Title:
NAFI 2025 - Five Weather Rules of Thumb - At the PPC Education Center
Topic:
Rules of Thumb That Can Have Serious Implications
Speaker(s):
Dr. Scott Dennstaedt
Brief Description:
Many flight instructors teach their students various aviation “rules of thumb” sometimes known as “heuristics.” Many of these rules of thumb used in aviation are usually easy to remember and are often quite useful under specific circumstances. For example, instrument students likely learned the “turn, time, twist, throttle, talk, and track” that make up the six T's rule of thumb. These can be used anytime during an instrument flight when crossing a fix or making a turn. However, with respect to weather that includes in-flight or preflight, rules of thumb can be quite dangerous. This presentation will list five common rules of thumb that instructors often teach that can have serious implications if not completely understood.
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Select Number:
EA13138178
Location of Seminar:
PPC Education Center
3000 Poberezny Rd
Oshkosh, WI 54902
Directions to Venue:
The PPC Education Center is connected to the EAA Aviation Museum.
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Fly-in Seminar?:
Yes KOSH
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Sponsoring Division:
FAASTeam
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Founder of the EZWxBrief progressive web app, Scott is a nationally known expert in aviation weather. He has worked as a meteorologist for the past 45 years and holds a doctorate in Infrastructures and Environmental Systems. With a background as a research meteorologist, commercial pilot, and experienced CFI, he has logged over 4000 hours in the last 25 years and offers a unique approach to teaching general aviation pilots how to minimize their exposure to adverse weather. Scott is a widely published aviation author and has written over 400 articles for various aviation magazines since he earned his flight instructor certificate in the late 1990s. He is the author of Weather Essentials for Pilots: The Skew-T Edition and is a contributing editor for FLYING magazine. He is also the co-author of Pilot Weather: From Solo to the Airlines, the new gold standard in aviation texts for pilots at all experience levels.
NAFI would like to thank EAA for making the theater and space in the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center available for NAFI's presentations, member and pilot support during EAA AirVenture 2025.
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Credit Applicability:
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 3
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