Title:
OFC Safety Day and FAASTeam Seminar, Can You Depend on On-Board Weather?
Topic:
Avoiding Hazardous In-Flight Weather, Including Thunderstorms! From The NTSB Top 10 List.
Speaker(s):
Kenneth MacDonald, Jim Adams
Brief Description:
July 19. Spot Landing contest, 9:00-12:00. Ramp Side lunch at 12:00. Award Presentation at 1:00 followed by FAASTeam Seminar. Come and learn from a seasoned career professional corporate pilot. Ken MacDonald will explore the techniques of reading the weather either on board or during preflight. Watching the radar and the trends and determine which direction to fly and which to avoid. Learn how to read and fly safe in ugly weather situations. Prior to on-board weather a pilot would need to review weather trends and interpret what the trends were and determine in what direction weather is moving. Will you be in the way? What are your options? What do you do? Learn from someone who can provide invaluable insights and relate some of the techniques which can be used by VFR and IFR pilots alike. Staying out of IMC without an instrument rating is critical. This semianr applies to pilots of all experience levels Attend this exclusive seminar to learn how. Click the link below and register TODAY.
Location of Seminar:
Keystone Aviation
288 Christian Street, # 10
Oxford, CT 06478
Directions to Venue:
Take I-84 to Exit 16-A, turn left off ramp and drive 2 miles. Take the Airport Access Road and to Keystone Aviation. See attached PDF in this announcement and Map Link at faasafety.gov
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Seating:
70
seats at the facility,
28
remaining for online registration.
Registration Information:
Seminar has passed.
Sponsoring Division:
FAA Safety Team, EA-63 FSDO
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
A Special thanks to the following for supporting this safety event:
FAASTeam Represenatives: Kenneth MacDonald and David Faile Jr.
Oxford Flying Club, Ron Schmecker, Max Aulet and Jay Sabot
Keystone Aviation Inc. Mr. David "Buddy" Blackburn
Matt Kelly, Manager Oxford Airport
Ben Baker, Air Traffic Manager
Schedule of Events
0900-1200: Spot Landing Contest. You must pre-register or check in to participate in the spot landing contest. Contact Ron Schmecker @ 203-518-1643 or Max Aulet @ 203-589-3009. See the attached documents for additional information.
12:00: Ramp Side Cookout.
1:00: Annual Oxford Flying Club Spot Landing Contest Awards Presented. Then a short briefing by Airport Staff and Air traffic.
1:30: FAASTeam Safety Seminar: "Can You Depend or On-Board Weather ?"
Weather is now on the NTSB most wanted list!
NTSB recommends FAA, National Weather Service improve weather forecast to pilots. May 6, 2014 Press Release, NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today issued nine recommendations addressing the need to provide more comprehensive preflight weather information to pilots. The recommendations were issued to both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS), who are jointly responsible for providing such information to pilots. Timely, detailed weather information is critical for enabling airmen to properly balance risks and make sound decisions when determining to fly.
These recommendations are based on NTSB accident investigations involving aircraft encountering weather conditions, such as adverse surface wind, dense fog, icing, turbulence, and low-level wind shear. Although information on these conditions may exist, it is not always provided to pilots through NWS products during preflight weather forecasts.
Join us for this interesting, educational and exciting FAASTeam safety seminar.
For additional information, call FAASTeam Program Manager, Jim Adams at 860-654-1039.
Equal Access Information: The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting/event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please communicate your request as soon as possible with the person in the “Contact Information” area of the meeting/event notice. Note that two weeks is usually required to arrange services.
For additional information, call the above listed numbers or call Jim Adams at: 860-6564-1039.
Equal Access Information:
The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting/event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please communicate your request as soon as possible with the person in the “Contact Information” area of the meeting/event notice. Note that two weeks is usually required to arrange services.
Credit Applicability:
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 3
FAASTeam Project Information:
LOC.PTRS: 201406362
National Project:
Top Ten Event
Additional Event Documents:
