IMC club this coming Wednesday, March 3

Our online March IMC club meeting will be from 7 to 8 pm this coming Wednesday. The special topic will be Practical Knowledge for Instrument Approaches, and we will have a What Would You Do? scenario that involves a flight that had multiple unsuccessful tries to land in IMC conditions.

FAA Wings credit for this event is available by clicking here, and all pilots are invited to attend.

To join the Zoom Meeting, click this link at 7 pm on Wednesday:

Meeting ID: 817 7927 2382
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4 Things You Should Have Learned in Your First 10-Hours

Topic: There are many fundamentals to flight training that are necessary for a student to grasp early on, do you know them all?
On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 12:00 Pacific Standard Time (13:00 MST, 14:00 CST, 15:00 EST, 10:00 HST, 11:00 AKST, 13:00 Arizona, 20:00 GMT)

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WP15103903

Description:
What we learn first, we learn best. The Law of Primacy says it is critical that some things should be learned early in flight training giving you the best chance of learning them well, and retaining those skills.

Dan Dyer is a nationally-recognized flight instructor that has spent years thinking deeply about pilot training and how best to sequence the transfer of ground knowledge and in-flight skills to student pilots. He has a degree in Cognitive Science and that gives him interesting insights into the ways humans think and learn. At SCFC, he brought that background to the development of the SCFC private pilot training syllabus, which has become known for its structure and effectiveness.

In this seminar, Dyer reveals the four most important skill areas that all early student pilots should learn, and sadly, why they are often overlooked. If your pilot training didn’t provide you with solid ability in these four skill areas, you may have real difficulty learning and perfecting them later in training. Primary skills must be presented in a logical order, step by step, making sure the students have learned the preceding step before moving to the next step. In his work helping experienced pilots perfect basic skills, Dyer has seen that the process for re-learning primary skills late can be confusing and time consuming. Note: If you think the four are climbs, descents, turns, and straight-and-level flight, you aren’t thinking deeply enough about what makes you a safe and competent pilot.

Join us for one flight instructor’s opinion on what skills you should challenge yourself to learn in your first 10 hours of training, or relearn as soon as you can.

Dan Dyer is the founder of the San Carlos Flight Center, and has built the motto of Safety, Community, and Adventure for over 8 years. Dan was an instructor for 15 years, accumulated over 4,000 flight hours, and is the Bay Area’s local expert in crosswind landing instruction. He is known for finding simple and innovative ways to explain complex topics and regularly speaks on advanced ground school topics. Find out more about Dan at www.sancarlosflight.com or contact him at dan@sancarlosflight.com

To view further details and registration information for this webinar, click here.

IMC Club Meeting (ONLINE ONLY) Lincoln EAA Chapter 1541

Topic: IMC Topics Are Taken From Real Life Events and Discussed to Aid the Decision Making Process for Pilots.
On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 19:00 Pacific Standard Time (20:00 MST, 21:00 CST, 22:00 EST, 17:00 HST, 18:00 AKST, 20:00 Arizona, 03:00 GMT)

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WP25103924

Description:
This is an audience participation event. After a brief Audio/Video presentation we ask “What Would You Do”? Everyone is encouraged to join in the discussion. Videos depicting actual flights that encountered challenges are chosen from a library provided by EAA . Pilots of all skill levels are encouraged to attend. Click the link below for more information and to register TODAY.

To view further details and registration information for this webinar, click here.

Ground School Refresher VFR Charts

Topic: Do you know how to read VFR charts well? Join us for this great refresher.
On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 19:00 Pacific Standard Time (20:00 MST, 21:00 CST, 22:00 EST, 17:00 HST, 18:00 AKST, 20:00 Arizona, 03:00 GMT)

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WP15103870

Description:

Do you know how to identify where certain VFR reporting waypoints are on a chart? Do you know if the airport you are landing at has an operating beacon? Do you know if the airport you are landing at has pilot controlled lighting, or lighting at all? Or maybe if you just want a VFR chart refresher, this is the place for you to be.

VFR charts pack an extraordinary amount of material and represent a 3-dimensional world of terrain and airspaces in 2 dimensions. They describe graphically the earth as it looks to us pilots from the air. And no matter how much we study them and how good we get at interpreting them there is always something new or some little nuance that we didn’t realize. Lastly, they are fun. Who doesn’t enjoy looking at a map, especially an aviation one?

Join a San Carlos Flight Center CFI Mari Baratto as she gives a ground school refresher. She will actively involve the audience in this fun review of VFR charts and point out interesting facts that you then can go out and impress your friends.

Mari May Baratto is a Certified Flight Instructor and an FAA Instrument Ground Instructor with experience teaching both Private and Commercial Pilot students. A commercial rated pilot both in Brazil and in the United States, Mari has a diverse background flying through different airspaces, especially through one of the country’s most intimidating areas, the Washington DC SFRA. Mari has been recognized as a 2018 Distinguished Flight Instructor by AOPA.

To view further details and registration information for this webinar, click here.

FLIGHT ADVISORY – NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, FEBRUARY 20-22

Notice Number: NOTC1694

FLIGHT ADVISORY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
WINTER CLASSIC 2021
FEBRUARY 20-22

This advisory serves as a notice of increased flight awareness for the Class B airspace in and around the Edgewood Resort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

AVOIDANCE OF THE AREA IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED

1100 – 1700 LOCAL.

https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2021/Feb/2021_Winter_Classic_Flight_Advisory.pdf
Pilots are advised to check NOTAMs frequently for possible changes prior to operations in the area. Pilots are strongly encouraged to contact a Flight Service Station at 1-800-WX-BRIEF (1-800-992-7433) prior to flight to check for all current NOTAMS.

Radio Communications 1 Radio Basics

Topic: Join us for this introductory lesson on radio basics, to feel confident while operating in complex airspace of the SF Bay Area.
On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 12:00 Pacific Standard Time (13:00 MST, 14:00 CST, 15:00 EST, 10:00 HST, 11:00 AKST, 13:00 Arizona, 20:00 GMT)

Select Number:
WP15103818

Description:
Flying through SF Bay Area airspace requires a high degree of situational awareness and sophisticated radio skills. And yet, radio communication is rarely taught as a specific subject during private pilot training. Usually, new pilots just absorb what they hear on the frequency around them, both good and bad. Although some radio techniques are covered in ground school, rarely do student pilots get the time devoted to demystifying this often-confusing subject.

San Carlos Flight Center invites Chief Pilot Herb Patten and pilot Dan Dyer to bridge the communication gap, help newer pilots understand the structure of radio and how to improve their own. The presentation will begin with a review of radio communication phraseology and use. What part is structured? What part is unstructured? What words are good official phraseology, and what words are considered jargon, slang, or poor grammar?

If you are new to radio communication or just want a great review to fill gaps in your pilot education, please join us for this unique opportunity.

Herb Patten is the Chief Pilot at the San Carlos Flight Center, a CFI and an FAA certificated advanced and instrument ground instructor who teaches private pilot ground school at San Carlos Flight Center. He is a commercial pilot with an instrument rating, has flown over 1,500 hours into at least 120 different California airports. He is the current chairman of the Upwind Foundation, famous for its Upwind Summer Scholarship Program. In 2015, Herb was named a Master Instructor by the National Association of Flight Instructors.

Dan Dyer is the founder of the San Carlos Flight Center, and has built the motto of Safety, Community, and Adventure for over 8 years. Dan was an instructor for 15 years, accumulated over 4,000 flight hours, and is the Bay Area’s local expert in crosswind landing instruction. He is known for finding simple and innovative ways to explain complex topics and regularly speaks on advanced ground school topics. Find out more about Dan at www.sancarlosflight.com or contact him at dan@sancarlosflight.com

To view further details and registration information for this webinar, click here.

Membership meeting, February 17th at 19:00

Incandescent landing and taxi lights were never a model of either efficiency or reliability, and now there are economical alternatives for both certified and experimental aircraft. At this month’s online member meeting, chapter Secretary/Treasurer and resident engineer Jim Hughes will present his experience and research on LED lighting, and how he changed his Cessna Skylark over to the new technology.

At this month’s meeting we will also be starting a “Hangar Chat” session 20 minutes before the meeting program begins. Beginning at 6:40 pm you can join in and talk or use the Zoom chat link to catch up with other chapter members you see there. The meeting will officially begin at 7 pm.

You can join the member meeting on February 17th any time after 6:40 pm. An all hands e-mail message will go out the morning of the meeting with the Zoom meeting link.

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Meeting ID: 821 3917 1570
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