Our Ground Seminar Series has something for every pilot. Brush up on some flight planning fundamentals, learn new avionics, prepare for your checkride or explore new ways to live your passion.

Seminars are intimate, 2.5 hour lessons designed to develop community and address important topics. Dialog with instructors and students about your specific areas of interest.

Many of our seminars are free. The others still cost much less than a typical one-on-one lesson. They are scheduled on Saturdays during the 10:00am block so you can put your new skills into practice right away.

1/14/12 Cross-Country Flight Planning Free
1/28/12 G1000 (C-172 NAVIII) Introduction and Overview $50
2/11/12 Advanced G1000 – VFR Operations $50
2/25/12 KLN 94 GPS Operations and More $25
3/10/12 Aerobatics and Formation Free
3/24/12 Checkride Preparation and Clues $40
4/7/12 Advanced G1000 – IFR Operations $50
4/21/12 VFR Flying: Guided Group Discussion & Shared Techniques Free
5/5/12 IFR Flight Planning: Guided Group Discussion & Shared Techniques Free
5/19/12 Maintenance at EFA’s Maintenance Hangar (KLWM) $25

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Cross-Country Flight Planning
Sat 1/14/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Ed Keins and Marc Nathanson
Free

• Route selections
• Checkpoint selection criteria
• Weight & Balance considerations
• Cruise performance and wind effects
• Radar advisories vs. FSS flight plan
• Airspace considerations
• Maximizing use of pilotage, dead reckoning, VOR & GPS
• Course lines vs. speed lines
• VOR fixes
• Diverting
• Destination airport procedures

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G1000 (C-172 NAVIII) Introduction and Overview
Sat 1/28/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Sean Brodeur and John Cronin
$50

• Systems differences
• Primary Flight Display (PFD)
• Multi-Function Display (MFD)
• Communications panel
• Reversionary mode
• Standby instruments
• Main functions available

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Advanced G1000 – VFR Operations
Sat 2/11/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Sean Brodeur and John Cronin
$50

• Loading and storing flight plans (waypoints, airways, inverting)
• Creating user waypoints and tracking offsets
• Setting fuel and range ring
• Establishing individual preset favorites
• Advanced PFD operations
• Advanced MFD operations
• Joystick functions
• Optimizing topo, terrain, weather, obstacle settings
• Understanding the Comm panel
• Integrated autopilot and KAP 140 use

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KLN 94 GPS Operations and More
Sat 2/25/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Sean Brodeur
$25

• KLN 94 (VNAV, calculating W/V, radio freq loading, MSA/ESA, DME arcs, etc)
• KAP 140 A/P (Alt alerter, pre-selected altitudes, arming altitude, nav and approach modes)
• KX 155A NAV/COM (Chan and Mode buttons, timer, reading radials)
• KN 55A HSI (slaved and unslaved, capturing courses, scaling, etc)
• KMA 28 Comm panel
• Garmin 430/430W

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Aerobatics and Formation
Sat 3/10/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Marc Nathanson
Free

• Decathlon and EXTRA 300L
• Contests and Practices
• Spin experience
• Unusual attitude and spin recoveries
• Basic aerobatics
• Advanced aerobatics
• Tailwheel endorsements
• Formation flight

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Checkride Preparation and Clues
Sat 3/24/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Marc Nathanson
$40

• Making sure everything is in order (including IACRA)
• Understanding the PTS
• Filling your “clue box”
• Checkride jitters
• How to prepare
• Using SRM to your advantage
• Common errors (what not to do and guaranteed bust items)
• Correcting your errors

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Advanced G1000 – IFR Operations
Sat 4/7/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Sean Brodeur and John Cronin
$50

• Entering filed route and changing flight plans
• Instrument, RAIM and VOR checks
• Pre-departure setup (DP and emergency return)
• Checking weather before departing
• Enroute operations
• Full or vectored approach setup
• Course reversals (P/T or hold)
• Use of GPS in lieu of DME
• GPS approach criteria for LPV, LNAV, and LNAV/VNAV
• Missed approach and holds
• Timers and DA/MDA settings
• Integrated autopilot and KAP 140 use

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VFR Flying: Guided Group Discussion & Shared Techniques
Sat 4/21/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Ed Keins and Marc Nathanson
Free

• Destination airport facilities and services
• Changing weather conditions
• Fuel considerations
• Equipment/engine failures
• Diversions
• Overwater to MVY & ACK
• Night flight considerations
• Also, bring a list of topics you want to discuss!

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IFR Flight Planing: Guided Group Discussion & Shared Techniques
Sat 5/5/12 10:00am-12:30pm
Ed Keins and Marc Nathanson
Free

• Route selection
• Filing an IFR flight plan
• How to evaluate the weather forecasts and what keeps you on the ground
• Alternate considerations
• Equipment considerations
• Go/no-go considerations
• Obstacle clearance minimums
• Lost comm/nav/equipment problems
• Diversions
• In-flight weather updates
• Precision, non precision, circling, visual and contact approaches
• WAAS approaches
• Approach minimums and other considerations
• Also, bring a list of topics you want to discuss!

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Maintenance at EFA’s Maintenance Hangar (KLWM)
Sat 5/19/12 10:00am-12:30pm
EFA Staff
$25

• Look “under the hood” of the aircraft you fly
• Learn the whys and wherefores of parts and systems
• Understand what the pre-flight checks tell you and why you do them
• Learn the techniques of cold and hot starting and why we do what we do
• Find out what to do when something doesn’t look/sound/feel/smell right
• Discuss in-flight abnormalities and how to write them up
• Develop the systems understanding you need to diagnose abnormalities and take action

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