• Flight Following Or Go Rogue?

    Harper College 1375 S Wolf Road, Prospect Heights, IL, United States

    You take off for your VFR one-hour cross-country. You're about to head into a TRSA, so you call for flight following. It's crazy hot and bumpy, so you tell them your destination, and you are climbing to 8,500 feet. Unfortunately, that's not what ATC has in mind. They say maintain at or below 3000'.  Whoa! […]

  • Don’t Be a Fool With Fuel – Tom DeJan

    Harper College 1375 S Wolf Road, Prospect Heights, IL, United States

    CEPA Safety Meeting Flying is a skill that you learned to get your pilot certificates. And, systems was a big part of that. But you probably learned practically nothing about fuel metering, operation, and performance. Tom will discuss carburetion, fuel injection, engine limits and operation, and performance planning. Speaker:  Tom DeJan has over 30 years of […]

  • Situational Awareness: How Good Pilots Lose It, and Get It Back – Penny Levin, PhD, CFI

    Harper College 1375 S Wolf Road, Prospect Heights, IL, United States

    Join Penny Levin, PhD, CFI, for Situational Awareness in Single-Pilot Flying: How Good Pilots Lose It, and Get It Back. This practical program for general aviation pilots will explore how distraction, workload, routine, and cockpit screens can erode situational awareness in small airplanes, and what pilots can do to recognize the signs early, stay ahead of the […]