AOPA PILOT CONTENTS November 2012 32 COMMENTARY 4 President’s Position Looking West. T–6 TURBINE PILOT T–2 Mentor Matters Keep it clean. DEPARTMENTS 10 Visual Approach Final fly-by. 16 Waypoints Cub encounters. 12 Letters Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Pointing Fingers. PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 74 Technique 10 ways to die. 18 Proficient Pilot J–3 heresy. 107 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. 20 Safety Pilot An airline of one. T–6 Turbine Update Hawker 400XPR. 112 Pilots Dana Holladay and Meredith Tcherniavsky. 77 Ownership Buckle up. 22 License to Learn That’s how real it feels. T–12 Turbine Profile Transition tacticians: JetAVIVA. 82 Never Again A loud bang. 24 Pilot Counsel Freedom to fly. T–16 Phenom 100 Four years on. 86 Flying Clubs Warriors to Wings. 26 Fly Well Who pays the Piper? SECTIONS PILOT BRIEFING 28 Restless Wildcat Waiting to Fly Again Rescued after 48 years. 88 Wx Watch Deadly droplets. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 94 Membership You’ll drive away happy. AOPA partners with Enterprise. DRIVE AWAY HAPPY 94 30 People Peter Heller. 96 Member Products AOPA membership drive. 32 Test Pilot Stall speeds. 98 Pilot Protection Services Seeing colors. PHENOM 100. Airliner roots, ease of 34 Pilot Products Brightline bags. 100 State and Local Action Beyond the pavement. 36 Milestones Returning to the scene. 102 AOPA Foundation The $60,000 challenge. operation, and a few glitches mark the Phenom 100’s four years in service as Editor at Large Tom Horne tells us in his report “Phenom 100: Four Years On,” which begins on page T–16. Photography by Mike Fizer in Naples, Florida. 38 Youth Teen restores prize-winning airplane. 104 AOPA Insurance Services The name game. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT November 2012