AOPA PILOT CONTENTS February 2015 SECTIONS PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 78 Technique What next? 92 T-2 PILOT BRIEFING T-2 Quick Look Piper Cheyenne 400LS. T-6 10 Jet Pilot Errors Mistakes we've all made. Becoming altitude-aware. Second Vision jet flies. 92 Never Again The problem with moonshine. 30 AOPA Fly-Ins 2015 dates, locations announced. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 32 2015 Sweepstakes 'As good as it gets.' 96 AOPA Advocacy 34 Budget Buy Saving airports. Dirt simple. COMMENTARY 4 President's Position The volunteer spirit. 16 Waypoints Automation: A balanced approach. 12 Letters Mr. Reagan's Airplane. 108 Fly by Wire 18 Proficient Pilot Index of advertisers. Splash! 109 Tips from PIC 20 Safety Pilot Aircraft sale documents. High flight. 112 Pilots 22 License to Learn Kevin LaRosa II. The wrong question. Jerrie Mock aircraft re-created. 36 Update Tornado Husky's final flight. 37 Chart Challenge What, no pilot in the cockpit? 38 Pilot Products Get rewarded and fly safer. 106 Insurance Services 40 News Brietling jets plan U.S. tour. Repo Man TALES OF AIRCRAFT REPOSSESSION TURBINE EDITION Diesel 172 SKYHAWK GETS A NEW ENGINE The Voice of General Aviation Master Off ! LOSING PRIMARY POWER www.aopa.org/pilot | February 2015 | $6.95 350ER A huge payload and range to match King Air 350ER | Great Escapes | Diesel Cessna 172 AOPA FLY-INS NEW REGIONAL EVENTS DATES AND LOCATIONS ANNOUNCED p. 30 Top 10 Mistakes STEP-UP PILOTS, BEWARE! p. T-6 Great Escapes www.aopa.org 2 | AOPA PILOT February 2015 104 AOPA Foundation February 2015 Hey, sparky! Medical denial. Cloud nine. The King of FRUGAL FLIER 102 Products and Services 39 Test Pilot King Airs 84 Action in the states. From business flying to visiting grandchildren. Ramp appeal. 24 Pilot Counsel Unmanned aircraft systems. 98 AOPA Action 35 Milestones DEPARTMENTS How it "auto" be. 89 On Instruments 28 News The biggest King Air does it all, and from the most primitive strips. 84 Frugal Flier Going to the analyst. No secret sauce. T-12 The Ultimate King Air Training for emergencies. 86 Airframe & Powerplant 26 Flight Training Excellence Awards TURBINE PILOT 80 Proficiency FLYING GA IN THE ISLANDS p. 41 THE KING OF KING AIRS Editor at Large Thomas A. Horne flew the King Air 350ER from Wichita to Frederick, Maryland, to accompany his story "The Ultimate King Air," which begins on page T-12. Photograph by Mike Fizer. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672)