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BY JILL W. TALLMAN

Survival training

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Embry-Riddle to offer emergency water landing course

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Microphone

IF RECENT NEWS coverage of pilots forced to ditch their aircraft has you rattled, you can
train for the possibility that you might be in the same situation through a new course
offered by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (www.erau.edu ).
Embry-Riddle has partnered with Antipodean Aviation of Australia to offer survival
training in emergency water landings for fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. Once
enrolled, participants have 30 days to complete a theory-based online course, then
receive one day of practical training in a pool, using a simulator known as a portable
shallow-water egress trainer. The practical training takes place at Embry-Riddle’s
Prescott, Arizona, campus.
Participants can choose one of two options: aircraft ditching, escape, and survival, a
class aimed at general aviation pilots that is said to be similar to a helicopter underwater
escape training course but more comprehensive; and aircraft ditching, escape, and survival with emergency breathing systems, designed for flight crews who use emergency
breathing systems such as a helicopter aircrew breathing device, a helicopter emergency
egress device, or a survival egress air device.
Both versions are priced at $750 per person. For more information, contact Albert
Astbury (training@erau.edu).
Embry-Riddle’s partnership with Antipodean Aviation will develop more than 50
courses on advanced aviation topics for pilots, flight nurses, flight paramedics, and public safety officers, the university said in a press release.

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NEWS

GA education in Hawaii

• Includes a DC cable
for aircraft power

BY JAMES MOORE

Collegiate aviation programs to be offered

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• Music input
• Audio output for
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• Push to Talk Switch inputs for both pilot & copilot
• Available in 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 place versions

SPO-62

HAWAIIAN LAWMAKERS ARE supporting legislation that sets the stage for the
creation of collegiate aviation programs
at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, and
Hawaii Community College—with a
significant and encouraging new model
of increased state support for general
aviation education.

the pilot population and the important
role that state-aided college aeronautical programs can play in reversing it.
“Fully developed programs of this
nature would finally offer young Hawaiians the very best opportunities to
pursue successful careers in aviation—
as currently afforded to students across

"FULLY DEVELOPED PROGRAMS OF THIS NATURE WOULD
FINALLY OFFER YOUNG HAWAIIANS THE VERY BEST
OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS
IN AVIATION."
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A pair of bills backed by AOPA won
unanimous approval in various committee votes taken recently.
Among other action, AOPA Western
Pacific Regional Manager John Pfeifer
officially weighed in with letters to
legislative leaders supporting House
Bill 725 and the related Senate Bill
1221, noting the ongoing decline in

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the continental United States,” Pfeifer
said.
Both bills call for unspecified
appropriations to hire staff and begin
building the programs. The House
version and Senate version both have
cleared various committee votes with
unanimous approvals from every
committee.
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