Saturday Morning Coffee and Wings Seminar

Saturday morning coffee: Now with Wings credit... and doughnuts
On most Saturday mornings, the Chapter 54 house at Lake Elmo Airport opens for coffee, hangar talk, and Laura Hermann's excellent weekly webinar on the big screen.  Chapter 54 member Bob Collins is now a member of the FAA's FAASTeam, so anyone staying for at least 50 minutes of the presentation is eligible for knowledge credits under the Wings program, which can extend the time due for the next biennial flight review. 

The Chapter House opens at 8:45 a.m. and the webinar starts at 9. On the first Saturday of every month, we'll go over a flying scenario as part of the EAA's VMC Club and play "what would I do?" for a little extra hangar talk.

The Basic Wings level of the program is designed for those pilots who want to establish a recurrent training program that will provide them a higher level of proficiency than merely preparing for a normal Flight Review as required by 14 CFR 61.56. Pilots need not accomplish the flight review requirements of 14 CFR part 61.56, if he or she has satisfactorily completed any Phase in the WINGS - Pilot Proficiency Program since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month in which that pilot acts as pilot in command.  Be sure to set up an account at https://www.FAASafety.gov .

Saturday November 30 - No session (holiday weekend)
Saturday December 7 - Flying the Goodyear Blimp. Jerry Hissem, talks with us about flying the Wingfoot Goodyear blimps.   Learn about how blimps are constructed and how those who fly them are trained.  We will also discuss techniques used in handling blimps and the support crew that follows them.  Here’s your chance to get a not-often seen glimpse at the inside of the Goodyear hangar located on Wingfoot Lake. This will be followed by a "What Would I Do" scenario for hangar talk.
Saturday December 14 -  How are instrument flight procedures made?  Our panel navigates the participants though the development, implementation, and commissioning of Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP), along with the four areas of required instrument procedure maintenance.  We will explore the certification of an airport Runway/Heliport/Vertiport for IFR procedures, including night operations and how Hughes secures an official FAA LOCID for the aerodrome. The presentation will highlight Runway/Heliport evaluations, Obstacle categorizations, airspace engineering, the Environmental Process and Flight Inspection/Validation activities.  The commissioning/maintenance of VGSI’s – PAPI/VASI will also be explained. Participants will examine the benefits and differences of NextGen vertically and non-vertically guided approaches, such as LPV, LP, LNAV/VNAV and LNAV, compared to legacy procedures such as VOR/ILS. We will also introduce A-RNP and trajectory-based RF or “Radius-to-Fix” flight segments. 
Saturday December 21 - Flying a challenging mountain approach. Carl Andersen, Corporate Pilot, describes the mistakes of a business jet crew that violated an altitude restriction on approach flying into a challenging mountain airport.  Examine the rest state of the crew, CRM factors, weather, and traffic considerations.  Consider the chain of events leading to the incident and get a birds-eye view of how all the holes in Professor Reason’s Swiss cheese line up until the crew finds themselves nearly 400 feet below their assigned altitude.  Feel their hearts sink when after landing, they hear the phrase, “possible pilot deviation” and are issued the dreaded, “number to call." Learn what happens when the long arm of the law (FAA) reaches out and investigates incidents like this and how it metes out justice to the crew.  It’s good to know what to expect if this ever happens to you