TURBINE PILOT T-2 From the Editor T-4 Turbine Finance T-6 Square Turns T-10 Paperwork T-12 Chart Talk T-18 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X DEPARTMENTS 4 What's Online 14 Letters 109 Advertiser Index 110 Tips from PIC 112 Pilots SECTIONS AOPA ACTION 12 Top Stories BRIEFING 29 Just for Fun 32 Going Green 34 Future Flight 35 First Look 36 Aircraft for the Mission 37 Aviation History 38 People 41 Test Pilot 42 Postcards 44 Events 46 You Can Fly COMMENTARY 6 President's Position 18 Waypoints 20 Proficient Pilot 22 Flying Life 24 Safety Spotlight 26 Flight MD 28 Guest Editorial RUDDER & WRENCH 78 Ownership 82 Flying Smart 84 Savvy Maintenance 88 Wx Watch 93 Unleaded Fuels 100 Never Again FLY WITH AOPA 104 Outreach and Events 106 ASI Tips 108 Legally Speaking T-10 93 2 AOPA PILOT / August 2022 RETURN TO PARADISE CHART TALK BAHAMAS AFTER DORIAN / P.50 'SUNKEN LUNKEN' / P.T-12 TURBINE EDITION aopa.org/pilot / August 2022 / $10.95 The Voice of General Aviation BELL 505 JET RANGER X NO LIMITS A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES / P.T-18 Mike Bradley flies his helicopter over Lake Havasu, Arizona. NO LIMITS Senior Content Producer Ian J. Twombly meets owners of the new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X who revel in their helicopter's limitless capabilities. Read more in " X Factor, " which begins on p. T-18. Photography by David Tulis Contact us at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672) AUGUST 2022 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X / Bahamas After Dorian / Alaska Cabins / What Went Wrong? aopa.org