AirVenture a 'huge success'; Crop-dusting milestone


VOL 23, ISSUE 32	August 6, 2021

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AirVenture dubbed a 'huge, huge success'

After a coronavirus pandemic-induced year away from "The World's Largest Airshow," thousands of pilots celebrated a spectacular week of all things aviation during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 26 to August 1. Read more and view photos >

AOPA Live This Week

Oshkosh by land, air, sea; Centennial of crop-dusting

We wrap up our EAA AirVenture coverage with firsthand perspectives on airshow formations and further glimpses of aviation's future. We also celebrate a century of aerial application in Leesburg, Virginia. Watch AOPA Live This Week® >

Technique and Safety

IFR Fix

Saving Aircraft X

When's the last time you flew a radar approach—that rare relic of the legacy air traffic control system? Read more >

Online resource

Fight fatigue

Examine factors leading to fatigue and how to keep it from catching up with you in the cockpit with this AOPA Air Safety Institute Safety Spotlight. Learn more >

Voice activate or close VFR flight plans

Leidos Flight Service released a new feature that lets pilots activate and close VFR flight plans using the Voice Response System, eliminating waiting to talk to a specialist. Users must call from the primary phone number linked to their free online www.1800wxbrief.com account.

ATC phraseology

Are you and air traffic control on the same page when it comes to phraseology? Take this AOPA Air Safety Institute quiz.

Video

Cemetery crash

Gordon Webster recounts an unexpected encounter with tombstones after a catastrophic engine failure in this AOPA Air Safety Institute Real Pilot Story. Watch the video >

Advocacy

Congressional forum highlights accomplishments, priorities

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and aviation leaders discussed issues facing general aviation during the Congressional Forum at EAA AirVenture. Read more >

Health

Pilot Protection Services

FAA medicals and orthopedic/neurosurgical issues

Senior aviation medical examiner Dr. Brent Blue explains how an orthopedic or neurosurgical problem can affect your medical certificate. Read more >

Technology

Article

Pulitzer Trophy dusted off for electric aircraft

Electric aviation needs a nice, long cross-country race to prove aircraft powered by electricity alone are ready to haul the mail. That's the logic behind the Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race scheduled for May. Read more >

Travel

Article

Music festivals worth flying to

Plan ahead to snag a seat at one or more of these music festivals that are worth flying to. Read more >

Article

Burgers for badges

Here's a challenge your tummy will appreciate: Fly to airports with restaurants, enjoy a treat, and check in through the AOPA app's Pilot Passport feature. Read more >

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Financial

Slideshow

Phillips 66 Aerostars help promote scholarships for women

The Phillips 66 Aerostars airshow team and the I Hart Flying Foundation teamed up to offer flight training scholarships to women to help grow the pilot population. Read more >

Article

Tecnam furnishes training fleet

Italian airframer Tecnam reported providing a package of five aircraft purchased by a Lakeland, Florida-based flight training and charter provider. Read more >

Member benefit

Common red flags for aircraft lenders

The most common red flags for aircraft lenders include missing or incomplete logbooks, abnormally high time on the airframe, an airplane approaching or past TBO, a history of damage, or an obsolete or aged turbine aircraft. Read more >

News and Notes

Article

100 years of protecting food, fiber, forests

What started out as a small two-person experiment in 1921 in Ohio is now a multibillion-dollar industry with 1,200-horsepower turbine-engine airplanes treating more than 127 million acres of U.S. cropland each year. Read more >

Article

Three pilots and a century of flight

In 2021, the aviation community's honorees have included a pilot who participated in a monumental moment in the history of the twentieth century, an aviation "shining star," and a 106-year-old pilot who ferried a brand-new Douglas C–47 in 1944 and took its controls again 75 years later. Read more >

Article

'It's just fun'

Ride along with EAA AirVenture Seaplane Base tugboat volunteer Tom Scott, who loves his job towing airplanes from a small cove to the open water of Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago during the airshow. Read more >

King Schools offers training for students, new airline hires

King Schools announced a trio of new products during EAA AirVenture, including the Part 121 Airline Operations course to prepare new hires for airline flying, a turn-key flight training curriculum for colleges and universities, and the no-cost King Flashcard Companion app to help students in the final stages of preparing for the FAA knowledge test.

Article

Jessica Cox starts new ambitious project

Sport pilot and inspirational speaker Jessica Cox intends to pursue a third class medical certificate and move up from an Ercoupe to a Van's Aircraft RV–10 that she will help build. Read more >

Podcast

'Hangar Talk': AirVenture special and XPrize cofounder Gregg Maryniak

Get the latest from EAA AirVenture, and learn about the XPrize from cofounder Gregg Maryniak. Listen to the podcast >

Three more ADs published for Pacific Aerospace 750XL

Owners of an estimated 23 FAA-registered Pacific Aerospace 750XL turboprop singles have three more airworthiness directives to attend to: The FAA published on July 28 an AD requiring internal wing inspection, and another requiring inspection and possible repair of engine mounts and other components. Those followed an AD published July 22 requiring inspection of wing leading edge tank fuel pickup assemblies. The FAA previously published five ADs for the same model in August 2020.

Airworthiness advisories

Career Opportunities

Aviation job board

Job of the week: AOPA email marketing manager

AOPA is hiring an email marketing manager with experience in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (or comparable marketing platform) to be responsible for development and delivery of emails, SMS, and push campaigns from end-to-end journeys. 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 a loan processor, a graphic designer, a legal assistant, and a content producer. Learn about AOPA career opportunities >

Question of the Week

Question

My medical was deferred by my aviation medical examiner. While waiting for the FAA to issue its determination, can I legally log my six approaches and/or complete an instrument proficiency check with a CFII on board acting as pilot in command?

Answer

All the medical issue is doing is preventing you from acting as PIC. You can do exactly what you propose without a current medical. 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. 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 12, 12 p.m. EDT	'Don't Get Rusty' series: Weather and how to read it - Part 2
Aug 20, 11 a.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Sep 2, 5 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition
Sep 8, 12 p.m. EDT	AOPA Rusty Pilots - Webinar edition

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

XPrize Foundation cofounder Gregg Maryniak

Hartzell President JJ Frigge talks about new products

'A Pair of Wings' author Carole Hopson

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

AOPA podcasts

'Ask the A&Ps': 'There's no free lunch in aviation'

'Hangar Talk': AirVenture special and XPrize cofounder Gregg Maryniak

'Pilot Briefing': Week of Aug. 2, 2021

'There I was...': Thomas Marrow

'Never Again': Engine out at night

To see all AOPA podcasts, visit AOPA Online.

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