Pilot Dean Clark was on a flight he’d made hundreds of times. He knew the airplane well and there was no serious weather in the forecast. But that didn’t keep him from coming close to being involved in one of the 13 icing-related accidents that occur each year, on average, in general aviation aircraft. Find out what happened in this latest Air Safety Institute Real Pilot Story. Listen as Clark tells the gripping story of his unexpected struggle in ice-filled clouds—enough ice to nearly bring down his Cessna 182. The chilling tale will make you think twice before taking any risks with ice this winter. View aircraft photos taken after the flight, and review some critical facts before flying this winter (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/iceambush). Funding made possible by the Donner Canadian Foundation and the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association’s Flight Safety Foundation.
Introducing Chart Challenge Live
New seminar focuses on aeronautical chart features
What would you do without charts? They’re one of the most fundamental parts of flying—but they also can be challenging to interpret, difficult to read, and sometimes outright confusing. The Air Safety Institute’s Chart Challenge Live seminar will help you master them.
Based on ASI’s popular Chart Challenge online course series, it’s a refresher clinic where you, the audience member, get to put your knowledge to the test. You’ll be quizzed on everything from VFR sectional charts to instrument approach plates, and dig into the practical issues that come with them.
When? Debuts January 2013.
What’s covered?
- 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” that you need to know about.
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