General Aviation News - 21 June 2018

Now that summer is in full swing at the Aircraft Owners and

While many are looking forward to summer vacations, we’re

flying club outings, holding Rusty Pilot Seminars, collecting

feedback for the Flight Training Experience Survey, and

preparing educators to teach the AOPA High School Aviation

STEM curriculum to ninth and tenth graders.

schools can use the curriculum at no charge. And all of it is made

possible by donations to the AOPA Foundation, not your

member dues.

The Foundation’s goal is to fund opportunities to grow the pilot population and support our

aviation community beyond what member dues can accomplish and that’s ex actly what they’re

doing. But they can’t do it alone. The Foundation’s current You Can Fly Challenge is to raise $1.

milli on by July 25. If they succeed, they’ll receive a matching donation from The Ray Foundation.

If you’ve ev er considered donating, now is the time. Your donation in the nex t few weeks will go

ev en further with the Ray Foundation’s match.

We’ve also recently created a new way to give back to GA. The Legacy Society is an opportunity

to leave your own mark on aviation by including the AOPA Foundation in your estate planning.

Members of the Legacy Society are recognized on a beautifully designed wall in the center of the

Legacy Court at AOPA headquarters in Frederick, Maryland.

So, while you’re enjoying a Rusty Pilot Seminar or regional fly-in this summer, do your part to

secure the future of GA with a donation to the AOPA Foundation. I look forward to seeing you at

one of our four Regional Fly-Ins and hope you consider adding your name to the Legacy Court.

THE AOPA FOUNDATION AND

YOU CAN FLY CHALLENGE

http://www.aopa.org today.

Mark R. Baker

President & CEO, AOPA

Photography courtesy of David Tulis

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Like so many pilots, Beck found his
flight training derailed by “life things,”
like triplets and careers.
“The kids are old enough now that they
are interested in aviation, so I thought I’d
start looking into it again,” he says.
He started searching for videos on You-
Tube and came across Fly8MA. That’s
when he discovered there was a full on-
line learning portal.
The videos made learning efficient, he
notes. “They just explain things in great
detail, with an actual flight,” he says. “If
I didn’t understand something I could go
back and review the video or even reach
out to the forum group on Fly8MA to get
answers. Sometimes I’d talk to Jon him-
self to get more clarity.”
He quickly became “hooked” on the
site, finding the learning enjoyable.
“It was very exciting,” he says. “I real-
ized I want to do this. I want to complete

this course and finally, after 17 years, I

took my written exam this past Saturday

and got an excellent grade on it. Now I

can move on.”

He’s working with a local CFI, but is

still using Fly8MA’s resources to prepare

for his checkride.

He heartily recommends the site to

other pilots, whether they are just starting

their training or getting back into flying

after a few years off.

“I have a bookshelf full of books and

everything I need to learn this, but I never

really grasped it the way I was able to

with the digital aspect of Jon’s videos and

the clarity he’s provided with the resourc-

es online,” he says.

Kotwicki agrees the free online ground

school is for all pilots, noting the site’s

youngest student is 12, while the oldest

is 78.

“It’s for rusty pilots. It’s for guys that

are just curious about aviation and have

no intention of being a pilot. It’s for guys

who fly drones or for guys who fly model

airplanes and are curious, guys who play

Flight Simulator, for somebody who

wants to be a commercial airline pilot and

doesn’t know where to start,” he says.

“It’s a resource that anyone can use. It

will benefit everyone.”

Fly8MA.com