August 14, 2020, issue of 'Flight Training' weekly newsletter


VOL 20, ISSUE 33	August 14, 2020

Training Tips

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When the bough breaks

Takeoff and landing aren't ideal times to discover riskier offshoots of an airport that's lined with trees. Better preflight planning can nip the problem in the bud. Read more >

Technique

Article

Eat it up

Can anyone say they are flying as much as they want to? That's why we place great value on every hour we're in the air. Read more >

Career News

Premium content

Career Spotlight: Corner office

If you want to be at home every night, be a flight instructor. If you want the glamour of travel, be an airline pilot. Or land a job with a bit of both. Read more >

Piper's second apprentice class begins training

The second group of 10 paid Piper Aircraft apprentices began hands-on training August 10 in a two-year program that allows them to shadow full-time aircraft assembly workers at the manufacturer's Vero Beach, Florida, headquarters. This class joins apprentices who began training in 2019. Applications for the 2021 class open in the fall.

Five questions

Meet aerial photographer Niki Britton

Niki Britton's parents, grandmother, and uncle were pilots, but she didn't think she could compete in their world. Read more >

Blog

Prepping for a takeoff emergency in an airliner

Preparing for an engine-out during takeoff in an airliner involves training and procedures that factor in terrain, obstacles, load, and other criteria, explains airline pilot and Flight Training blogger Chip Wright. Read more >

Aviation job board

Job of the week: Director of safety, Mountain Aviation

At Mountain Aviation, employees provide exceptional service to the company's longtime jet charter clients, while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Mountain Aviation is currently seeking a director of safety to join its team in Broomfield, Colorado. Aviation experience is required for this position. Read the full description and apply today >

AOPA career opportunities

Join the AOPA team

Ever dream of turning your passion for aviation into a career? AOPA is looking for an HR generalist and an airspace, air traffic, and security lead. To learn more about these and other AOPA career opportunities, visit AOPA Online >

Training Products and Resources

Online resource

Staying alive

No one likes to consider the unwelcome possibility of a forced off-airport landing—and the potential survival situation to follow. Prepare for the unlikely with this AOPA Air Safety Institute Safety Spotlight. Learn more >

Windshield care items for aircraft owners, students, renters

A Sporty's Windshield Care Kit can keep your aircraft windscreen clear of summertime bugs and help protect it. The ammonia-free kit includes a can of cleaner, a can of polish, and a package of soft wipes designed to leave windscreens and windows clear of smudges and streaks. The kit is available for $19.95.

Note: Products listed have not been evaluated by Flight Training editors unless otherwise noted. AOPA assumes no responsibility for products or services listed or for claims or actions by manufacturers or vendors.

Member Benefits

Pilot Protection Services

The pilot in the COVID-19 world

Dr. Brent Blue reminds pilots that discipline is the key to staying physically and mentally healthy during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more >

Member benefit

What interest rate should I expect?

When financing an aircraft, what effect will putting 40 percent down have on the interest rate? Read more >

Instrument Tip

Video

Powerless over Paris

An instrument-rated commercial pilot flying through thick instrument meteorological conditions at night experiences a full electrical failure. The pilot and controllers involved recount the event in this AOPA Air Safety Institute Real Pilot Story. Watch the video >

Photo of the Week

A classic in flight

AOPA Senior Photographer Mike Fizer captured this photo of Red Dawg, a 1953 Cessna 195 Businessliner, flying over a Virginia lake for a feature in the August 2019 issue of AOPA Pilot. Follow @flywithAOPA on Instagram to see more photos from AOPA members and staff.

Final Exam

Question

If ADS-B Out has a unique ID, why do you have to set your transponder to a specific code?

Answer

Air traffic control actually can work just fine off of only ADS-B data. However, in airspace where there is both ADS-B and secondary surveillance radar coverage, squawking the same code (your ADS-B Out picks it up automatically from the transponder, whether 1090ES or 978UAT) makes it much easier for the FAA's ATC software to correlate the transponder and ADS-B targets. Otherwise, one aircraft might be mistakenly displayed as two. Some pilots experienced this in the early days of ADS-B In, when their own aircraft showed up as a (disconcertingly close) target on their traffic display. Join the discussion >

This discussion is from our online Pilot Information Center, where you can ask questions, contribute answers, earn badges, and join our growing pilot community online. Did you know that student pilots who join AOPA are three times more likely to complete their flight training? Membership includes unlimited access to aviation information by phone (800-USA-AOPA, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time) or from AOPA Online. Got a question for our technical services staff? Contact AOPA.

Education & Seminars

AOPA's in-person educational courses and seminars have been canceled or postponed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Stay sharp with our webinars, podcasts, and videos.

Upcoming AOPA webinars

Aug. 19, 9 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Aug. 21, 12 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Aug. 25, 7 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Aug. 27, 3 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Aug. 27, 7 p.m. EDT	Forced landings: A plan to survive

See the full webinar schedule in our online Pilot Information Center. (Log in to our online Pilot Information Center using your AOPA website username and password to view these events.) View our recently recorded webinars (registration required).

Latest AOPA Pilot Lounge videos

How a PPS panel attorney protects AOPA members

'Bachelor' star Peter Weber

DK's Top 5: Everything you've always wanted to ask a controller

Kellee Edwards

High school scholarship recipient Tristan Dawson

Flying to watch the SpaceX launch

For a full list of Pilot Lounge videos, see AOPA Online.

AOPA Podcasts

'Hangar Talk': Armless pilot Jessica Cox

'Hangar Talk' Flight Time series: Jason Miller

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Aug. 10, 2020

'There I was...': Robert Clark

'Never Again': In a pickle

'Pilot Protection Services Podcast': Predicting the future

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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