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Archived 2009 Conference Schedule

The event was hosted on the last full weekend in February; below is the archived event schedule. 2010 schedule to be released late Summer 2009. Thank you for the support of sponsors, exhibitors and attendees for presenting this event with such success for over a quarter decade!

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We are honored that Craig Fuller president-elect of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association,joined us as a keynote speaker at the 2009 event. Past president, Phil Boyer, has been very popular in his annual presentations for nearly a decade and a half! Thank you, Phil, for your continued support of this event.

JJ Greenway, Chief Flight Instructor with the AOPA Air Safety Foundation will also be presenting seminars Saturday & Sunday.

The 2009 schedule will once again include the popular Weather Workshop featuring presenters from the National Weather Service as well as a Survival Workshop track for pilots.

In addition to the IA renewal program; pilot seminars for fixed wing, helicopter and float pilots; there will be FAA presentations and sessions for new pilots and pilot training and a 99's Flying Companions Seminar.

Please let us know if you would like to offer a pilot seminar or have recommendations for speakers. We appreciate your assistance in designing this event!

2010 Archived Event Hours:
Saturday, February 20 | 9:00 - 5:30 pm
Sunday, February 21 | 10:00 - 4:00 pm

Admission: $5.00 for two days - displays and general admission seminars, available at the door or online.
FREE Parking in BLUE Lot

Archived Schedule from 2009 Show below

Thank you Spencer Aircraft for once again providing FREE shuttle from THUN FIELD (KPLU) to Blue Gate. Departing every hour after 8:30 am Saturday/ after 9:30 am Sunday, departing from Spencer Aircraft to BlueLot/ and return. (call Spencer for details – 253-848-9349)

Saturday
February 21, 2009

7:00 am

Registration open for IA Refresher Course. Continental Breakfast provide to REGISTERED IA students only. by Eagle Fuel Cells. NO Accesss to Trade Show Area until 9:00 am.
 Preregister online for 8 hours training



8:00 am

 
Fuel Cell Maintenance
Pioneer Room (B) | Chris Hartwig | Eagle Fuel Cells

An overview of components and construction types, known problems including service bulletins and airworthiness directives, leak diagnosis, and in depth removal and installation techniques.

Eagle Fuel Cells sponsoring breakfast for Registered IA attendees.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification and breakfast.

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9:00 am

EXHIBITS opens to public

Propeller Care & Maintenance
Ken Shisler | NW Propeller
Pioneer Room (B)

Propeller Care and Maintenance; what to look for in inspections. Discussion will cover T.B.O's, lubrication, overhauls/repairs, propeller and blade conditions, annuals, paint, corrosion, rusty hardware, nicks and guages.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification.


ONE-DAY FLYING COMPANION SEMINAR FOR NON-PILOTS : Intro to Flying
(9:00 am - 4:00 pm)
Kathleen Torchia | Greater Seattle Chapter of 99's
South Foyer (A)

Join the 99's for a fun and informative day at the the event. Learn why and how airplanes fly, how to read an aviation chart, who to talk to on the radio, how to navigate and emergency & safety procedures. If you fly as a passenger with a friend or spouse, you need to attend this event. Cost is $49.50 per person (all classroom supplies included) Space is limited and advance registration is required. Click here for info.



9:15 am

 
A Systematic Approach to Emergencies
Johnny D. Summers | Bethany Consulting
Heritage Room (D)

This class explores the “more.” From planning a flight, to what to do when it gets quiet in the airplane. We’ll discuss the immediate actions and the not so immediate actions that end with a safe landing. We’ll tie together the FAA’s Practical Test maneuvers that give pilots the basic skills with practical application. These techniques will give each pilot the knowledge to handle the dreaded ASEL engine failure with confidence without constant practice.

Survival Seminar: Clothing Systems & Personal Protective Equipment
Emergency Response International (ERI)
North Foyer (E)

This session includes discussion of ideal clothing combinations and a systems design for maximum benefit in aviation. The first line of defense in any emergency or survival situation is the clothing and personal protective equipment worn by pilots and their passengers.

After an unscheduled off airport landing, that layer of clothing or equipment may be the only defense against fire, cold, moisture, heat, insects, wind or any other environmental factors. The program focuses on: suitable and safe clothing for flight; planning zones of the body for primary and backup protection; the five methods of heat gain and loss to the environment; various types of insulating materials; maximizing the value of clothing and personal protective wear; carriage of additional clothing and gear; and specific considerations for the following conditions: onboard fire, extreme cold, cool and wet, tropics, heat and deserts, plus mountainous regions. Special attention is placed on personal protection of the head, hands and feet.



Garmn Glass Cockpits
Founder Room | Wayne McGhee, Garmin

Glass cockpits from Garmin. What information they provide, and what is involved in installing them in your aircraft. Wayne will also briefly cover the new 696 Garmin portable.

               

10:00 am

Welcome Ceremonies
Keynote Area
FAA, WSDOT Awards, welcome opening ceremonies




CORROSION: The Silent Killer
Steve Watt | Corrosion X
Pioneer Room

Corrosion costs are estimated at 4.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or over $300 billion in the United States each year. Of this amount, 35% or over $100 billion can be classified as avoidable because best practices are not used.This seminar is a layman’s explanation of how corrosion works (the electrochemical process) and 9 various forms it takes in airframe deterioration. We will explore what to look for in making a visual inspection and what other forms of discovery exist. In addition, we will investigate current practices for corrosion removal and prevention.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification.


10:30 am

Mastering Takeoffs and Landings

JJ Greenway | AOPA Air Safety Foundation
Keynote Area

Tips and techniques for making, smooth, trouble-free departures and arrivals. Every year takeoffs and landings account for more than half of all pilot-related accidents, and it's not just the new pilots who are having trouble. ASF's seminar gives you tips and techniques for making smooth, trouble-free departures and arrivals.

Weather Patterns of the Pacific Northwest -West side
Clinton Rockey | NWS Portland OR
Founders Room (C)

We will review basic weather patterns of the Pacific Northwest maritime area (west of Cascades) that affect aviation interests. Weather phenomena include unstable shower patterns, marine stratus, fog, high winds, thunderstorms and the Puget Sound Convergence Zone. Emphasis will be on the effect of these phenomena on the aviation community. In addition, we will provide some satellite interpretation tools that pilots can use to better anticipate such events.

Register on line for Wings Credit and Weather Certificate.


Why Airborne Law Enforcement & Border Regulations have got Stricter & Tougher Since 9/11
Brian R. Webb, Aviation Operations Analyst/Training | U. S. Department of Homeland Security
Heritage Room (D)

Law Enforcement for General Aviation pilots has changed since 9/11, especially here in the Northwest and crucially, not just for flights that cross the border. Brain Webb, a Bellingham-based Homeland Security Pilot will talk of the threats we in the WA aviation community face, the regulations you must know when flying across or even near the border, and what could happen if you don’t check the latest list of TFR’s before taking off. This information could prevent you from making a mistake, losing your license or worse.

11:00 am

Cylinder Anatomy - What's in There? Materials, Processes and Maintenance
Tim Morland | Engine Components, Inc
Pioneer Room (B)

This presentation illustrates what occurs inside a cylinder during each crankshaft stroke. Particular attention is paid to materials and processes as well as care and maintenance of cylinders.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification.

11:45 am

178 Seconds to Live (the deadliest risk in aviation)
Fred Abrams | Abrams Aviation
Heritage Room (D)

According to the 2007 NALL REPORT on Accident Trends and Factors for 2006, published by the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, continued VFR flight into IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) remains the major cause of fatal weather accidents in single-engine aircraft. While statistics show an overall improvement in general aviation safety over the years, the NALL REPORT concludes “the long-term trend for weather related accidents is increasing.”

This problem has been around for a long time. In fact a study was done in the early 50s in an attempt to determine why pilots continue to put themselves in harms way and once there, could a reliable solution be taught that would save the day. The study began by simulating an IMC encounter in aircraft piloted by private pilots untrained in instrument flight. If the encounters had been real instead of simulated every flight would have ended tragically. Some pilots lost control of their aircraft within 2 or 3 seconds after loosing the natural horizon. Others were able to postpone the inevitable for as much as 7 minutes. The average amount of time before the inevitable loss of control was 178 seconds.

In spite of this research, its conclusions, and training curriculums developed as a result…

There’s no reason to believe those figures have changed in the past half century.”  
        (Quoted from: Business & Commercial Aviation Magazine, March 2008, page 63
         “--- Illusions: Spatial Disorientation and Loss of Control”  by Dick McKinney.)

Continued VFR into IMC continues to plague General Aviation. Perhaps a new approach is called for since traditional training methods continue to fail.


Satellite and Radar Interpretation of Inland Northwest Weather Patterns
Greg Koch | NWS Spokane WA
Founders Room (C)

Meteorologists use a variety of tools to track and forecast the weather. Satellite and radar can be especially useful tools, if you know how to use them. Learn how to use these valuable these tools to analyze clouds, fog, thunderstorms, precipitation and other weather phenomena.

Register on line for Wings Credit and Weather Certificate.

Washington Pilots Association (WPA) Meeting & Lucheon
North Foyer (E)

Details TBA

The Basics of WAAS and the Transformation of IFR Flying
Bruce Williams | BruceAir
Keynote Speaker Area


Learn about how WAAS is transforming IFR flying and bringing new capabilities and flexibility to pilots of light GA aircraft. For example, the number of WAAS LPV approaches now exceeds the total number ILS procedures in the U.S. This presentation reviews the basics of WAAS technology and the rules governing its use. To illustrate the new approaches, GPS-only MEAs, and other features available with GPS—especially WAAS—the presentation focuses on procedures that are rapidly being implemented around the U.S., with an emphasis on recent additions and changes to IAPs and terminal routes in the Pacific Northwest.

Angel Flight General Meeting & Lucheon
North Foyer (E)

Details TBA

1:00 pm

The State of General Aviation
Keynote Area | Craig Fuller, AOPA President

SAR System: Things That Go Beep in the Night
Emergency Response International (ERI)
Heritage (D)

Knowledge of the methods, procedures, and policies used in search assists downed pilots and passengers to aid in their own rescue. This knowledge also provides reassurance, in turn, building morale and mental stability for downed aviators. This session includes tips for leaving a traceable trail; federal, state and local responsibilities for search and rescue; sequence of search phases; pros and cons of the Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs), Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) their differences, similarities and the 121.5 frequency changeover; the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) program; and what can be expected from the Global Positioning System.  Also a review of rescue pickup devices that may be encountered with specific protocols for pickup by helicopter in both water and land based situations.  

ERI regularly provides SAR training around the world to law enforcement agencies and training academies, volunteer search and rescue groups, land management agencies, university students and government agencies on basic, intermediate and advanced level field skills and search management. Regardless of how remote the probabilities of making a forced emergency landing in a general aviation aircraft may seem, the possibility does exist. Every day, hundreds of pilots and their families, friends and co-workers climb into small general aviation aircraft with no thought about preparedness or the consequences of emergency landing in an isolated area. ERI courses were developed in concert with the Washington State and Montana Divisions of Aeronautics as a preventive search effort to curb the growing SAR problems in those states. The program is full of vitally important and interesting facts that every pilot and his passengers should know. While many survival courses concentrate on primitive living skills, this program utilizes the lessons learned from hundreds of actual case histories to emphasize what the real priorities are during a survival situation.

Please visit ERI website.


1:30 pm

Vortex Generator Installation and Paperwork
Charles White | Micro AeroDynamics
Pioneer Room (B)

A VG Kit will be on display and Charles White will tell about the installation process. Anni Brogan, the Flight Test Director at Micro Aero, will describe the FAA documentation and paperwork relating to the Micro VG Kit and about how Vortex Generators are flight tested and approved. Come to the seminar and hear about the conceptions and the miss-conceptions about Vortex Generators and what they do to make aircraft fly safer, improve performance and how they improved controllability at slow speeds.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification.

2:15 pm


Wintertime Icing Conditions in the Pacific Northwest
John Werth | NWS Auburn WA
Founders Room (C)

All about aircraft icing. Understanding the effects of icing on aircraft performance, what causes icing, how icing forms and where it occurs, the different types of icing, and the potential type of icing based on cloud type.

Register on line for Wings Credit and Weather Certificate.

Equipping Yourself to Survive: Personal Survival Gear for Pilots
Doug Ritter | Equipped to Survive
Keynote Area

When your flight's gone about as bad as it possibly could, your survival may well depend upon what survival gear you have with you. Even with modern communications and distress signaling, you could easily end up stuck in the wilderness overnight. If rescue is delayed, it's probably because of difficult weather or other circumstances that would add to your troubles. Aviation survival equipment authority Doug Ritter, founder of Equipped To Survive (www.equipped.org ), will explain what you should never be without and, just as important, what gear is worth betting your life on and what isn't. You don't have to spend a fortune to be equipped to survive. Attendees will be eligible to win valuable survival equipment door prizes.

Residential Airparks - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Founders Room | Dave Sclair, Living With Your Plane, General Aviation News
Heritage Room (D)


CWU Alumni Meet and Greet
North Foyer

2:30 pm

Major Alterations and the IA
Terry Butler-Stoddard, Seattle FSDO
Pioneer Room (B)

Discussion regarding forms, guidance and rules to help IAs properly...evaluate and document major alterations. The presentation will help IAs to understand requirements, concerns and considerations pertinent to most alterations. It will also help IAs evaluate adequacy of documentation to support alterations and options available to obtain approved data.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification.

3:30 pm

Vacuum Pumps & Pneumatic Systems
John Herman | Tempest
Pioneer Room (B)

Introduction to pneumatic systems with an overview of: vacuum pump design including the new tornado design; vacuum pump maintenance and recommended Inspection and replacement intervals; vacuum systems design and troubleshooting; pressure systems design and troubleshooting; de-ice systems design and troubleshooting as well as preventative maintenance. Seminar will conclude with an open discussion.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal
. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification.


Sport Pilot and Sport Aircraft
Mike Robertson | Principal Maintenance Inspector
Spokane FSDO
Founders Room (C)

A discussion regulations, what a sport aircraft is, sport pilot eligibility and requirements

Around the World... on Floats
Tom Casey
Heritage Room (D)

Illustrated entertaining and adventurous talk on the first circumnavigation by floatplane (Cessna 206) landing exclusively on water by Washington resident, Tom Casey.


Runway Safety Best Practices
Keynote area| Office of Runway Safety, FAA

Runway incursion/surface incident history, definition, statistics and airport signs, markings and procedures.

How many times have you been lost on the taxiways? Have you ever made a mistake on taking the wrong taxiway and had Ground Control ask you where do you think you are going? Ever been a passenger on an airline and the plane makes a 180 degree turn and you wonder what's going on? Yes - airline pilots do the same thing. They get lost, take the wrong taxiway, end up nose-to-nose with another airplane on a one-way taxiway. No matter what your experience level is, we can all use a refresher on how to avoid the common pitfalls of operating an aircraft on the ground. The Runway Safety Office will give you some insights on this growing problem and how to avoid making these same mistakes yourself.

4:30 pm

Survival Skills (Shelter, Fire, Signalling and Water)
Emergency Response International (ERI)
South (A)

This session illustrates essential concepts and skills for a survival incident. The purpose of the skills discussed in this session centers on preparedness, problem solving capability and protection of the body's temperature of 98.6 degrees F.

  • Principles of Shelter Construction both with the aircraft and without, plus tips, tricks, knots and strategies for personal protection.

  • Firecraft - Alternatives to matches, improvised stoves, heaters, tinders, fuels, etc.

  • Signaling - Basic principles and practical advice on pyrotechnics and ground to air signals

  • Water Procurement

"Is it the Mag?"
Clifton Orcutt  | Aircraft Magneto Service
Pioneer Room (B)

Clifton Orcutt of, Aircraft Magneto Service, will provide an engaging seminar covering magnetos and ignition system basics and troubleshooting. Additional coverage will be given to the recent Slick Service Bulletins SB2-08A, and SB3-08A. Teledyne Continental Impusle Coupling Service Bulletin MSB645 and AD 05-12-06 will be examined. Numerous examples of failed ignition parts will be availabe for inspection and analysis. "Is It The Mag" will be informative for mechanics and pilots.

Pre-registration required if attending for IA renewal. General Public is welcome to all maintenance seminars but MUST preregister to receive certification.

The Anatomy of an Aviation Claim
Heritage Room | Avemco
This brand new forum from Avemco takes you from the accident to the resolution of a average general aviation claim. In this interesting session you will learn:

1) what is your role as the policyholder/pilot in the claims process

2) what is the insurance company's role in the claims process

3) the importance of the policy contract in claims adjusting

4) how to avoid a claim denial

A history of Boeing Field
Cory Graff | Military Aviation Historian
Even before there were runways, the area south of the city of Seattle was Washington’s aviation hub. Charles Hamilton, a daredevil dubbed “Crazy Man of the Air,” became the first flyer in the state when he coaxed his Curtiss biplane into the sky over Meadows Racetrack in 1910. He promptly crashed. With the help of William Boeing and his growing aviation company, Boeing Field opened in 1928. In those early days, brave air travelers could hitch a ride along with bags of mail in cold, noisy biplanes. Bigger, better aircraft soon followed, but wartime intervened. Thousands of Flying Fortress bombers emerged from Boeing’s Plant 2 at the edge of the airfield and winged off to war. In the years after, Boeing Field served a dazzling array of winged machines—from the smallest Piper Cub to Air Force One.

Seattle resident Cory Graff is the author of several aviation books and is the historian at the Flying Heritage Collection, in Everett, Washington. Using photographs from Seattle-area institutions and companies, Graff tells the fascinating story of one of the nation’s most unusual airports.

 

Sunday
February 22, 2009

10:00 am

Event opens to public



10:15 am

FAASTeam CFI Workshop (Module #2)
Mike Oswald, Galvin Flying | Bruce Williams, BruceAir
Minard Thompson, Northwest Mountain FAASTeam

Core Topics: # 3, Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) & # 4, GPS Navigation. Elective Topic: Pilot Decision Making Gone Bad

This is the second module of the FAAST CFI Workshop series. This module will cover Technically Advanced Aircraft, GPS Navigation & Pilot Decision Making. This three-hour program starts at 1015 and ends at 1315. Attendance at the FAAST CFI Workshops will qualify you for a CFI renewal at the end of the two-year program cycle.

Commercial pilots working on their CFI are also invited to attend the workshops. Additional Details

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GPS Handheld Comparison
Mike Norby | Aircraft Spruce
Heritage Room

Understand what features to look for when purchasing your next GPS handheld unit. Hand held units to be discussed are Anywhere Map, AvMap, Garmin, Honeywell Av8or, and Lowrance.

Proactive Protection: Promoting your Airport
Jennifer Storm | AOPA Airport Support Network, Frederick, MD
Founders Room (D)

Learn more about the AOPA Airport Support Network, including why every public-use airport is better protected as a part of the program. Get tips on identifying (and serving) stakeholders, holding an airport open house, and determining, expanding, and communicating your airport’s economic impact

11:00 am – 1:30 pm

Communicating with Radar Air Traffic Controllers
Karen Mitchell, FAA Seattle TRACON and Tom Torchia, FAA Seattle ARTCC
North Foyer (E)

How to pick up flight following and working in the radar environment,
followed by a question and answer session.

11:15 am

Single Pilot IFR (works for married pilots as well)

Fred Abrams | Abrams Aviation
Keynote Area

How many times have you heard an instrument instructor say, "Fly the airplane first, then worry about your position, and when that is all under control, talk to ATC." The phrase "Aviate, Navigate, and Communicate” comes to mind. But do experienced pilots actually perform this way when hand flying an airplane full of passengers or freight in hard IFR? The biggest challenge for talented instructors is correctly analyzing their own behavior when performing a task successfully and then developing that behavior in their student. The one thing the pilot knows for sure is that you can not fly instruments, in hard IFR, unless you are looking at the instruments! The PF watches those six flight instruments like a hawk watches it’s prey. Any distraction is ignored or delegated to someone else.
But what about the weekend pilot who flys without the aid of a copilot? Can single pilot IFR be as safe as an airline operation with two pilots? Yes it can. Otherwise the FAA would not allow it. However,to ensure the highest level of safety during single pilot IFR operations, the pilot must learn to never stop being the PIC in order to accomplish SIC duties. Put another way, the pilot can not stop being the "pilot flying" to perform the duties of the "pilot not flying". We must learn to work smarter not harder by reducing (or sharing) the workload.

Sport Pilot and Sport Aircraft
Mike Robertson | Principal Maintenance Inspector
Spokane FSDO
South Foyer (C)

A discussion regulations, what a sport aircraft is, sport pilot eligibility and requirements

Airport Land Use Workshop
WSDOT
Founders Room

Learn more about airport zoning techniques, increase your credibility, and sound like an expert at your next public meeting!



Interpreting Weather Charts on the Internet
Mike Petrucelli | NWS Medford, OR
Founders Room (C)

How to interpret weather forecast charts found on the Internet. A quick look at common aviation weather forecast charts and a deeper look at the computer model weather charts used by National Weather Service meteorologists. Includes a look at satellite imagery and how to find fronts and low pressure systems.

Register on line for Wings Credit and Weather Certificate.


12:15 pm

PIREPs
Allen Kam | NWS Seattle, WA

Founders Room (C)

(Note: this is a 2 hour seminar with a 15 minute break in the middle).

This two hour seminar is intended to provide training to pilots in order to increase the quantity and improve the quality of PIREPs submitted to our aviation weather network. Part 1 covers the background of PIREPs and how they fit in the aviation weather system, including a comparison with standard weather observations. Part 2 covers the nuts and bolts of observing weather from the cockpit, and how to organize and communicate high quality PIREPs to our weather system. The design of this seminar was a collaboration from all three components of our network, Allen Kam, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Seattle; Scott Tanner, a Flight Service Quality Assurance and Training Specialist from Seattle Flight Service; and Chuck Smith, Chief Pilot at Regal Air, Paine Field, Everett.

Register on line for Wings Credit and Weather Certificate.

Survival: What Makes You a Survivor
Emergency Response International (ERI)
South (A)

This session explores basic concepts and principles of survival through a self-assessment process by examining characteristics of survivors, along with other factors from research that influence survival.    Using John Leaches' research at the University of Lancaster, UK, and the research conducted by Lawrence Gonzales as a basis, this module addresses the “will to live”, physiological and psychological reactions to stress, and environmental stressors such as pain, cold, thirst, hunger and fatigue. The session emphasizes how to maintain a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) and a 98.6 degree body core temperature.

GPS From the Ground Up
JJ Greenway | AOPA ASF
Keynote Area

This GPS seminar discusses GPS operations as a whole, not just individual unit-specific functions. It's no longer about a GPS unit, it's about an entire operation that includes the pilot, ATC, Flight Service, etc. The pilot should not only use GPS as a supplemental means of navigation and situational awareness, but as a method to help manage the entire flight. The seminar will start with some brief compare/contrast of specific units and how technology has evolved, and then move into meaningful tips and advice for every phase of flight: Flight planning, preflight, departure, enroute and much more. We'll also discuss real-pilot "gotchas" that GPS users got themselves into due to lack of proper training, etc. You will not want to miss this seminar.

Tailwheel Instruction / Adventure Flight Training
Brian Thompson | Explore Aviation LLC,    Yakima, WA

Brian Thompson learned to fly in Yakima Washington in the late 60s.  In 1973 at age 22 he bought a 1940 Piper J3 Cub for $2,800.00.  A year later he flew it to Alaska and spent 20 years there. He began flying for a local air taxi operator at the Indian village of Tanana Alaska in 1977 and logged several thousand hours flying Cherokee Sixes, Cessnas, Single Engine Otter and Piper Navajos.

In the year 2000, after retiring from arctic flying, and moving back to Yakima Brian obtained an instructors rating and rebuilt his Cub with the thought of helping younger folks get started in the adventure of aviation.  Brian likes to take his trainees to unusual airstrips and provide them with challenges similar to what he faced as an Alaska Air taxi pilot.  Brian shares his collection of photos and stories and his philosophy of posing real world challenges to his trainees.

1:30 pm

Essentials of Ditching and Water Survival
Doug Ritter | Equipped to Survive
Keynote Area

If you fly over any types of water (ocean, lake, or river) during takeoff, landing, or enroute, this presentation will give you the information you need to survive. One of the world's leading aviation survival authorities and founder of Equipped To Survive (www.equipped.org ), Doug Ritter, will cover ditching and egress procedures; 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. Attendees will be eligible to win valuable survival equipment door prizes.

Portable Glass Cockpit: Standalone GPS or Tablet PC?
Steve Podradchik | Seattle Avionics Software, Inc.
South Foyer (A)

This past year has seen a proliferation of small computing devices, typically called Tablet PCs. These inexpensive and flexible units are excellent for in-cockpit use when teamed with a low-priced GPS receiver and appropriate software. This seminar describes the advantages and disadvantages of using these Tablet PCs over single-purpose devices such as the Garmin 696.

Aviation Insurance 101
Mike Adams | Avemco
Heritage Room
Attend this informative session to learn about the benefits of proper liability and physical damage coverage for general aviation aircraft and flying. Also included will be a Q & A session.

· Myths and realities about aviation insurance
· The price of the policy compared to the price of a loss to your aircraft
· The distinctions between Liability and Physical Damage coverage
· Flying without proper insurance protection is downright risky
.

Runway Safety Best Practices
Office of Runway Safety, FAA - 1. 5 hours
Pioneer Room

Runway incursion/surface incident history, definition, statistics and airport signs, markings and procedures.

How many times have you been lost on the taxiways? Have you ever made a mistake on taking the wrong taxiway and had Ground Control ask you where do you think you are going? Ever been a passenger on an airline and the plane makes a 180 degree turn and you wonder what's going on? Yes - airline pilots do the same thing. They get lost, take the wrong taxiway, end up nose-to-nose with another airplane on a one-way taxiway. No matter what your experience level is, we can all use a refresher on how to avoid the common pitfalls of operating an aircraft on the ground. The Runway Safety Office will give you some insights on this growing problem and how to avoid making these same mistakes yourself.

2:45 pm

Flying to Alaska
Tom George Alaska Regional Representative, AOPA
Heritage Room

Flying is a great way to see Alaska! Covering an area a fifth the size of the contiguous US, aviation is the only way to efficiently get around the state. But the same qualities that make Alaska exciting to explore by air create challenges for pilots. This seminar will provide an overview of the most popular routes through Western Canada, describe conditions to watch out for, and “tools” to help you safely navigate the skies of the 49th state.

Survival, What Works, What doesn’t and Why
Emergency Response International
Keynote Area

Much of the survival information in print, on TV or on the big screen falls very short of the truth. This session explores and differentiates between fact and fiction as related to survival training and practical skills. Much of what we see comes from outdoor camping publications and older military manuals where quotes and specific techniques have been handed down and used verbatim by writers for decades. This process creates many myths and misconceptions about survival, and often conveys a very misleading picture about true survival situations. The emphasis in the class puts these facts and related information into an aviation context for pilots and passengers.

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