Title:
AirVenture 2026 Forum - How to fly ODPs and SIDs
Topic:
This presentation covers visibility requirements, increased climb gradients, and obstacle avoidance routes.
Speaker(s):
Ed Verville - CFI, DPE, TCE, APD
Brief Description:
Many pilots struggle with Obstacle Departure Procedures and Standard Instrument Departures during their Instrument Rating or CFI-Instrument Airplane practical tests. This presentation will show how to comply with visibility requirements, increased climb gradients, and obstacle avoidance routes. It will also describe the VCOA procedure (how to visually climb over an airport), and how to avoid the “low, close-in obstacles” that are not in the published procedures. Instrument training focuses a lot on how to get down from instrument conditions, but we also need to know how to avoid terrain and obstacle while departing an airport and climbing to a safe altitude.
WINGS credit available!
To receive WINGS credit fill out attendance sheet available at the Forum entrance.
Select Number:
AFS0144440
Location of Seminar:
FAA Safety Center/EAA AirVenture
3110 Knapp Street
Oshkosh, WI 54902
Directions to Venue:
The FAA Safety Center is centrally located on the EAA AirVenture grounds on the South side of the control tower. We are the large tan building with the rooftop deck facing the runway. Forums entrance is on the west side of the building.
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Fly-in Seminar?:
Yes KOSH
Seating:
Check Additional event Information below for possible registration requirements.
Sponsoring Division:
FAA Safety Team
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
FAA Safety Forums, at the Safety Center, run daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15p.m.
Adjacent FAA Exhibit Hall open daily from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
FAA Safety Forums, at the Seaplane Base, run daily from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
PRESENTED DURING THE EAA AIRVENTURE FLY-IN. NO FEE FOR THE FORUM, BUT AN ENTRANCE FEE IS REQUIRED BY EAA AIRVENTURE TO ENTER THE GROUNDS.
For more information on EAA AIRVENTURE admissions, visit www.eaa.org
See additional information below:
EAA AirVenture FAA Forum Schedule
https://bit.ly/FAA_Forums
WINGS credit available!
To receive WINGS credit fill out attendance sheet available at the Forums entrance.
CURRENT EAA AIRVENTURE FLY-IN NOTAM IS MANDATORY FOR FLYING INTO AIRVENTURE.
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 Advanced Knowledge Topic 2
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