Hello All

It’s that time of year again where flying sometimes has to take a back seat to the weather. I don’t know about you but I am not getting as much flying activity as I would like. For that reason COPA flight 5 Boundary Bay Flying club has setup four Safety Seminars.

As in previous years the sessions are not always about safety but are designed to increase your knowledge and to get you thinking. All the sessions will start at 19:00 and go until 21:00 or longer if you stick around for another cup of coffee and some interesting conversation.

Here are the topics, descriptions and dates. All events will be in the coffee shop at Delta Heritage Airpark, TSBs location in Richmond or in the RAA Round House if we get a bigger group signed up. As in the past we are limited to how many people we can accommodate so it will be a "first to sign up first to be booked a seat" basis.

Finally, if you are a club president or anyone else that received this email but would prefer not to, just send me an email and I will remove you from my list.

Feb 28th - iPad/Android/GPS controversy?
Gary Peare

Many flyers are converting to the iPad for flight planning, weather gathering and for use as a GPS while flying. This session will explore the difference between the types of tablets, quality as a GPS and for weather gathering and flight planning software. There will be a flight planning demonstration that will include weather, METARS and other relevant information for a flight. The session will end with an open question period.

March 21st - Mission Aviation -~Their “mission” and high altitude operations.
Guy Wilton

Mission Aviation Fellowship operates 140 light aircraft in 32 countries around the world, and servicing nearly 3,000 communities—making it one of the biggest airlines you’ve never heard of!~ Flying in some of the most isolated locations on the planet offers a variety of challenges for MAF crews.~ This multimedia presentation will include both photos and videos highlighting such things as aircraft types and uses, take-offs and landings on grades up to 23%, animal incursions, tropical season hazards, and the rewards of taking it all in stride as part of a day’s work Part II of this session will be about with how they deal with high altitude operations.

April 25th - TSB Richmond (#5 - 3071 Number Five Road)
Peter Murphy

This session is very restricted in regards to the number of participants. Anyone signed up will be expected to attend or at least provide two or three days’ notice of non-participation so we can inform someone from the stand-by list.

The TSB investigates civil aviation occurrences that take place in or over Canada and any place that is under Canadian air traffic control. It also investigates occurrences anywhere in the world that involved an aircraft in respect of which or that was operated by a person to whom a Canadian aviation document had been issued under Part I of the Aeronautics Act.

Every year, about 250 aviation accidents and 800 aviation incidents in Canada are reported to the TSB. It can also be involved in the investigation of some 200 international occurrences in the course of a year as well.
In 2011, civilian flights in Canada (not including ultra-lights, gliders, balloons, etc.) represented an estimated 3,966,000 hours of flying activity. There has been a significant downward trend in accident rates (the number of accidents per 100 000 flying hours) in the last decade, from 7.0 in 2002 to 5.7 in 2011.
The TSB's Air investigators are certified as pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, air traffic controllers, and airworthiness engineers. They all have varied and extensive experience in the aviation industry. As well as conducting investigations, they participate in national and international government and industry groups to monitor safety trends and communicate safety issues to change agents.

Presentation format consisting of PPT and video, followed by ‘Show and Tell’ in TSB regional wreckage facility. :

Recent safety issues and TSB WATCHLIST (mountain flying, stabilized approaches, runway incursions and overruns ..)
Accidents in the Pacific Region 2011-2012
Integrated Investigation Methodology – Sequence of Events [U/C, U/A, SSE, U/F]
Investigation Process Timeline and Safety Communications
Investigating for Human Factors
Investigative Tools and techniques
Wreckage examination and Documentation (IZONE)
Failure analysis and reconstruction
Pilot role and responsibilities in advancing transportation safety.

May 23rd - CASARA “What to do after you crash”
Gary Morical

Last year’s CASAR session dealt with what they do, how to find you and a discussion on the types of safety equipment we carry when we fly. This year CASARA is going to give you advice on what to do after you crash. What should you do immediately and what comes next.

If you are interested in attending any of the session send an email to JRM7997@shaw.ca to claim a seat. Don’t forget, if you book you are expected to attend (other than the guy from Kelowna who keeps getting covered by clouds ). And if your plans change just let me know a few days in advance so I can call someone from the standby list.

Thanks

Jim Niessen
President
COPA 5 Boundary Bay Flying Club