AOPA PILOT CONTENTS 38 October 2020 SECTIONS 44 Pilot Products Headset grime. 46 Destinations Spooky stuff. 91 PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 84 Dogfight Should pilots turn back after an engine failure? AOPA ACTION 12 AOPA Action AOPA welcomes special guests. 6 President's Position 4 AOPA Online Cabin fever. Take your reading beyond these pages. 18 Waypoints 91 Ownership 29 First Look All lose when Beech meets bird. 32 Sweepstakes 'Wish I could win it.' 33 Future Flight Embraer Pulse concept. 34 You Can Fly The rest of the HondaJet story. 14 Letters Perilous departure. YCF Champions share their love of flight. 20 Proficient Pilot 109 Fly by Wire Who needs wings? Index of advertisers. 35 AOPA News 22 Flying Life 110 Tips from PIC Think like a test pilot. In the zone. 24 Safety Spotlight 112 Pilots Tale of two flights. 26 Fly Well Sleepless in Oshkosh. Dierks Bentley. Never obsolete. PILOT BRIEFING Aerial tributes. COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 88 Technology We excel! 94 Wx Watch Supercomputing the weather. 97 Savvy Maintenance Your engine's lifeblood. 100 Never Again Whispers of trouble. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 102 AOPA PAC 36 Perspective Tragic summer Sunday. 38 People Taking care of business. 104 AOPA Air Safety Institute Meet Jerome Stanislaus. Under pressure. 39 Test Pilot 106 Turn On Your Notifications Border crossings. 40 Airports Lordsburg, New Mexico. 42 Aviation History Spooktacular challenge. 108 Member Products and Services Taking a '709' ride. First president to fly. 39 TEST PILOT Border crossings. CHEAP THRILLS A wing mount gives this unique view of owner Jon Humberd banking his customized Zenith STOL CH 701 over a forested hillside near his farm in Tennessee. Read more in "STOL on the Farm," which begins on p. 50. Photography by Mike Collins Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT October 2020