2022 NW AVIATION CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

10:00 AM TRADE SHOW OPENS Admission $5.00/person at the door | 17 and under FREE. Parking FREE, Blue Lot

10:15 AM

B | Pioneer C | Founders Room D | Heritage

Aviation History of Idaho’s

Backcounty in pictures & stories

Crista Worthy, author

11:30 AM

Winter Weather Patterns of the Northwest

Steven Van Horn, NWS, Spokane WA

This talk will go into how high and low pressure systems form and associated weather patterns that can be expected from each.

Introduction to Aviation Careers Workshop

John Swedburg, moderator, Big Bend Community College

North Foyer Keynote Area

TFR and ADIZ: How to Avoid a Fighter

Escort

Mitch Walrod, NORAD

Why Good Pilots Make Bad Decisions

Steve Bateman, AOPA Air Safety Institute Bateman will review recent accidents, the elements surrounding them and discuss why good pilots made decisions. Steve will rely on research from the books “Think Again”, and “Thinking Fast, and Slow” which dissect the way the brain makes decisions. The discussion will close with an exercise to identify and mitigate red flags which could lead to poor aviation decision making.

Founders Room Room B | Pioneer Room D | Heritage North Foyer Keynote

Runway Safety – Avoiding Airport

Surface Incidents | Mr. George Buley – FAA

Office of Runway Safety

Founders Room | Learn to avoid taking off from or landing on the wrong runway, a taxiway or even the wrong airport. We will explore recent wrong surface operations; learn about airport signs and markings, proper communication, and the psychological factors that can lead to wrong surface operations

1:00 PM

Introduction to Sailplane Soaring

Brad Pattison

The focus of this seminar will be for student pilots and licensed power pilots interested in learning to fly gliders.

An engaging journey for students, parents and “new to aviation” participants through an overview of how to get from point A to point B,C, D. Hear first-hand from folks involved in the industry and learn their “how I got there” stories. This session will provide the resources to design a path that is best for your aviation career goals.

Smart Aircraft Buying

Made Simple

Jeffrey Lustick, Tomahawk Aero

Thinking of purchasing an aircraft? Don’t miss out on these tips that could save you future regrets

ForeFlight Real-World IFR Pro Tips | Gary Reeves

Go way beyond the basic and learn advanced techniques for planning, marking up charts, filing and flying single-pilot IFR. If you want to be confident when you get back-to-back amended clearances or told to go direct to an unpublished DME fix for a surprise enroute hold, this is the must attend class for you.

Founder Room ROOM C | Pioneer Room D | Heritage Keynote Area

“After the Crash”

Survival Seminar

Andy Graham, Chairman, Olympic Mountain Rescue Focuson being prepared, become familiar with basic survival skills, learn life saving tips for survival after the crash and how to be found by search and rescue.

2:30 PM

Pacific Northwest Mountain Flying Clinic

Shawn Pratt, Safety in Motion Flight Center

Flight planning and operational considerations when flying in and around the mountainous terrain of the Pacific Northwest. This clinic provides the high points of the full 2-hr mountain flying ground course, addressing mountain meteorology, aircraft performance, route selection, and emergency/precautionary landings.

Risk Management and Cognitive Bias | Kurt Kleiner

This discussion looks at some tools and methods that pilots use to assist with decision making and risk management. The emphasis will be on how the human brain perceives and processes sensory input in situations where decisions must be made immediately, without analyzing alternatives, using Heuristics and Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) methods. We will also look at how subconscious cognitive biases might adversely influence our rapid, informal decision-making processes and potentially undermine the likelihood of a safe outcome.

Flying to the Extremes in Canada’s North | Dominique Prinet , author & pilot Keynote Area | Prinet has had nothing less of an extraordinary life. His book, Flying to Extremes, shares his adventures as a bush pilot during the ’60s and ’70s in Northern Canada. His stories compel people everywhere, even striking a chord in France, where he published some adventures in an aviation magazine.

South Foyer Founders Room Room B | Pioneer Room D | Heritage Keynote Area

FLIGHT FITNESS – FAA Medical Compliance

David Hale, Pilot Medical Solutions, Inc.

Everything you need to obtain and keep your FAA medical certificate.

Schedule

Idaho’s Frank Church Middle Fork Country Airstrip Planning and Operations John Davis, Idaho Aviation Association

Normalization of Deviance: A Threat to YOUR Safety Karlene Petitt Improving Aviation Safety for all Aviators, from the most novice to the most experienced pilots alike. When abnormal behavior is normalized, accidents will happen! What you can do to reduce risk and improve safety.

Mastering Autopilots for Single-Pilot IFR | Gary Reeves

Real in-flight video and advanced techniques for Century, Dynon, Garmin, King, Trutrak and S-TEC Autopilots. Know why most common mistakes happen and how to avoid them, including a special section on emergency use.

Non-towered airport operations and traffic patterns

Tom Rogers, CFI CFII and CFIME

A look at some of the issues plaguing non-towered airports and review the “official” guidance that is designed to keep us all safe.

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