AOPA Pilot Magazine - May 2018 - R-5

Friday Workshops

Experience more
Dive deep with one or more of these in-depth workshops
AN EXCITING FRIDAY SCHEDULE gives pilots a chance to attend
their choice of two to eight workshops ($99 per attendee; you
may take advantage of the entire workshop experience) offering an intensive, deep dive into hands-on, experiential learning
on selected vital topics.

OWNER-PERFORMED
MAINTENANCE

Mike Busch, Adrian
Eichhorn, and Paul New
TIME: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Main Stage
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

Discover how to be the manager
of your aircraft maintenance.
Learn preventive maintenance
owners can perform; participate in hands-on engine and
airframe labs; learn what your
engine is telling you.

BACKCOUNTRY
ADVENTURES & SKILLS

Richard McSpadden, Mike
Vivion, Jeff Fouche
TIME: 9 a.m.-noon
Skills & Safety Pavilion

WEB
PREREGISTER ONLINE
(WWW.AOPA.ORG/MSO/RSVP)

Pilots interested in attending the Friday sessions can arrive
Thursday afternoon and camp out. Then head for the pavilion
that hosts the workshop of your choice, including Skills and
Safety, You Can Fly, Aviation Experience, or Maintenance and
Ownership. Lunch is included in the workshops' cost.

IFR ADVANCED: FLYING
WITH A MODERN GPS

Max Trescott
TIME: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Skills & Safety Pavilion

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

Learn how to maximize your
flying skills in mountainous terrain; understand the differences
in mountain flying; discover the
basics for backcountry airstrips;
discuss techniques and rules for
backcountry flying.

With WAAS-based recievers and a recent rule change, a
pilot needs to know when GPS
can and can't be used on nonGPS approaches. Walk through
briefing the approach and flying
VOR, ILS, and GPS.

MASTERING IFR BASICS

Gary Reeves
TIME: 9 a.m.-noon
You Can Fly Pavilion

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

A three-hour review of the
instrument rating ACS, rules,
regulations, and everything
you've forgotten since you took
your written test a long time
ago. A perfect review for pilots
who are rusty.

FRIDAY FUN
VFR ADVANCED:
500 MILES AND BEYOND

Dave Hirschman
and Chris Eads
TIME: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
You Can Fly Pavilion

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

This will help VFR pilots
enhance their skills for longer-range flights with higher
complexity and improved safety
awareness, while expanding
their enthusiasm for the pilot
lifestyle.

AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY

AOPA Photographer
Mike Fizer
TIME: 9 a.m.-noon
Aviation Products Pavilion

THE BLUE THREAT:
WAGING THE BATTLE
WITHIN

Tony Kern
TIME: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Aviation Products Pavilion

More to do!
12 p.m.-6 p.m.

Exhibit Hall and Aircraft
Display
Meet exhibitors and view
aircraft

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

4 p.m.-6 p.m.

Join AOPA's leading photographers as they explain the skills
for great aviation photography. Learn techniques and tips
to improve your photography
skills and discover new concepts specific to aviation.

This workshop seeks to answer
the question why good pilots
make bad decisions that result
in incidents, accidents, and
fatalities. Based on the book
Blue Threat: Why to Err is
Inhuman by Tony Kern.

6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Exhibit Hall
Happy Hour

Main Stage
Barnstormers Party
presented by Jeppesen

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