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IFR Insights: Cockpit Weather course
or generations of pilots, a lack of accurate, up-to-date weather information was one of the major challenges of cross-country flying. Then, seemingly overnight, datalink came along and changed everything—except the weather. Thunderstorms, icing, and low ceilings are as dangerous as ever, and even though datalink has made things better, it’s still possible to get in way over your head. But after you complete this newest course in the “IFR Insights” series, you will be well armed and prepared to avoid that fate. Touting a new presentation style—combining video, tutorials, and interacASI SAFETY SEMINARS
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tive scenarios—ASI’s IFR Insights: Cockpit Weather goes straight to the heart of real-world IFR issues that matter. Here are some of the things you’ll discover when you take the course (www. airsafetyinstitute.org/ cockpitweather): Two tutorials—essentially narrated videos—cover details that many pilots may not know about radar images and provide examples of how one can use datalink in real life as part of an integrated weather decision-making process. It includes answers to important questions: What’s this radar image telling me, and not telling me? What other sources of

information (satellite, text, Flight Service, ATC) do I need to consider? What’s the “big picture” here? How can I use datalink to complete more trips and minimize my weather risks? What else is in store? You’ll work through four interactive scenarios that create conditions in which you have to interpret the

situation based on “raw data” from datalink; each scenario has its own short quiz—and you have to pass all four to get course credit. Take the course online (www.airsafetyinstute.org/ cockpitweather), then check out the rest of the “IFR Insights” series, including the IFR charts and regulations courses.

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Reserve your 2011-2012 AOPA Foundation calendar today his year’s calendar takes top honors, with photo after photo of magnificent airplanes flying over spectacular scenscen ery—the type of airplanes and locations that sum up the variety of general aviation’s fleet and the sheer joy of flying. It also is a great reminder that we need to continue our efforts to fight for general aviation’s health and vibrancy, so elegantly displayed on the calendar pages. For that, enter the AOPA Foundation’s daily commitment to teaching safety, preserving airports, growing our pilot population, and showcasing general aviation’s contributions to our communities (www.aopafoundation.

Tentative schedule; visit the website (www.airsafetyinstitute. org/seminars) for information.

org). But to sustain these critical programs the AOPA Foundation needs your ongoing support. It is only fitting that your tax-deductible donation of $25, $50, $100, or the most genergener ous amount you can make to the AOPA Foundation today (www.aopafoundation. org/donate) will reserve your calendar hot off the press. Your gift will have a huge impact on the future of general aviation in 2012 and beyond, for generations of pilots to come.

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