AOPA PILOT CONTENTS May 2018 | Volume 61 | Number 5 | www.aopa.org/pilot ON THIS PAGE: Local guards greet a Piper Seneca II that has landed in El Charco, Colombia, to deliver medical personnel and supplies on this remote jungle airstrip. Photography by Chris Rose 62 Mission: Colombia General aviation is saving lives in remote regions of the world. By Julie Summers Walker FEATURES Jet Set The Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A outwardly resembles the piston trainer virtually every pilot knows, but adds technology new to most of us. By Jill W. Tallman and David Tulis Sleeper Hit This best-selling two-seat helicopter trainer may surprise you. By Ian J. Twombly Page 70 Short Work For pilots in the Valdez, Alaska, STOL competition, landings are an art. By Mike Collins Page 78 Page 54 www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 1http://www.aopa.org/pilot http://www.aopa.org/pilot