AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 2015 - 102

NEWS & NOTES

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Could you handle
a survival situation?
Get the experts' tips on survival preparedness
YOU'VE JUST MADE AN UNPLANNED, off-airport landing. Thanks to
your training you were able to calmly cope with a developing inflight emergency and successfully land the airplane. But now what?
Have you been adequately prepared for what happens next? Can
you reach out for rescue and endure the elements until help arrives?
A little knowledge on what to do after a forced landing can
go a long way. In the Air Safety Institute's Survive: Beyond the
Forced Landing video (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/survivalvideo)
and Safety Advisor (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/survivaladvisor),
aviation experts share what actions you can take to keep your passengers and yourself safe until help arrives. Among their advice
are tips on survival kit essentials and how you can reduce the time
it takes to get found. Learn why you and your passengers should be
dressed to match the climate and terrain you will be overflying, in

order to be prepared for conditions other than those expected at
your departure and arrival points. As you might imagine, increasing your chances of a post-crash survival start with proper flight
planning. Watch Survive: Beyond the Forced Landing to learn about
the single most important thing to do to improve your prospects
of being found, and download the publication for more tips, a priority checklist, and advice on how to build a basic two-person
aviation survival kit. Round out your survival skillset with additional information found in ASI's Survival Safety Spotlight (www.
airsafetyinstitute.org/spotlight/survival).
Video and publication made possible
by the Canadian Owners and Pilots
Association and the Donner Canadian
Foundation.

CFI TO CFI NEWSLETTER WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
THE AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE'S flight instructor newsletter brought home Folio's 2014
Eddie Award for best standalone digital
magazine in the Association/Nonprofit
category.
Check out the latest edition for an amusing story of an excited flight cadet's first
experience in a T-33 Shooting Star, learn
about a new take on how go-arounds
should be taught, and ponder this question: Should you retract the flaps before or
after setting takeoff power during a touch

and go? Share your thoughts in the newsletter's comment section (www.nxtbook.
com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol5issue4/#/1).

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102 | AOPA PILOT March 2015

JUST THE COLD FACTS,
MA'AM
There's no such thing
as a "little ice," so plan
ahead and allow extra
time to remove all frost,
ice, and snow clinging
to the surfaces of your
aircraft before you attempt to fly. You may get
away with a wintry mix
hugging your car, but not
your airplane. To get airborne safely, follow the
simple steps found in the
Air Safety Institute's Cold
Facts: Wing Contamination Safety Advisor. It has
some great tips on how
to safely and carefully
clean snow and ice off
the airplane, including
how you can make the
process as comfortable
as possible.
WEB

For more information
www.airsafetyinstitute.
org/coldfacts_advisor

http://www.aopafoundation.org/aircraft-donation http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/survivalvideo http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/survivaladvisor http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/spotlight/survival http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/spotlight/survival https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol5issue4/#/1 https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/cfi_vol5issue4/#/1 http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/coldfacts_advisor http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/coldfacts_advisor http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/seminars

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