Results of the Safety Seminar

Some 59 attendees were present during the recent NCSA 2008 SAFETY SEMINAR at Byron Airport on Saturday, February 23, 2008. They heard the following presentations:

Ramy Yanetz: USE OF RASP & BLIP MAPS as a Planning Tool for Safe XC Soaring from Byron;




Mike Schneider: BYRON AIRPORT OPERATIONS - REVIEW of RECENT INCIDENTS, with focus on Preflight Checks, Canopy!, Spoilers! - Runway Incursions, ATC communications;


Dan Gudgel, Examiner and Meteorologist: WEAK AREAS ON CHECK RIDES, Examiner Lessons Learned, Weather Source Considerations;
Richard Pearl: ACCIDENT REVIEW - COMPLACENCY as a large factor in accidents (presented by Dan);

Thanks to Monique Weil who qualified this seminar for WINGS credit. The presentation materials will be made available on the Internet in the near future.



By Dave Cunningham