AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - August 2017 - R-5

Friday Workshops

Experience more
Dive deep with one of these four workshops
NEW TO THE AOPA FLY-IN PROGRAMMING is an exciting Friday schedule that gives pilots a chance to attend
one of four seven-hour workshops (at a cost of $105 for members, $155 for nonmembers, and $75 for spouses,
with online preregistration required) offering what AOPA Director of Outreach and Events Chris Eads
describes as "an intensive, deep dive" into hands-on, experiential learning on selected vital topics.
Pilots interested in attending the Friday sessions can arrive Thursday afternoon and
WEB
camp out. Then head for the pavilion that hosts the workshop of your choice, including Skills and Safety, You Can Fly, Aviation Experience, or Maintenance and Ownership.
PREREGISTER ONLINE
(WWW.AOPA.ORG/KOUN17)
Lunch is included in the workshops' cost.

UNDERSTANDING AVIATION
WEATHER
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

An intensive all-day workshop
on understanding aviation
weather will be held at the
National Weather Center.
* Gain insights into how forecasts are developed, and how
you can apply this knowledge to
your in-flight decision-making.
* Learn to make sound decisions about flight in various
weather scenarios.
* Explore in-depth weather
scenarios from all four seasons.
* Develop specific skills and
understanding for winter
weather flying.
Presenters include National
Weather Center meteorologists
and faculty from the University
of Oklahoma.

PILOT PLUS ONE: COMBINING
LEARNING, INSPIRATION, AND
ADVENTURE
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

IFR REFRESHER COURSE:
RETURNING TO INSTRUMENT
PROFICIENCY
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

OWNER-GUIDED MAINTENANCE: MANAGING YOUR
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

Fun and learning for both pilot
and companion.
* Discover how to use the aircraft to build great experiences
with fun destinations, photography, and getting the most out
of where and how you fly.
* Address the fear of flying that
both pilot and passengers may
feel.
* Teach nonpilots how to participate and help their pilot
companion.
* Learn about safety and emergency preparedness to make
the companion confident and
secure.
Presenters include Pilot
Getaways magazine's George
Kounis, companion flying
experts Jolie Lucas and Janet
Maxwell, world-rounding
pilot Robert DeLaurentis, and
award-winning photographer
Jim Koepnick.

Designed for instrument-rated
pilots who have not flown IFR
for a long time.
* Ground school refresher
and preparation for your next
instrument proficiency check.
* Reorient to the rules and
regulations, refresh on IFR
procedures.
* Build a practice IFR flight
to include flight planning,
weather decision making,
approach briefing, missed
approach planning, and more.
* Explore aircraft loss of control
in IMC and other IFR accidents
and apply lessons learned.
Presented by experts
from Rainier Flight Center,
with thousands of hours of
IFR instruction experience;
includes video reenactments
from the AOPA Air Safety
Institute.

Discover how you can be the
manager of how your airplane
is maintained.
* Learn about the preventive
maintenance items you can perform as an owner.
* Learn how to manage and
guide the annual inspection
process.
* Hands-on engine and airframe labs as participants work
on aircraft.
* Learn about engine health and
what your engine is telling you.
Presenters are mechanics and maintenance experts
Adrian Eichhorn, Mike Busch,
and Paul New.
Friday
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
REQUIREMENTS: Preregister
COST: $105 members;
$155 nonmembers; $75 spouses
WEB www.aopa.org/koun17
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