AOPA PILOT CONTENTS T-7 March 2018 SECTIONS 44 Scholarships Virginia soaring club helps young pilots fly. 48 Test Pilot Quoth the raven. 34 49 You Can Fly Looking for outstanding students. AOPA ACTION 12 ATC 'Privatization' Threat Shuster out, but "privatization" lingers. TURBINE PILOT T-2 From the Editor A new boom? T-4 AOPA Finance Your next airplane. T-7 Mentor Matters Bugging target airspeed. T-10 Accident Analysis Not on the list. T-13 Free-Turbine Faceoff With Cessna's Denali, it's a new day in the turboprop world. COMMENTARY DEPARTMENTS 6 President's Position 4 AOPA Online Strength in numbers. Take your reading beyond these pages. 18 Waypoints What's the risk? 20 Proficient Pilot Member No. 554. 22 Flying Life Pilots versus ATC. 24 Safety Spotlight Nine traits good pilots share. 26 Pilot Counsel Right and wrong. 14 Letters No smoking gun. Car talk. AOPA welcomes industry leader to its board of trustees. 91 ADS-B PILOT BRIEFING 94 On Instruments 29 Travel Bad data, no service. NDBs, gone? Not really. Always prepared. 97 Ownership 32 Milestones The big hop. Landmark Van's. 100 Never Again 34 News Quirky SoCal airport becomes firefighting hub. 36 Budget Buy Piper Aztec. Smoke on. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 102 AOPA Travel 38 Pilot Products Start exploring. Throwing shade. 104 Member Services 40 AOPA Sweepstakes Compliance issues. 111 Answers for Pilots Smooth ride. Prebuy inspection: Missing STC paperwork. 42 AOPA Fly-Ins 106 AOPA Air Safety Institute 110 Fly by Wire Index of advertisers. Learning from one another. 114 Pilots Time to spare? 108 Pilot Information Center Karl Erickson. "It depends." PRATT AND GE FACE OFF p. T-13 TURBINE EDITION Blew It CRACKING UNDER PRESSURE p. T-10 The Voice of General Aviation Pick a Number USING THE AIRSPEED BUG p. T-7 www.aopa.org/pilot | March 2018 | $6.95 March 2018 Kodiak Adventure | Flying in Iceland | South Dakota Hunting | Family Camping at Put-in-Bay TEST PILOT EXPLORE YOUR WORLD DESTINATIONS Explore YourWorld + CONQUERING CANYONS IN A KODIAK p. 52 ISLAND CAMPING WITH A TODDLER p. 62 FLYING IN THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE p. 70 www.aopa.org Quoth the raven. 88 Savvy Maintenance 13 AOPA Leadership Turbine Tango 48 PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY ON THE HUNT IN SOUTH DAKOTA p. 80 The Quest Kodiak is as at home on adventure trips as it is on humanitarian missions. Learn how the turboprop explores the canyons of Utah's red rock country in Thomas B. Haines' story "Quest for Adventure," which begins on page 52. Photography by Chris Rose. Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT March 2018http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org