Don't Be a Fool With Fuel - Tom DeJan
2026-03-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Harper College, 1375 S Wolf Road, Prospect Heights, IL, 60070, 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 military aviation service, spanning B-52G crew chief duties in the Strategic Air Command, UH-1H technical inspections in Honduras, and MC-130E flight engineer deployments in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Tom brings rare operational depth to every topic. Tom holds an A&P, IA, and commercial multi-engine instrument ratings. He has worked as a Professional Flight Engineer for ATA, Kalitta Air, and Tepper Aviation, led the USN MZ-3A airship maintenance program, and conducted international patrol operations combating illegal fishing in Samoa. A Distinguished Flying Cross and four Air Medals underscore a career defined by excellence aloft and on the flight line.

Situational Awareness: How Good Pilots Lose It, and Get It Back - Penny Levin, PhD, CFI
2026-04-22 19:00 - 20:30
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 airplane, and fly more safely.
Speaker Bio:

Dr. Penny Levin has combined her two professional passions-psychology and aviation. She presents on flight instruction, flight safety, and pilot mental health. She is a member of the Olympic Mental Health Registry. A longtime member of the Civil Air Patrol. Dr. Penny has flown as an instructor, a mission pilot, and a mission pilot instructor, and as the Pennsylvania Wing Assistant Director of Safety, responsible for creating an innovative aircrew safety seminar series. She is an instructor in the AOPA Flight Instructor Refresher Course

Using AI for flight planning
2026-05-27 19:00 - 20:30
CEPA Safety Meeting
Topic: Using AI for flight planning
Speaker: Bob Reynolds
FAA WINGS Program register link coming soon.

CEPA Safety Meeting - ATC Topic
2026-06-24 19:00 - 20:30
CEPA Safety Meeting
Topic: ATC-related topic
Speaker: Aaron Barclay
FAA WINGS Program register link coming soon.

The Pulitzer Race - electric aircraft film
2026-08-26 19:00 - 20:30
CEPA Safety Meeting
Topic: The Pulitzer Race – electric aircraft film
Speaker: Susan Roe Musacchio
FAA WINGS Program register link coming soon.

CEPA Safety Meeting - September
2026-09-23 19:00 - 20:30
CEPA Safety Meeting
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD
FAA WINGS Program register link coming soon.

CEPA Safety Meeting - October
2026-10-28 19:00 - 20:30

CEPA Annual Meeting - Election & Safety Meeting
2026-11-11 19:00 - 20:30
CEPA Annual Meeting – Election & Safety Meeting
Safety Meeting
Topic: TBD
Speaker: TBD
FAA WINGS Program register link coming soon.
