FAAST Blast-Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, Combatting Crosswinds and Turbulence, and Mountain Flying
FAAST Blast — Week of April 6 – April 12, 2015 Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update Aviation Safety Front and Center at 2015 Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In Headed to the 2015 Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-in and Expo this year? Be sure to check out the FAA Aviation Safety Center where you’ll find more than 20 safety forums to choose from. This year’s forum lineup will cover several important GA safety topics including loss of control, pilot deviations, ADS-B equipment, fuel management, and more. Several of the sessions will be hosted by NTSB officials, including NTSB Board Member
CFI Info – Fresh Air and Stalls
Forty years ago, when I was a fearful student pilot, my instructor, Jim, had a great teaching technique. It added fresh air to the stuffy cockpit and a new approach to demonstrating and recovering from power-off stalls. Many pilots tolerate stalls with anxiety, perspiration, eyes closed and a face set for impending death. Often the pilot does not breathe until the stall is complete; possibly thinking that might somehow prohibit losing control. Stalls are too often misunderstood and associated with unmanageable danger in the minds of most students. And rightly so….. because stalls are associated with a number one cause
FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips to Georgians in Savannah and Valdosta
FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips to Georgians in Savannah and Valdosta ATLANTA -- If you are making repairs to your home after Tropical Storm Debby or Hurricane Helene, you can get tips from FEMA to make your home safer and stronger at Lowe’s in Savannah and Valdosta. FEMA Mitigation Specialists are available to answer questions and offer home-improvement tips along with proven methods to prevent or reduce damage from future disasters. They will also offer tips and techniques on rebuilding hazard-resistant homes. Mitigation is an effort to reduce the loss of life and property damage by lessening the impact of a
California law and refinery closure reflect ongoing challenges for the state’s fuel market
On October 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed bill Abx2-1 into law, empowering California regulators to set and adjust minimum petroleum product inventory levels for refiners in the state, in part to address the state’s fuel price volatility. Shortly after, refiner Phillips 66 announced plans to close its Wilmington refinery in Los Angeles by the end of 2025, citing uncertainty surrounding the long-term sustainability of the refinery.
FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Advice in Cocke and Hamblen Counties
FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Advice in Cocke and Hamblen Counties If you are repairing or rebuilding your home after Tropical Storm Helene, you can get free advice from FEMA to make your home safer and stronger in Cocke and Hamblen counties Dec. 9-21. Mitigation Specialists will be on-hand to answer questions and offer home-improvement advice, along with proven methods to prevent or reduce damage from disasters. They will also offer tips and techniques on rebuilding hazard-resistant homes and provide information on flood insurance and elevating utility systems. The specialists will be available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday
The Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) Initiative
On October 1, 2016 airports in the United States began using new reporting terminology to describe contaminated paved runways in both Field Condition Notices to Airmen (FICON NOTAMs) and on Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) messages per the Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) initiative. Under TALPA, Mu (friction) values are no longer provided to pilots. Instead, a three-digit Runway Condition Code (RwyCC) is assigned to paved runways whose surfaces are more than 25% covered by: water, frost, snow, slush, and/or ice. Similar to Mu values, a RwyCC is assigned to each third of a contaminated runway (i.e. touchdown, midpoint
HIGH-DENSITY, MILITARY STUDENT TRAINING BETWEEN MOBILE, AL AND PENSACOLA, FL
HIGH-DENSITY, MILITARY STUDENT TRAINING BETWEEN MOBILE, AL AND PENSACOLA, FL 6/8/16 Use caution for high-density, high-performance, military student training in the vicinity of NFD NOLF (Summerdale Navy Outlying Field), NBJ NOLF (Barin Navy Outlying Field), 5R4 (Foley Municipal Airport, Foley, Alabama), and JKA (Jack Edwards Airport, Gulf Shores, Alabama). Summerdale Navy Outlying Field (NFD NOLF) re-opened on 3/9/16. These four, uncontrolled airports all lie within a 7 NM radius, and are located halfway between Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida. This 7 NM radius is just west of the “inner ring” of the Pensacola Naval Air Station’s (NPA) Class
Know where training aircraft practice in Utah and more!
A group of Utah flight schools has come together to form the Utah Flight Training Consortium. Our goal is to promote safety in our own back yard in a rapidly growing flight training environment. One of the first products produced by the group is an interactive Google map that allows pilots to see where each school has established practice areas in order to increase situational awareness and decrease the likelihood of an accident. The website also features a monthly safety article which is written by one of the safety team or by a student at one of the schools. Please
AGU24 Annual Meeting: Fantastic Scientists and Where to Find Them
Friday, December 13 Calibrating the lacustrine paleoseismograph: Challenges and opportunities for lakes near Cook Inlet, Alaska Presenter: Nathaniel C. Miller, USGS When: 08:30-12:20 Where: Hall B-C (Poster Hall, Convention Center) Learn more on the AGU website. Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy of the Cape Fear Region, Central US Atlantic Margin Presenter: Ali Mohamed, University of Texas at Austin USGS coauthors: Nathaniel C. Miller, Wayne E. Baldwin, and Deborah R. Hutchinson When: 08:30-12:20 Where: Hall B-C (Poster Hall, Convention Center) Learn more on the AGU website. Comparing High Saturation Hydrate-bearing Sand Reservoirs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Presenter: Ann Cook, OSU Earth
Disaster Recovery Centers Extending Operations in Lexington, Spartanburg and Union Counties, Closing Early in Hampton County
Disaster Recovery Centers Extending Operations in Lexington, Spartanburg and Union Counties, Closing Early in Hampton County COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Disaster Recovery Centers in Lexington, Spartanburg and Union counties will continue operating past their original closure dates. Their new dates and times of operation are: Lexington County: Batesburg-Leesville Fire Station, 537 W. Church St., Batesburg, SC 29006 Open Dec. 6-7, 8 a.m.- 7 p.m. Spartanburg County: Spartanburg Emergency Management, 175 Community College Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303 Open Dec. 6-7, Dec. 9-13, 8 a.m.- 7 p.m., Closed Dec. 8. Union County: Union County Library, 300 E. South St., Union, SC 29379