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Ditching and Water Survival with Doug Ritter
A VC99's Pilot Proficiency Class
Saturday, Mar 14 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
If you fly over water, (any water, be it ocean, lake or river) during take-off, landing or enroute, you need to see this program. Doug is the world's leading authority on ditching general aviation aircraft. Doug torpedoes numerous myths and old wives' tales about ditching. He will and cover the actual ditching process and egress procedures; water survival equipment; water survival strategies; over water search and rescue procedures; the open water environment; hypothermia and other physiological concerns; and the psychological aspects of water survival.?
Instructor: Doug Ritter, is an award winning journalist and internationally recognized authority on survival equipment. He is the founder, Publisher and Editor of the acclaimed Equipped to Survive Web site, www.equipped.org, and Board Chairman & Executive Director of the Equipped To Survive Foundation. He sits on U.S. and international committees that determine specifications for aviation, marine and terrestrial survival equipment. Ritter’s flying experience ranges from Ultralights to the F16. If the question is General Aviation survival, Doug Ritter likely has the definitive answer.?
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 February 19th "Reflections of a Test Pilot" 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.