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ASI webinars: convenient safety seminars
IMAGINE ATTENDING an ASI safety

seminar from the comfort of your home! All you need is a computer, one hour of free time, and a comfortable chair. As you sit back and relax, you’ll be hearing from a panel of experts on the topic at hand. And this is by no means a one-way experience. Grab the chance to use the webinar’s chat feature to pose questions to the panel and hear their response. Subject matters range from safety concerns particular to an event, region, or area in the United States to broader topics such as runway safety and weather. To take a closer look, visit www.airsafetyinstitute.org/webinars and register for ASI's current webinar “Cold Weather Ops” or view its recorded version. Join AOPA Foundation president Bruce Landsberg and panelists Dana Siewert (Director of Aviation Safety, University of North Dakota) and Andy Marosvari (ATC, Boise Tower) for a wide-ranging discussion of the ways cold weather can affect your flying. You’ll be able to chime in during the conversation, which includes practical matters like starting and taxiing to potentially life-saving issues like icing and runway braking action. You and your student can also learn from a recent webinar and see a recording of “Takeoffs & Landings: The Expert Approach.” Join ASI’s Chief Flight Instructor, JJ Greenway, and special guest Jason Blair, executive director of NAFI, for an in-depth discussion of the art and science of takeoffs and landings. They’ll move beyond the basics of safety and look at techniques the experts use to get it done gracefully. As new webinars are conducted their recordings will be posted so you can review particulars at your leisure. —Machteld Smith

Did you know? Icing primer
WHEN ICY DRIZZLE chills the sky and

ATC TIPS: ICING
Controllers are required to solicit pireps when the following conditions are reported or forecast: • Ceilings at or below 5,000 feet • Visibility at or below 5 miles • Icing (including light icing) To provide ATC with an icing pirep, include: • Time • Location • Aircraft type • Altitude • Type and intensity of ice • Outside air temperature

grounds you and your student, it might be a good idea to fire up the computer and take ASI’s Weather Wise: Precipitation and Icing online course. Your students may be interested to know that too many pilots underestimate the dangers of precipitation and icing—and an alarming number become accident statistics as a result. The course is a great refresher on equipment and regulation requirements and what you should be aware of. You may already know why any amount of structural icing is dangerous—even a little bit—or that the top of the clouds may hold the worst icing. But, did you know that almost half of all icing-related accidents happened to pilots with more than 1,000 hours total time? Heed the warning: Experience grants no immunization when it comes to icing (www. airsafetyinstitute.org/precipandice).

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