Behind the scenes

First flight; Irene Lee, AOPA social media marketer, takes her first flight in a general aviation aircraft. Flying in a Van's RV–12 with social media manager Erick Webb, they fly over the Frederick, Maryland, area.; @erick_webb

AOPA Sweepstakes; Joe Costanza uses a drone to film your AOPA Sweepstakes Cessna 182 slipping in for a landing over some tall trees and 150-foot-tall power lines at a privately owned airfield in New Jersey.; @bananasssssssss

Training series; Come along on a beautiful flight in Alaska to Knik glacier. Along the way CFI Jon Kotwicki from Fly8MA flight training demonstrates his five-step process for landing in the backcountry.; @_joshcochran

Senior Photographer David Tulis, Video Content Producer Michelle Walker, and Helicopter Institute Flight Instructor Cody Sargeant smile after a successful air-to-air mission with a Schweizer helicopter.; @michelle-walker

Features Editor Alicia Herron, Video Content Producer Bri Cabassa, and Photographer Chris Rose at the southernmost tip of South Africa for their upcoming story about Sling Aircraft.; @loubelle

Photographer Chris Rose and Video Content Producer Michelle Walker meet with aerobatic champion pilot Britt Lincoln in her hangar at Big South Fork Airpark (SCX) in Tennessee.; @sumwalk736