Summit Program

Create your Aviation Summit Schedule by checking the boxes of the events you would like to attend, then pressing the “Print Selected Events” button below. This will create a printable page of all your Aviation Summit events! If you would like to print ALL the events, simply scroll to the bottom of the page and press the “Print Entire Schedule” button.

To see the description for the seminar or event, please click on the seminar or event title.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
1:00 PM- 5:00 PM	Attendee Registration
Thursday, September 22, 2011
7:30 AM- 5:00 PM	Attendee Registration
8:00 AM- 9:00 AM	Keynote: The Future of Aviation
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM	Airportfest Open Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 AM- 10:30 AM	Airportfest Welcome Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
10:00 AM- 11:00 AM	Seminars: 10 Stupid Things Pilots Do to Sabotage Their Aviation Medical Flying to Canada Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Costs of Your Business Aircraft Real World IFR Recognizing and Dealing With Maintenance 'Gotchas' Tips From Controllers: Northeast Focus
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM	AOPA Live
11:00 AM- 11:30 AM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Provide and Protect: AOPA Planned Giving
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM	Live Music by the Flying Musicians Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
11:30 AM- 12:30 PM	Seminars: FAA Unleaded Avgas Transition ARC Report Out New England's Adverse Weather Practical Tips for Flying GPS and WAAS-Based Approaches The Sport Pilot Solution: Is It Right for You? Thinking Small to Avoid Big Mistakes
11:30 AM- 1:30 PM	Seminars: Pinch-Hitter® For non-flying companions
1:00 PM- 1:30 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Women in Aviation History
2:00 PM- 2:30 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Q&A with Northeast ATC
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM	Seminars: Flying to Help Others: Putting Your Pilot Certificate to Good Use Flying to the Bahamas: What Pilots Need to Know Mastering Takeoffs and Landings
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM	Mike Goulian Autograph Session Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM	Seminars: Slash Your Flying Costs: AOPA Aircraft Partnership Program What's So Special About Special Issuances?
2:30 PM- 2:45 PM	Product Demonstration: Avidyne Corporation New Avionics From Avidyne
3:00 PM- 3:15 PM	Product Demonstration: Bendix/King by Honeywell KSN 770 Product Overview
3:30 PM- 3:45 PM	Product Demonstration: Hilton Software, LLC iPad: WingX Pro7 Product Overview
3:30 PM- 4:30 PM	Seminars: Buying Your First Airplane Ditching and Water Survival Fun Fly-In Destinations in the East Getting Reimbursed for Flights: What Do the FARs Say? NextGen: What Does It Mean to Me? Night Flying: Operational Hazards and Physical Limitations
4:00 PM- 4:15 PM	Product Demonstration: AvMap Navigation EKP V—the New EKP
4:30 PM- 4:45 PM	Product Demonstration: MyGoFlight.com iPad Takes Flight!
4:30 PM- 5:00 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Getting ATC's Help to Avoid Hazardous Weather
5:30 PM- 8:15 PM	Movies at the Connecticut Science Center Ticket required; $10 per person for the double feature
6:30 PM- 9:30 PM	A Night for Flight Auction Ticket required; $250 per person ($125 of the ticket price will be donated to the AOPA Foundation)
8:30 PM- 11:15 PM	Movies at the Connecticut Science Center Ticket required; $10 per person for the double feature
Friday, September 23, 2011
7:30 AM- 5:00 PM	Attendee Registration
8:00 AM- 9:00 AM	Keynote: Meet the Administrator
9:00 AM- 9:30 AM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Essential Radio Communication
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 AM- 8:00 PM	Airportfest Open Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
9:30 AM- 10:30 AM	Navy Meet Up Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
10:00 AM- 10:30 AM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Aviation Photography
10:00 AM- 11:00 AM	Seminars: IFR Safety Focus: FAF Inbound Inspirational Women in Aviation New England's Adverse Weather Practical Tips for Flying GPS and WAAS-Based Approaches Tips From Controllers: Navigating the NAS
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM	AOPA Live
11:00 AM- 11:30 AM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: I'll Take 'Saving Money With AOPA Member Benefits' for $800, Alex
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM	Live Music by the Flying Musicians Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
11:30 AM- 12:30 PM	Seminars: Ditching and Water Survival What Every Pilot Should Know About FAA Enforcement X2: World Record-Setting Helicopter Yoke and Pedal: Secrets to Better Piloting Proficiency
11:30 AM- 1:30 PM	Seminars: Pinch-Hitter® For non-flying companions
12:30 PM- 2:00 PM	Luncheon and Keynote Presentation Ticket required; $50 per person
1:00 PM- 1:30 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Aviation Career Opportunities
2:00 PM- 2:30 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Takeoff to Touchdown: From the Controller's Perspective
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM	Seminars: Close Calls: Lessons Learned Fuel, Efficiency, and the Future How to Save Your Life in an Aircraft Accident Spin Myths What You Should Know About Aging Airplanes
2:30 PM- 2:45 PM	Product Demonstration: Aspen Avionics Connected Panel: Integrating Your iPad
3:00 PM- 3:15 PM	Product Demonstration: Garmin USA What's New From Garmin
3:00 PM- 3:30 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Preflight Your Aviation Medical
3:30 PM- 3:45 PM	Product Demonstration: FltPlan.com Using FltPlan.com
3:30 PM- 4:30 PM	Seminars: How Successful Business People Rely on General Aviation How the FAA Makes Medical Certification Policy Mastering Takeoffs and Landings Me Doctor, You Pilot. You Pilot, Me Doctor iPads in the Cockpit
4:00 PM- 4:15 PM	Product Demonstration: Cobham, ACR, and Artex Products ELTs and Personal Locator Beacons
4:30 PM- 4:45 PM	Product Demonstration: Precision Flight Controls PilotEdge: Real ATC for Simulators
4:30 PM- 5:00 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Aviation Pet Peeves
5:00 PM- 8:00 PM	Rock 'n Rally at Airportfest Ticket required; $50 per person Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
6:30 PM- 9:00 PM	Dine Around Dinner: AOPA Pilot Editors Ticket required; $150 per person Dine Around Dinner: Airshow Legends Ticket required; $150 per person Dine Around Dinner: Famous Pilot Novelists Ticket required; $150 per person Dine Around Dinner: Fly Well, Eat Well Ticket required; $150 per person Dine Around Dinner: Wings of Gold Ticket required; $150 per person Dine Around Dinner: Women Leaders in Aviation Ticket required; $150 per person
Saturday, September 24, 2011
7:30 AM- 4:00 PM	Attendee Registration
8:00 AM- 9:00 AM	Keynote and Pancake Breakfast: Working Together to Ensure Our Future Ticket required; $20 per person
9:00 AM- 4:00 PM	Airportfest Open Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
9:00 AM- 4:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 AM- 10:00 AM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: U.S. Congress General Aviation Summit
9:30 AM- 10:30 AM	Kids Activity Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
10:00 AM- 11:00 AM	Seminars: Aviation Humor Nuts and Bolts of Real World Medical Certification Safety...In High-Risk Environments Tax Benefits of Aircraft Ownership Tips From Controllers: Northeast Focus Your Path to Pilothood: Flight Training FAQs
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM	AOPA Live
11:00 AM- 11:30 AM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Your Airport Community: How to Promote and Protect Your Airport and Your Freedom to Fly
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM	Live Music by the Flying Musicians Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
11:30 AM- 12:30 PM	Seminars: Flying for a Living: Strategies for Getting Hired Fun Fly-In Destinations in the East How to Pass Any Checkride I'm Just a Doctor, Jim Real World IFR
11:30 AM- 1:30 PM	Seminars: Pinch-Hitter® For non-flying companions
1:00 PM- 1:30 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Everything You Wanted to Know About Learning to Fly but Were Afraid to Ask
2:00 PM- 2:30 PM	AOPA Learning Pavilion Seminar: Q&A with Northeast ATC
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM	Seminars: Close Calls: Lessons Learned FAR Refresher Passing FL180 Tailwheel Tips and Tricks The Kings on Unwanted Adventure Your Path to Pilothood: Flight Training FAQs Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD)
2:30 PM- 2:45 PM	Product Demonstration: ForeFlight ForeFlight Mobile on the iPad
3:00 PM- 3:15 PM	Product Demonstration: Seattle Avionics Software New Product Announcement
3:30 PM- 3:45 PM	Product Demonstration: Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck
5:00 PM- 8:00 PM	Closing Dinner at the New England Air Museum Ticket required; $70 per person ($20 of the ticket price will be donated to the GA Serves America campaign)
This schedule is subject to change.

For a complete listing of all seminar and event descriptions, see the "Seminar and Event Descriptions" page.