Checkride Preparation and Clues Seminar 3/24/12
The sixth class in our Ground Seminar Series will be Checkride Preparation and Clues Seminar on Saturday, March 24 from 10:00am to 12:30pm. Marc Nathanson will be teaching. $40
Checkrides can be intimidating. We want to boost our clients’ confidence going into it. Knowing what to expect can make all the difference on your big day.
Even if you are just starting your Private Pilot course, this seminar will give you the big picture of what to expect at the end. We believe this will help you throughout the rest of your training.
Topics will include:
- 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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Ground Seminar Series
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.
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
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
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
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!
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!
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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Please Exchange Your Massport Security Badge
Massport is asking all ramp badge holders to exchange their security badge for the new version as soon as possible. The deadline is January 12.
The process is brief and the cost is free. Weekend hours are available on January 7, 9:00am-2:00pm.
US Citizens: bring drivers license
Naturalized US Citizens: bring US passport
Non-US Citizens: bring resident alien card or visa with I-94
First Day – First Flight Celebration 1/1/12
Join us for “First Day – First Flight” on New Year’s Day!
Get on the 01/01/2012 schedule to complete a lesson, take a friend for a joy ride, enjoy a $100 hamburger or renew your currency.
You are also likely to experience an unusually quiet day at Hanscom, without the famous downwind 360° for spacing.
All those who log at least one hour, solo or dual, will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate from Dunkin Donuts.
More importantly, you will get to open the new year with a logbook entry on day one!
What more could a pilot ask for?
All Massport badge holders need the new version

Badge swap
It’s free and only takes a few minutes.
Massport will also hold badge swap hours on Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 09:00 to 14:00.








