78 www.aopa.org/pilot | May 2019 | $8.95 80th Anniversary Issue Flying into the Future TRACING OUR ROOTS, PLANNING A NEW DIRECTION p. 50 www.aopa.org As AOPA celebrates its eightieth anniversary, our writers look back at the association's-and general aviation's- accomplishments, and look forward to GA's next chapter, beginning on p. 50. Illustration of a Stearman flying over Wings Field by The Red Dress. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT May 2019