AOPA PILOT CONTENTS September 2019 SECTIONS 44 People Meet Charles Parish. 45 AOPA Fly-Ins Final fly-in fun. 46 Musings A stowaway bug. 30 96 COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 6 President's Position Bit by the bug. 18 Waypoints Setting the ruse. 20 Proficient Pilot Another spin on spins. 22 Flying Life Are you guilty? 24 Safety Spotlight No easy answers. 26 For the Record Without notice. 4 AOPA Online Take your reading beyond these pages. 14 Letters On circling approaches. 108 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. 109 Answers for Pilots Clearance delivery changes. 112 Pilots Dennis Tito. PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 78 Efficiency AOPA ACTION Big payoffs. 12 Airport Advocacy 82 On Instruments Fee fiasco averted. How low can you go? 85 Performance PILOT BRIEFING The perfect aircraft. 30 First Look No dog left behind. 89 Savvy Maintenance Safety continuum. 32 Sweepstakes 'Unbelievable.' 93 Technique 34 2020 Sweepstakes Don't worry, be happy...feet. Your RV-10 comes from a cold place. 96 Proficiency Get off the couch. 36 Milestones 98 Never Again Tower of Voices sings in the wind. Desert decision. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 37 Aircraft It's electric! 100 AOPA Fly-Ins 38 Airports College Park Airport, Maryland. 41 Test Pilot World's fastest bird. 10 ways to build a stronger pilot community. 43 Events STOL comes to Reno. PATTERN OF CONFUSION p. 74 102 AOPA Air Safety Institute Dying art. 42 You Can Fly What Went Wrong? Living it up. Training Tactics 104 Turn On Your Notifications Fly with AOPA. 106 Pilot Protection Services Wires crossed. RATINGS ON A BUDGET p. 78 September 13-14, 2019 p. 45 T U L L A H O M A TENNESSEE Pilot Passport September challenge. Lancair Racing Mods | D-Day Commemoration | Passing the Baton | What Went Wrong? FLY WITH AOPA aopa.org/pilot | September 2019 | $8.95 September 2019 104 The Voice of General Aviation FLYING RIDICULOUSLY FAST Flying Ridiculously Fateful Day INSPIRATION OVER NORMANDY p. 58 Passing the Baton CAPTAIN SCHIFF TO CAPTAIN SCHIFF p. 68 FAST ULTIMATE MODS FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP LANCAIR p. 50 Andrew Findlay and his One Moment team eke out every last bit of performance from a Lancair Super Legacy with endless mods. Read more in "Flying Ridiculously Fast," which begins on p. 50. Photography by Mike Fizer. aopa.org Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT September 2019