AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - February 2021 - 2

AOPA PILOT

CONTENTS

February 2021

TURBINE PILOT

SECTIONS

42 Destinations
Cuisine caliente.

Nonstandard takeoff and
alternate minimums
High terrain all around, so no
circling at night to Runway
10/28.

90

Ridges east of the
localizer-and close to the
missed approach track

T-6

9 Insurance

AOPA exploring
options.
Pay attention here: the highest obstacle is close to the
approach course. Don't get
low before JISAG

MSA is centered on the LVZ
VOR

25  Just for Fun

Pop culture influences.

T-2  From the Editor

T-10  Mentor Matters

Virtually present.

Automated callouts, shakers,
and pushers.

T-4  Aviation Finance
Before you buy.

T-14  Raytheon Premier 1A
Diary of a teenage jet.

T-6  Chart Talk

COMMENTARY

DEPARTMENTS

6  President's Position

4  AOPA Online

The fear factor.

16 Waypoints
Tale of two centuries.

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18  Proficient Pilot
Cockpit catnaps.

20  Flying Life
Being human.

22  Safety Spotlight
Fly-bys.

24 Flight MD
I wish I had not said that.

glideslope and visual glide
30 MusingsILS
path indicators are set at dif-

Love is in theferent
air.descent angles

Check notams: Runway 10/28
has been under construction.
Right traffic to runways 10, 22,
and 28.

32 People

110  Tips from PIC
VIP TFR basics.

112 Pilots
Carol Joyner.

Disinfecting your airplane.
Totally tubular, man.

BY CHIP WRIGHT

90  Wx Watch

Winter's
first strike.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT (AVP) is not challenging most of
the time, but watch out. The airport sits on a

94 Proficiency
plateau in a valley, with rising terrain to the

east. When the winds pick up, they can proLooking
for moose.
duce a turbulent ride that will get worse as you
descend and can easily produce wind shear.

100  Never Again

Expanded circling radii: more
room to maneuver, but you'll
still be close to terrain

35  Test Pilot

Four for your collection.

Index of advertisers.

82 Efficiency

How mags fail.

VoltAero Cassios.

12 Letters
109  Fly by Wire

PROFICIENCY &
EFFICIENCY

96  Savvy Maintenance

34  Future Flight

Pop quiz.

MEMBERSHIP
NEWS & NOTES

36 Bookshelf

102  AOPA Partners
Historic partnership.

37 Review

104  AOPA Air Safety
Institute

Garmin D2 Air.

38  You Can Fly

Never give up.

Virtual symposium a success.

39  Pilot Products

106  Turn On Your
Notifications

Study your way.

AOPA Weather now online.

40 Airports

108  Products and Services

Millville Executive, New Jersey.

A welcome change.

Making Lemonade How Mags Fail What Went Wrong
GA TRAVEL DURING A PANDEMIC p. 72

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE p. 96

FAULTY ASSUMPTIONS p. 78

PILOT BRIEFING

Pop culture
influences.

TURBINE EDITION

The Voice of General Aviation

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February 2021

25

Spring break came early...or late.

Young astronaut.

Santa is a GA pilot.

Hannibal, Missouri.

88 Ownership

28 Events

Take your reading
beyond these pages.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION

46 Postcards

Switch hitter.
Turbulence,
icing, and a cliff on final

Paying it forward.

(AVP) ILS Runway 4.

Buy to train.

85 Airframe

PILOT BRIEFING

TURBINE PILOT

44  Aircraft for the Mission

(AVP)
ILS Runway 4

Localizer offset means a
slight left turn on short final

AOPA ACTION

CHART TALK

Raytheon Premier 1A | Pipistrel Panthera | What Went Wrong

Teenage Jet
RAYTHEON PREMIER IA

DIARY OF A TEENAGE JET

Editor in Chief Thomas B. Haines
takes the Raytheon Premier 1A jet
on a flight up the East Coast in
" Diary of a Teenage Jet, " which begins
on p. T-14.
Photography by Chris Rose

SINGLE-PILOT SPEED DEMON p. T-14

Mentor Matters
AUTOMATED CALLOUTS,
SHAKERS, AND PUSHERS p. T-10

Wx Watch

WINTER'S RAUCOUS ARRIVAL p. 90

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