Title:
EAA Chapter 75 IMC Club
Topic:
Planning a Safe IFR Cross-Country Flight
Speaker(s):
Dan Murphy, Bernie Nitz, Bob Weil
Brief Description:
Join us for an enlightening presentation: "Planning A Safe IFR Cross-Country Flight". This session will provide an in-depth summary of the information presented in the FAASTeam course ALC-889. This seminar focuses on the self-briefing steps and process in IFR flight planning. A partial list of the topics to be discussed are listed below
- Defining the mission including defining the route
- Aircraft status and limitations
- Departure and destination weather
- Enroute weather including Airmets and Sigmets
- Convective and turbulance forecasts
- Winds aloft
- TFR's
- Fuel requirements
- Alternate selection
- Personal minimums assessment
- Go-No-Go considerations
Hands-On flight planning session: Participants will divide into working groups. Each group will be given a cross-country flight to plan and using self-briefing steps develop a safe IFR country flight plan.
Completed flight plans will be evaluated by the group.
Select Number:
GL03145638
Location of Seminar:
Jet Air, Inc (KDVN)
9230 N Harrison Street Davenport, IA
Davenport, IA 52806
Directions to Venue:
Fixed Based Operators (FBO) Lobby Receptionist will direct to meeting room.
Event is one (1) hour.
Seating:
30
seats at the facility,
30
remaining for online registration.
Registration Information:
Sponsoring Division:
Greater Chicago FAASTeam
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
Thanks to Jet Air, Inc, Davenport, IA
FBO - Fixed Based Operator, IMC - Instrument Meteorological Conditions, IFR - Instrument Flight Rule, VMC - Visual Meteorological Conditions, VFR - Visual Flight Rule, CFIT - Control Flight Into Terrain, and ILS - Instrument Landing System
The IMC Club welcomes everyone, including Student Pilots, VFR Pilots, and IFR Pilots!
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 1
FAASTeam Project Information:
National Project:
Any other Operations task not covered in the NPP
Additional Event Documents:
