Chicago Executive Pilots Association

Annual CEPA Meeting and IMC Club - T-Skew by Jerry Seckler - November 18, 2020
2020-11-18 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
The Skew-T log P diagram is a powerful tool that pilots can use to paint a vertical picture of the atmosphere.
This presentation will discuss the basics of Skew-Ts, how they are generated, how to obtain them, and how to use them to glean useful information about atmospheric stability, clouds, and turbulence.
Speaker Bio:
Jerrold Seckler has been flying for over 53 years. During that time he has amassed over 7,000 hours in a wide variety of General Aviation aircraft and has personally flown a GA aircraft on all seven continents.
Seckler holds an ATP certificate as well as CFII, AGI, and IGI certificates. He has been named a Master Ground Instructor three consecutive times by the National Association of Flight Instructors.
Seckler is a former Board Member of the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association and currently serves as the Dean of the College of Flight Operations of COPA University, the training and education arm of that organization. He regularly teaches at the Cirrus Pilot Proficiency Programs and presents classes on aviation weather, preflight briefings, instrument procedures, regulations, and aeronautical decision making.
He has also flown over 100 flights for Angel Flight Central and serves on AFC’s Safety Committee.
Three years ago he was honored to receive the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for 50 years of safe flying.
In a previous life, Seckler was a Urologic Surgeon as well as an FAA Aviation Medical Examiner.
Currently, Seckler owns a 2001 Cirrus SR22 which he has flown for over 3,100 hours.

IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.
New COVID-19 restrictions will not allow us to meet in person. To register as a remote participant use the blue button below.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues pay the cost of these safety seminars.
For FAASafety WINGS credit, complete the online meeting attendance form, the meeting code will be provided at the end of the meeting.

CEPA November Board Meeting
2020-11-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
The Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA) Board of Directors meets to discuss the business of the PAPA Scholarship and pilots association organizations.
Thank you, Mike Kurgan, General Manager, Atlantic Aviation, for providing us your board room.

Weather Investigation with Andy Miller, CFI, AOPA Great Lakes Ambassador
2020-10-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Weather is often blamed as the cause of accidents when, in reality, it’s poor decision making that’s the culprit. Arm yourself to make the right weather choices at crucial moments before and during flight.
Here’s what you’ll learn:

Why getting the big weather picture is important
How to improve your go/no-go decision-making process
Tips to “weatherize” your mindset and avoid traps like flying VFR into IMC
Why technology can be a great tool and your worst enemy in weather flying

We will have limited registration to 50 people in the room. We will be live-streaming via video conference if you prefer to attend remotely. Please choose the appropriate link below:

Presenter Bio:
Andy Miller, CFI, AOPA Great Lakes Ambassador
Andy is AOPA’s You Can Fly Ambassador for the Great Lakes Region. He is a nationally recognized aviation educator; a lead representative in the FAA Safety Program, an IMC Club leader, and a member of both the National Association of Flight Instructors and the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators. He is also an aircraft owner and regularly flies Young Eagle and Angel Flight missions.
Andy is based in the Great Lakes and works with flying clubs, flight schools, aviation organizations, and secondary schools to increase the number of active pilots. You’ll often find him traveling to events and meetings in one of the AOPA’s bright yellow “Reimaged Cessna 152s.”

If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining. Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.
NOTE: There is an IMC Club meeting prior to this one. Each has a separate registration. Please join us for both but be sure to register for both separately.
Prior to attending a safety seminar please review and abide by current CDC, State and Local health guidelines.

CEPA IMC Club - IFR Decision Making-Chasing Choices - October 2020
2020-10-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Processing information and making clear decisions while flying in IMC can be challenging. In this seminar we’ll analyze accident scenarios where stress and confusion in IMC can lead to task saturation, problematic choices, and suboptimal decisions.
Seminar presenters and attendees will work together on analyzing and discussing various scenarios to be a safer, more confident pilot.

Presenter Bio:
Andy Miller, CFI, AOPA Great Lakes Ambassador
Andy is AOPA’s You Can Fly Ambassador for the Great Lakes Region. He is a nationally recognized aviation educator; a lead representative in the FAA Safety Program, an IMC Club leader, and a member of both the National Association of Flight Instructors and the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators. He is also an aircraft owner and regularly flies Young Eagle and Angel Flight missions.
Andy is based in the Great Lakes and works with flying clubs, flight schools, aviation organizations, and secondary schools to increase the number of active pilots. You’ll often find him traveling to events and meetings in one of the AOPA’s bright yellow “Reimaged Cessna 152s.”

The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share information, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. IMC Club chapters offer monthly meetings in which pilots can network and share knowledge and experiences.

If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining. Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.
NOTE: There is an CEPA Safety Seminar prior to this one. Each has a separate registration. Please join us for both but be sure to register for both separately.
Prior to attending a safety seminar please review and abide by current CDC, State and Local health guidelines.

Chicagoland Pilots Advocacy Meeting
2020-10-28 05:30 - 18:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
All Chicagoland Flying Clubs, Pilot Associations, Flight Schools, Airport Support Network Members

You are invited to represent your organization at a Town Hall Advocacy meeting hosted by the Chicago Executive Pilot Association (CEPA) and presented by Kyle Lewis (AOPA Government Affairs) and Andy Miller (AOPA You Can Fly). This Town Hall is designed to inform local pilot groups, flying clubs, airport associations, and AOPA Airport Support Network Volunteers on the current national and local issues AOPA is working on a day to day basis. Airport advocacy, regional legislative agendas, and the growth of the pilot population will be discussed, and there will be an opportunity for Q&A.
Please RSVP, click here.
The Town Hall Advocacy meeting will start at 5:30. You can fly over to KPWK. Signature Flight Support has generously offered to waive ramp fees for this fly-in event; the hotel venue is 0.8sm walk but Signature will shuttle you over if you’d rather.
If you can’t make this meeting, please send someone else to represent your organization. By all means, share this with any and all other aviation-related organizations.
Following the Town Hall Advocacy meeting will be the Chicago Executive Pilot Association PWK IMC Club, “IFR Decision Making: Chasing Choices.” There will be WINGS credit for attendance.
Directly after the IMC Club meeting will be our Chicago Executive Pilot Association Safety Seminar, “Weather Investigation” an AOPA Air Safety Institute seminar, presented by Andy Miller. The Safety Seminar is WINGS credit eligible. Please encourage the other pilots in your organization to attend too!

CEPA October Board Meeting
2020-10-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

CEPA September Board Meeting
2020-09-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

Flight Stimulator - ATC and Pilots Take a Flight in the Same Room
2020-08-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Pilots and air traffic controllers have a unique relationship. Both sit behind displays with a lot of information, but one is on the ground and the other likely hundreds of miles away and thousands of feet above creating quite a different perspective.
Let’s get a couple of ATC tower and C90 TRACON controllers in the same room with a couple pilots and simulate a flight. Of course, our pilots and controllers are going to make things “interesting” and we’ll see the other scramble to figure out WTF!
We welcome Ryan Schile and Andrew Rice, Certified Professional Controllers (CPC) from O’Hare towers. Last year, on March 1st, the two of them saved a few hundred people from a very bad day, separating an ERJ-145 from a B737-8 who got within 0.23 nm from each other. This won them the coveted President’s Award, aka Archie Award, at the Archie League Medal of Safety Awards banquet. We celebrate their getting it right, and in the words of NATCA president, Paul Rinaldi, not getting it wrong.
And, we welcome Ryan Jaros, a C90 TRACON controller, to be our man in the middle.
And, like Rod Machado has shown us for many years now, a bit of comedy can make a useful way to teach some valuable lessons.
So, while these are decorated, expert controllers, our scenario will truly put them to the test of their skills. We’re going to conduct a flight between a couple local airports with a TRACON handoff in the middle. How many possible errors can some pilots and controllers make in one short flight like this? You’ll have to attend to find out. And, no FAA Enforcement members will be present so we’ll see what virtual pilot or controller deviations happen!
Warning: anybody using the term “fish finder” will result in vectors to hold over the North Pole with further clearance next week.
No, the headline isn’t a typo, this flight should be stimulating!

Welcome to the new COVID-19 world. Things have changed since the beginning of the year and we are adapting, too.
We will offer a video conference stream for those who would rather. Details and registration will be provided shortly.
For those attending in person, COVID protocols will be in place. Chairs will be properly distanced (socially-distancing groups, e.g. couples, partners, etc., can move chairs together) and masks are required. We will cap the number of people at 50. Your cooperating is required if you wish to attend in person. Prior to attending a safety seminar please review and abide by current CDC, state and, local health guidelines.

CEPA IMC Club August 2020 - Boston Bait and Switch with ORD tower and C90 Controllers
2020-08-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
We welcome Ryan Schile and Andrew Rice, Certified Professional Controllers (CPC) from O’Hare towers. Last year, on March 1st, the two of them saved a few hundred people from a very bad day, separating an ERJ-145 from a B737-8 who got within 0.23 nm from each other. This won them the coveted President’s Award, aka Archie Award, at the Archie League Medal of Safety Awards banquet. We celebrate their getting it right, and in the words of NATCA president, Paul Rinaldi, not getting it wrong.
And, we welcome Ryan Jaros, a C90 TRACON controller, to be our man in the middle.
Tonight, we discuss another Class Bravo busy airport where a Mooney is landing on a compassion flight. Mixing in with the turbine traffic isn’t easy for pilots or controllers. Let’s figure out this pilot’s difficult approach and decision. With our two tower controllers and a TRACON (and former MIA tower) controller, this should be a fascinating discussion!
IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.

Welcome to the new COVID-19 world. Things have changed since the beginning of the year and we are adapting, too.
We will offer a video conference stream for those who would rather. Details and registration will be provided shortly.
For those attending in person, COVID protocols will be in place. Chairs will be properly distanced (socially-distancing groups, e.g. couples, partners, etc., can move chairs together) and masks are required. We will cap the number of people at 50. Your cooperating is required if you wish to attend in person.
Prior to attending a safety seminar please review and abide by current CDC, state, and local health guidelines.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

CEPA August Board Meeting
2020-08-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

CEPA & Waukegan IMC Club Joint Chapter Meeting - July 2020
2020-07-22 18:30 - 19:25 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
A mid-summer trip between Chicago and Kansas City, what could go wrong? The weather at the destination was the main consideration when the go/no go decision was made. Things became very interesting very fast when lower clouds were experienced before getting out of Chicago. Having the XM weather in-op was to be a minor inconvenience but wasn’t so minor when the onboard iPad with ADS‑B weather overheated and shut down.
Time permitting, we’ll look at a second scenario, a quick breakfast flight to KBMI and back. There was a significant WX shift resulting in an uncomfortable encounter with ice on the return trip to KPWK. The pictures will make you shudder.
IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

CEPA July Board Meeting
2020-07-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

CEPA June Board Meeting
2020-06-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

CEPA May Board Meeting
2020-05-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

*Postponed* IMC Club - April 2020 - Jason Schappert
2020-04-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Due to the coronavirus COVID-19 and the lock-down status, we must reschedule this meeting. Please check back from time-to-time for the rescheduled date.

CEPA welcomes back Jason Schappert. Jason makes his annual trip up north to Chicago, risking possible cold weather. Jason brings with a new and interesting scenario, we’ll all be solving this sticky situation.

What would you do?

IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

CEPA April Board Meeting
2020-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

*CANCELED* CEPA IMC Club - March 2020
2020-03-25 18:30 - 19:30 | Signature Flight Support, 1100 Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
In the interest of everybody’s health and wellbeing, we have canceled the March IMC Club. We hope to continue our regular program in April but, like everyone, we will have to make that decision at a later time. Please check back from time-to-time.

IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.
Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

CEPA March Board Meeting
2020-03-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

Engine Fire, Keep the Ice Off and Other Ways to Survive Emergencies - Gary Reeves
2020-02-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Join us for a thoughtful look at engine fires, ice, and other emergencies you might have to solve. Having a plan is the first link in the chain of events… is yours going to hold?
Gary Reeves is a Master CFI, the 2019 National Instructor of the Year. Gary has over 7,500 hours in over 50 different aircraft including turbo-prop, and turbo-fan most of which is instruction given. He is a well known and popular national speaker on aviation safety and you see him live at all of the biggest shows, including EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, AOPA Fly-Ins, Aviation-Xpo, NW Aviation Expo, SunNFun and more.

We meet bi-monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

For FAASafety WINGS credits, complete the online meeting attendance form, the meeting code will be provided at the end of each of the meetings.

ForeFlight in IMC - Gary Reeves
2020-02-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Gary will take us through some tips and tricks to make planning and flying IFR safer and more efficient using ForeFlight EFB.
Gary Reeves is a Master CFI, the 2019 National Instructor of the Year. Gary has over 7,500 hours in over 50 different aircraft including turbo-prop, and turbo-fan most of which is instruction given. He is a well known and popular national speaker on aviation safety and you see him live at all of the biggest shows, including EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, AOPA Fly-Ins, Aviation-Xpo, NW Aviation Expo, SunNFun and more.

IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

For FAASafety WINGS credits, complete the online meeting attendance form, the meeting code will be provided at the end of each of the meetings.

CEPA February Board Meeting
2020-02-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Atlantic Aviation PWK, 1011 S Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States

Chicago Area Chapter Ninety Nines - Chicago Aviation Expo
2020-01-25 08:30 - 16:00 | Holiday Inn Itasca, 860 W Irving Park Road, Itasca, IL, 60143, United States
We’re proud of our friends, the Chicago Area Chapter Ninety-Nines who are presenting their 43rd annual Chicago Aviation Expo. This is a full day of speakers presenting something for everybody in three tracks: VFR, IFR, and Flying Companions/Aspiring Pilots.
See the Chicago Area Chapter of the Ninety-Nines website for details.

CEPA IMC Club - Going Up or Down - January
2020-01-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Signature Flight Support, 1100 Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
From the initial planning, it was obviously not going to be a picturesque flight. There were weather systems around but they did seem manageable. Warren departs, climbs to 8,000 as he heads on course, steps up to 11,000 and then the fun begins, first ice and then a whole colorful cocktail of weather in a very unusual pattern! Spoiler alert: a tornado is involved here.
What would you do?
Speaker bio:
Our very own Warren Bruhl, DC, presents a flight he submitted to IMC Club. He is a practicing chiropractor, wellness and health care professional. Warren started flying in 2015 and now holds a Commercial Single Engine Airplane certificate with an Instrument rating. He is hard at work getting his multi with his eye on an ATP. His plan is to transition to a full-time aviation career and is flying 300-plus hours per year! Warren is a board member and secretary of the Chicago Executive Pilots’ Association (CEPA). He also runs a not-for-profit charitable organization and does missionary work in Kenya, teaching aviation topics to young, eager students.
IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our heads in the game.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

Annual CEPA Meeting for Members
2019-11-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
All CEPA members, please attend our annual organization meeting. Election results will be announced.
And for our featured event, we will have a report from Jamie Abbott, Executive Director of Chicago Executive Airport tell us the State of the Airport.
Come hear what’s going on at the airport.
For members only. Not a member? Click here!

CEPA and AOPA ASI present: Difficult Decisions What would you do?
2019-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Whether you’re deciding which way to enter a busy traffic pattern or how to deal with deteriorating weather, the safest option isn’t always crystal clear.
This exciting new ASI seminar, sponsored by the Chicago Executive Pilots Association, can help you make safer, more informed decisions next time you fly.
In this exciting new seminar you will:

Participate in two interactive vignettes based on PilotWorkshops Mastery scenarios
Discuss, Decide and Debate your options
Understand there is no easy or right answer
Share your aviation safety knowledge with your peers

What will you decide to do?

Don't Get Upset, Recover!
2019-09-25 18:30 - 19:30 | IL
IMC Club – Don’t Get Upset, Recover!

September 25, 2019 at 18:30 – 19:30
Dave Klopfleisch will lead a discussion on loss-of-control so we can keep the blue side up, even when we can’t see the blue. We will look at loss-of-control in various phases of flight:

Instrument takeoff
Climb out
En route
Initial and final approach

So, we’ll figure out our best answer to the infamous IMC Club question, “what would you do?”
Speaker bio: Dave Klopfleisch
Dave started flying in 1966 at Roselle Airport, now called Schaumburg Airport in Schaumburg, IL. He served in the Navy from 1968-1974, with his last duty station at Miramar, CA. In the Navy, Dave flew the TA-4, single-engine attack jet. Afterward, Dave worked for various corporate flight departments and served as the Safety Officer at the NAS Glenview Flying Club from 1993-1996.
Flight Qualifications include: CFI and MEI, ATP, Part 121 Flight Dispatcher, current Safety Officer at Chicago Executive Flight School

IMC Club: The IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our head in the game.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.

Safety Meeting at PWK - Get your HEMS tool up - Rex Alexander
2019-08-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
HEMS stands for Helicopter Emergency Medical Services. But you don’t need to be flying a helicopter, nor doing emergency medical services to make good use of it.
What makes the HEMS tool such a valuable supplement to a weather briefing is that it fills a niche in the lineup of aviation weather information sources. The tool isn’t a surface observation report (like a METAR) or a terminal forecast but is a resource that helps you figure out what the weather may be in the low levels and at the surface between two reporting points.
Using the HEMS tool during your flight planning will make you a safer, more weather-savvy pilot, because the tool was designed to increase pilots’ situational awareness down low, thus reducing loss-of-control accidents (LOC) and controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
Speaker bio:
Rex Alexander is president of Five-Alpha (5α) LLC, a global consultancy dedicated to providing specialized education, training, insight, and services in the very challenging and unique communities of Helicopter and Vertical Lift Infrastructure and Organ/Tissue Donation & Transplantation.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
This meeting is part of the bi-monthly Chicago Executive Pilots’ Association proficiency and safety seminar series, this event is to promote safety and build proficiency flying. Students and airline captains alike are invited to participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.
NOTE: There is an IMC Club meeting prior to this one. Each has a separate registration. Please join us for both but be sure to register for both separately. Also, register here for the IMC Club meeting.

IMC Club at PWK - Go/No-Go Weather decisions-PVD to SYR - Rex Alexander
2019-08-28 18:30 - 19:30 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
You want to make a trip from Providence, RI, to Syracuse, NY, in your Piper Arrow. It’s only about an hour and 35 minutes. You want to leave early since you aren’t night proficient. Will the weather give us what we want, or at least what we need?

Speaker bio:
Rex Alexander is president of Five-Alpha (5α) LLC, a global consultancy dedicated to providing specialized education, training, insight, and services in the very challenging and unique communities of Helicopter and Vertical Lift Infrastructure and Organ/Tissue Donation & Transplantation.
The IMC Club:
IMC Club’s purpose is to promote instrument flying, proficiency, and safety. The intent is to create a community of pilots willing to share their perspective, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. An IFR rating is not needed to participate, student pilots and airline captains alike are invited. We think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground… before it is you sitting in the cockpit.
We meet monthly when pilots (and would-be pilots) network and share knowledge and experiences to keep our head in the game.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.
NOTE: There is a Safety Meeting following this one. Each has a separate registration. Please join us for both but be sure to register for both separately. Also, register here for the CEPA Safety Meeting.

Annual Hangar Picnic and Scholarship Award
2019-07-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Hangar 13, 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Let’s Party!! Let’s all get together for the Annual Member Appreciation Picnic and Scholarship Presentation.
We’ll be at Hangar 13 (behind Hawthorne Global Aviation Services) on Wednesday, July 10, from 18:00 – 20:00.

Night Flying Safety - What Your CFI Didn't Teach You - Max Trescott
2019-06-26 19:30 - 21:00 | IL
Flying at night can be fun, but pilots should know the pitfalls and plan accordingly. The risks at night are different and higher, but they can be quantified and mitigated by cautious pilots who are well versed in night flying safety techniques.
Learn ways to fly safely at night and avoid some of the pitfalls that continue to claim even experienced pilots in avoidable night flying accidents.
Join us for our semi-monthly safety seminar. The objective: fly safer by being a prepared pilot.
Speaker bio: Max Trescott is the 2008 National CFI of the Year. He’s heard around the world talking about general aviation each week on his Aviation News Talk podcast.

Sponsored by Chicago Executive Pilots Association (CEPA).
If you aren’t a member of CEPA, please consider joining CEPA if you aren’t a member and like programs like this, please visit us at www.PWKpilots.org/membership/ Your dues help pay for these safety seminars.
NOTE: There is an IMC Club meeting prior to this one. Each has a separate registration. Please join us for both but be sure to register for both separately. Register here for the IMC Club meeting.
