Monthly Aviation Safety Seminar

Location: 3rd floor auditorium, 4900 Yonge Street, North York, ON
(one set of traffic lights north of the Yonge Street/Sheppard Avenue intersection)
(please bring photo identification with you for entry into the building)
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Oct. 18, 2006 – NAV CANADA Operations Update

Do you fly in/around/through/over the Greater Toronto Area?  Are you aware of the types of airspace you are operating in?  Do you know what the correct procedures are that you should follow when you do so?  What services can you expect from air traffic control (based on the type of flight you are)?  What can you do to help NAV CANADA ensure that there is a smooth, orderly, safe and efficient traffic flow in and around the GTA?  What are some of the problems that NAV CANADA experiences with the mix of aircraft types, speeds and altitudes that they manage?  Come and find out!

Nov. 15, 2006 – Aircraft Icing – Flight Planning, Avoidance and Escape

Aircraft icing is a phenomenon that has plagued pilots since the birth of winter flying.  Its very local and seemingly random nature has caught many pilots off guard, sometimes with deadly consequences.  A new light has been shed on the topic within the last decade, which has given the aviation community a much better understanding of icing environments.  This presentation will focus on understanding the environments in which aircraft icing occurs, flight planning for its avoidance and escape techniques should an icing encounter occur.  Cases studies and video of actual icing encounters will demonstrate the dangers of flying in icing and drive home the message that "whenever you encounter icing, you should always start working to get out!"

Jan. 17, 2007 – Transport Canada Forum + The Aging Pilot

Join us this evening for open and frank discussions with the Mike Stephenson (the Regional Director Civil Aviation for the Ontario Region) and members of the Civil Aviation Management Team.  This panel discussion will be followed a very informative presentation on the Aging Pilot by Dr. Randy Knipping, Preventive and Aviation Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Canada.

Feb. 21, 2007 – The Hazards of Flight (from Departure to Arrival)

This seminar looks at the professional flight planning process and will include:  pre-flight planning (aircraft airworthiness, charts, weather and NOTAMS), start-up and departure planning (threat and error management during the take-off, departure and initial climb phases), en-route (airspace, weather and the "BIG" GPS hazards); arrival (threat and error management during approach and landing) and finally, taxi-in and shutdown.

Mar. 21, 2007 – Weather-wise + Pre-flight Walk-arounds

Weather is the most critical and complex variable that affects flying. But you don't have to be a meteorologist to understand weather or to make sound weather flight decisions. Being weather-wise — the ability to integrate official reports and forecasts with what's outside your cockpit — is a valuable skill. Wouldn't you like to be weather-wise?  Continuing on with the pre-flight preparations, System Safety’s Will Boles will then explain how to perform a walk-around of an aircraft from the maintenance perspective.  This is a good review for anyone who owns an aircraft or who rents an aircraft.  This presentation will help you become more aware of areas of concern for the aircraft prior to the wheels leaving the ground.  The aircraft will be covered from the spinner to the tail navigation light lens and from wingtip to wingtip.

Apr. 18, 2007 – Aircraft Ditching/Egress + Bird Strike Awareness

Do you fly over water? Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had to ditch? Do you believe that your survival chances when ditching a light aircraft are minimal?  Improve your odds of survival in a water-based aircraft incident.  Come and hear Brian Webster of Aviation Egress Systems provide information on submerged aircraft fuselage egress.  System Safety’s Terrence Satens will give a presentation on bird strike awareness.

May 16, 2007 – Summer Flight Preparations

For more information, please contact:
Transport Canada System Safety at: (416) 952-0175

www.tc.gc.ca/OntarioRegion/civilaviation/system/seminars.htm