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2012 Fall Safety Seminar

         Saturday, October 13, 2012

            UAA Aviation Technology Complex

         Merrill Field, Anchorage, AK


    Schedule

   0800    Registration Begins

0830    Program Begins:

Safety Briefing

Introductions - Robert Lewis, FAA

Mike Yorke, ANC FAASTeam

Mark Madden, AASF and UAA

0845    Roger Patch, “Static Electricity and Proper Fueling Techniques”

0945    Dr. Peter Olsson, Alaska Experimental Forecast Facility, “What the AEFF does and Winter Weather”

1045   Maintenance Panel Q & A -    John Abernathy, UAA Maintenance Faculty

More panel members to be added.

1145    Mark Madden, UAA Aviation Professor and MCFI - “Bush Flying Basics” and “Off Airport Performance Software ”

1200    Lunch - UAA’s Alpha Eta Rho, International Co-ed Professional Aviation Fraternity fund raiser.

1300    Maj. Karl Westerland, Alaska Air National Guard 11th Rescue Coordination Center, “What happens after the 121.5 ELT, 406 MHZ ELT, PLB, SPOT, or Spidertracks is activated and why you need to know the difference.”

1400    Dr. David Swartz, FAA Senior Aerospace Engineer and Al Wilson, FAA Flight Test Pilot, Aircraft Certification Service, Small Airplane Directorate, “Low level accidents: How to avoid them, how to survive them and airbags in general aviation aircraft.”

1500    Don Lee, Featured on NatGeo’s “Alaska Wing Men” and owner/operator of Alaska Floats and Skis, Talkeetna, AK, “Winter Ski Operations and Flying Denali”.

1600    Door prize drawings.



Consult the calendar below for Alaska aviation events.