Participate in hands-on demonstrations of all your favorite products! Whether your focus is on flying, maintenance, or running an aviation business, you will have the opportunity to experience all the newest technology, tools and software with the companies that make them. Don’t miss the chance to test-drive new products and learn how to use the ones you own more effectively. A wide array of enthusiastic exhibitors will be on hand to demonstrate their latest products to you.
This session covers Pre-Flight, Flight Planning, Weather and iPad Readiness. Bring your iPad charged, apps loaded, and data updated. Follow along with the session leader as real-world scenarios are used to demonstrate what proficiency looks like. Test your own skills. Prizes will be given to those answering questions correctly. This is a fun way to learn and win!
Charlie is an instrument rated pilot and a staunch advocate of pilots properly using advanced technology in-flight. He has always flown with an EFB starting with the use of heavy and expensive laptop computers. When the iPad became available, Charlie saw that as an opportunity to bring low cost, securable, easy to use devices such as an iPad to all pilots to make flying safer, simpler, and more fun. His popular seminar series, iPad Takes Flight!, has been given to thousands of pilots over the years.
While most pilots know how to get a Standard Briefing, there are many less frequently utilized tools and places to find information the pilot can use to help make his/her “go or no go” decision. Where to find this information and how to use it, are important to add to the toolbox of the safety minded pilot. Decision making using this information should be considered as critical not only when flying short hops to your favorite airport diner, but in any cross country environment. Doug will help us to consider how to use information and resources we may not have considered in the past to make us all safer pilots.
Doug Stewart, the Executive Director of SAFE (Society of Aviation and Flight Educators) is a full time flight instructor and designated examiner having provided more than 10,800 hours of dual instruction with almost half of that being instrument instruction. He is an eight time Master CFI, and the 2004 National Flight Instructor of the Year. For many years he was the author of The Vintage Instructor column appearing in Vintage Airplane magazine. He is also a frequent contributor to FAA Safety Briefing. He has presented seminars to literally thousands of pilots from Coast to Coast and Border to Border.
Dr. Gregory Pinnell is a board certified Family Practitioner and Senior Aviation Medical Examiner in Saginaw, Michigan. He serves as a Senior Flight Surgeon for the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base as Deputy Chief of Space Bioastronautics for Human Space Flight Support serving NASA. He is a member of EAA’s Aeromedical Advisory Council he also serves as an adjunct professor teaching Aviation Physiology at Western Michigan University College of Aviation.
When do you load versus activate? When do you switch the CDI needle from GPS to the ILS or VOR? What’s the difference between LPV, LNAV, LNAV+V, LP and the other minimums you can now use when flying a GPS approach? Max Trescott specializes in teaching how to use modern GPSs and has authored two books on the subject.
After 25 years in high tech, Max devotes full time to teaching flying, writing, consulting and giving seminars. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area and specializes in teaching in Cirrus Aircraft and G1000-equipped airplanes. He is the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the Year.
It is said that when operating a tailwheel airplane you are not done flying until the engine is shut down and the tiedown ropes are attached, and we will attest to that. Some of the most important lessons to be learned in a taildragger are those lessons on the ground, especially when the wind is blowing. Learn from a long time tailwheel instructor. Even if you fly an airplane with the little wheel in front, there is something to be learned in this seminar.
Doug Stewart, the Executive Director of SAFE (Society of Aviation and Flight Educators) is a full time flight instructor and designated examiner having provided more than 10,800 hours of dual instruction with almost half of that being instrument instruction. He is an eight time Master CFI, and the 2004 National Flight Instructor of the Year. For many years he was the author of The Vintage Instructor column appearing in Vintage Airplane magazine. He is also a frequent contributor to FAA Safety Briefing. He has presented seminars to literally thousands of pilots from Coast to Coast and Border to Border.
Are you using or considering using an owned, leased or rented aircraft for business? This session will identify steps you can take to pursue this goal, FAA and IRS "danger zone" issues, commonly used structures, and recent developments on these topics.
Justine’s practice focuses on corporate and aviation law. As a multi-enginem instrument rated pilot and aircraft owner/operator, Justine brings an intimate understanding of aviation issues to her practice as well as experience in aviation transactions, FAA matters and NTSB matters.
In this action-packed briefing, NORAD F-15 and F-16 pilots will provide practical steps to avoid Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) and what to do if you are intercepted. This seminar is approved for FAA WINGS credit.
Flying a coastal route or going offshore to the Bahamas with an aircraft requires a little bit more in planning and preparation. Many pilots and their passengers are not fully aware of some challenges an ocean can bear. Ditching an aircraft is a rare occasion. With simple steps and smart flight planning you can prepare your aircraft, your crew and passengers. In the last two years since H2O2 Foundation has started they have trained 250+ GA pilots with their elementary and hands-on safety workshops.