Event Details and Registration

You are invited to an exclusive safety workshop on CENTER & TRACON – Handling Emergencies Like a Pro!, given by featured speakers Christopher Tucker – Veteran NY Center Controller, Private Pilot & Jeff Comeau – NY Tracon Controller, Frontline Manager, MEI rating.  At this informative briefing we will discuss Center and Tracon airspace, VFR & IFR flight and advisories, emergencies, and specifically the Dec 2016 ditching in LI Sound.  Pilots need to make good decisions, and only you can choose to be a safer pilot!

Click on the link below to register TODAY!

DIRECTIONS: MID ISLAND AIR SERVICE (MIAS). From the West: LIE (495) eastbound to exit 57 (Veterans Memorial Highway). Right on Veterans Highway (454), 6 miles to main entrance to airport. From the East: LIE westbound to exit 57. Left on 454 follow above. From the West: Sunrise Highway to exit 49, second light, left on Johnson Ave. Straight for three lights into the airport. From the East: Sunrise to exit 50A, right onto Johnson Ave. Airport entrance: straight in, left on Schaefer Drive and right on Hering Drive.

The meeting will be held in the main hangar.  Aircraft parking available on ramp area.

Sponsored by: The Doorologist, Advanced Epoxy Flooring, Bayport Aerodrome, and Vxperts Aviation.

FREE MONTHLY Aviation Seminar Series

WHEN:  Saturday, May 13, 2017
TIME: 8:30am Continental Breakfast - 9:00-10:30am seminar, questions, hangar talk.
WHERE:  Mid Island Air Service, Inc.  MacArthur Airport    
HOSTS:  Mid Island Air Service & FAA Safety Team http://www.midislandair.com

JUN 10, 2017  CENTER & TRACON – Handling Emergencies Like a Pro!

• Airspace structure – Center/Tracon/towers working together
• IFR vs. VFR flight and advisories, and who we are talking to
• When things go wrong – top pilot errors
• Emergencies – how controllers help
• Dec 2016 water ditching in Long Island Sound
• Questions & answers

Christopher Tucker – Veteran NY Center Controller, Private Pilot, Member NATCA and Air Redesign Project

Jeff Comeau – NY Tracon Controller, Frontline Manager, MEI rating, B17 time, aircraft owner

By attending this seminar, and others like it, you can become part of the FAA Pilot Proficiency Award Program [also known as WINGS] by participating in a recurrent training program. This program was expanded in 2008 and developed for a higher level of safety by employing consistent recurrent training, which has been identified as a major factor in reducing General Aviation [GA] accident rates. 
 
Remember, as part of this seminar program, WINGS is designed to help keep you safe, and by participating and staying WINGS current you may maintain a valid Flight Review. We appreciate your participation in this event.

Do you know your limitations? The seminar will also direct your attention to the Mid Island Personal Limitations Checklist to help teach “situational awareness " through the experiences of other pilots . . . help develop good judgment, . . . . and better understand what's legal vs. what's safe and smart.