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Air Safety Institute

Air Safety Institute

Free Safety Seminar

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Chart Challenge 2013

What would we do without charts? They're one of the most fundamental parts of flying-but they can also be challenging to interpret, difficult to read, and sometimes head-scratchingly confusing. Our new live seminar is meant to help you master them. We'll quiz you on everything from VFR sectionals to instrument approach plates, and dig into the practical issues that come with them. Click here to download the charts that are used in this seminar.

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The Air Safety Institute's safety seminars qualify for the safety seminar portion of the FAA WINGS program. Learn more about the AOPA Accident Forgiveness and Deductible Enhancement for policyholders of Chartis Aerospace, USAIG, Phoenix Aviation Managers and Starr Aviation.

ASI safety seminars are funded by generous donations from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and pilots like you.

Flying for a Lifetime

Flying for a Lifetime

A bit of trivia: Every cell in the human body is replaced at least once every ten years. You are, quite literally, not the same person you were a decade ago. You're also (less literally) not the same pilot. Experience, physical stamina, risk tolerance and mental acuity all shift over the years, in obvious and not-so-obvious ways. Question is, how do you adjust? Our latest seminar delves into the forces that shape us as pilots, and explores different ways to maintain the same high level of safety over a lifetime of flying.

Chart Challenge

Chart Challenge

What would we do without charts? They're one of the most fundamental parts of flying-but they can also be challenging to interpret, difficult to read, and sometimes head-scratchingly confusing.

Our new live seminar is meant to help you master them. Based on our popular "Chart Challenge" series of online courses, it's a refresher clinic where you, the audience member, get to put your knowledge to the test. We'll quiz you on everything from VFR sectionals to instrument approach plates, and dig into the practical issues that come with them. We'll cover:

  • Challenging questions about specific VFR and IFR charts
  • Critical tie-ins with real-world procedures and decision making
  • Analysis of tragic accidents caused by chart misinterpretation
  • Important "gotchas" you need to be on the lookout for


  • Here's what pilots are saying about our safety seminars

    "...a pilot who saw the TOLDs seminar last year says that she thinks our advice to "land straight ahead" may have saved her life this past year when she had an engine out. She uses the technique we teach of "spring loading" herself on every takeoff, and so she was able to instantly respond when the engine did fail. Even was able to stay on the runway!"

    "A very potent presentation. Left me with a few, but powerful tools that I feel I could stick to in an emergency."

    "The best I have been to — this was extremely beneficial."

    "Good, fast-moving presentation — very practical with varied examples."

    "Very good presentation! The instructor had the audience thinking through the entire evening."


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