AOPA PILOT CONTENTS December 2018 SECTIONS 44 Budget Buy Comanche 260. 45 Innovation Looking for unleaded avgas. TURBINE PILOT T-4 T-2 From the Editor T-6 Technique Trickle-down shortages. Off to a good start. T-4 A Piece of the Pie T-10 Turbine Dreams A look at shared ownership options. The basics of stepping up. DEPARTMENTS 6 President's Position 4 AOPA Online Our saving grace. Take your reading beyond these pages. Tricks. 20 Proficient Pilot Being creative can be lethal. 22 Flying Life The FAA: Naughty or nice? 24 Safety Spotlight Over the line. 14 Letters Full circle. 108 Fly by Wire Sweet talk. 85 Wx Watch PILOT BRIEFING 88 ADS-B Dubious honor. 95 Never Again Association's unofficial historian leads book production. 34 You Can Fly Routine takeoff. MEMBERSHIP NEWS & NOTES 2018 Flight Training Experience Award winners. 98 AOPA Foundation 36 Musings 100 AOPA Fly-Ins It's never too late. Fueling aviation's future. The news from Carbondale. 109 Answers for Pilots 40 Test Pilot 102 Member Services Just ask. 104 AOPA Air Safety Institute A 50,000-pound block of ice. Traffic pattern tragedy. 42 Industry News 106 Pilot Protection Services Portfolio Carte Blanche HOW NOT TO TALK TO YOUR MECHANIC p. 92 TURBINE EDITION December 2018 The Voice of General Aviation FLOAT FLY-OFF p. 50 www.aopa.org/pilot | December 2018 | $6.95 Guide to Turbine Transitions p. T-10 Start Your Engines HANDLE WITH CARE p. T-6 Your first FAA medical exam. Sea Trial Step Up Turbine Step-Up | Seaplane Fly-Off | 'Doc' and 'Fifi' | Portfolio | What Went Wrong? Lifting a 50,000-pound block of ice Just inspect it, please. 33 AOPA News VOLCANOES FROM ABOVE p. 64 TEST PILOT 92 Savvy Maintenance 32 AOPA Sweepstakes Synergy Air expanding. 40 Runway in sight? FAA's ADS-B rebate returns. 30 Just for Fun Appareo launches innovative Stratus app. Mike Sorenson. 26 Fly Well AOPA says publicize transient parking locations. 38 Pilot Products 112 Pilots In the vortex. Bust the rust. 12 News of Note Index of advertisers. Island holiday. 78 Proficiency 82 Ownership AOPA ACTION STOL much love. COMMENTARY 18 Waypoints 42 PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY STEP UP The TBM 930's 330-knot high-speed cruise makes it an attractive option for pilots looking to step up to a turboprop. Learn more about turbine transitions in "Turbine Dreams," p. T-10. Photography by Mike Fizer. Unguarded PILOTS PAY THE PRICE FOR BAD BEHAVIOR p. 72 www.aopa.org Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) 2 | AOPA PILOT December 2018