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ForeFlight VFR with Mike Jesch and Brian Schiff
A VC99's Pilot Proficiency Class
Saturday, Feb 29 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
ForeFlight is a comprehensive, one-stop source for all your aviation information, including weather, planning, briefing, flight plan filing, weight and balance, checklists, navigation, situational awareness on the ground and in the air, an aviation library, and much more.
ForeFlight is an awesome app—but only if you know how to use it. Come get a ForeFlight checkout from professionals and learn how to use ForeFlight expertly as the tool it was intended to be. This comprehensive VFR checkout will help make your preflight planning easier and efficient as well as improve your situational awareness and ability to manage resources during flight.
This class will not cover ForeFlight or iPad Basics. The instructors will presume you are already familiar with the basics of ForeFlight or have taken the MarcFeb 12, 2020 ForeFlight and iPad Basics class.
The course will include a review of ForeFlight advanced features, including many new features to the app. Attendees will participate (hands-on) with their own tablets (bring yours) in all phases from preflight to postflight as well as emergency procedures using ForeFlight. Whatever your level of familiarity and experience with ForeFlight, this class will make you more proficient at using this powerful flight tool.
This class will focus on VFR applications of Foreflight and serve as an intro for the next (and separate) class: ForeFlight IFR, where we will focus on the IFR applications of ForeFlight.
There is no wireless network available in the classroom. If you want Internet access during the class, you need to use your own cellular data plan or bring or activate a hotspot. Note: an internal WiFi network will be utilized to connect all iPads to the class flight simulator.
Bring: your tablet with:
- A fully charged battery.
- A charging cable and external power pack to recharge your battery.
- Latest version of ForeFlight installed with chart data already downloaded for California VFR Sectionals and California Airport Diagrams
Instructors:
Captain Mike Jesch, ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, AGII, With 40 years of flying experience, including more than 30 in airline flying, Captain Mike brings a wealth of experience to the table. Mike Jesch has been a ground and flight instructor since 1985, and has flown many thousands of hours “in The System.” His (mostly) day job has been with a major airline since 1987, where he has flown as Captain on the Boeing 737 since 2002. But his “real” flying takes place in his IFR-equipped Cessna 182 based at Fullerton, CA, or whatever his clients show up in to fly that day. He is a two-time Master CFI, and a FAASTeam Lead Representative in the Long Beach (CA) FSDO. As a speaker on the national stage, he has presented on a wide range of subjects across the country for numerous groups, including AOPA, many EAA Chapters, the Ninety-Nines, and many more. Mike is a member of the Society of Aviation Flight Educators (SAFE).
Brian Schiff, ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, IGI, is a captain on an Airbus 320 for a major US airline and is type-rated on the Boeing 727, 757, 767, DC-9, MD-80, Airbus 321, CL-65, LR-JET, and G-V. Schiff’s roots are deeply planted in general aviation where he has flown a wide variety of aircraft. He holds several flight instructor ratings and is recognized for his enthusiasm and ability to teach in way that simplifies complex procedures and concepts. He is a member of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE), a member of the board of directors of National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) and has been actively instructing since earning his flight and ground instructor certificates in 1985. Schiff has been an FAA-designated examiner. He attended San Jose State University, and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and his Master of Science Degree in Aviation Safety from the University of Central Missouri. He regularly presents seminars about aviation safety and techniques to student and professional pilots.
This program is one of a series in the Ventura County 99s 20th Annual Pilot Proficiency Classes, an annual series of approximately 20-25 seminars and programs from February to May. There is a fee for all classes except the Feb 19th "Reflections of a Test Pilot" class with Tom Morgenfeld. Please go to our registration web site at http://www.vc99sclasses.com and click on the class schedule tab for fee information which appears at the end of the class title. The FAA does not permit us to include fee information here. The web site also provides additional information about each class and the instructors.
Some classes fill to capacity quickly. Please register for the seminar at least 24 hours in advance to ensure we have seats for everyone at http://www.vc99sclasses.com. We cannot guarantee a seat to people who do not register in advance. If seats are available, we will gladly accept payments and registration from walk-ins at the door.
Unless otherwise indicated on the registration web site http://www.vc99sclasses.com, all classes meet in the upstairs meeting room of the Department of Airports, 555 Airport Way, Camarillo, CA 93010, on the field at KCMA. There is no wireless network available to attendees in the classroom. If you want Internet access during a class, you will need to use your own data plan or bring or activate a hotspot.
