Chicago Executive Pilots Association

CEPA February Board Meeting
2020-02-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | 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.

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.

IMC Club - Above the Clouds with a Dark PFD moderated by Max Trescott
2019-06-26 07:30 - 21:00 | Ramada Plaza, 1090 S Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
It is an early evening, easy flight from Cleveland Lorraine County Regional (KLPR) to Nashville (KBNA). Not! This is an IMC Club meeting, nothing happens without some kind of a problem and the opportunity for us to have a discussion about what circumstances our unfortunate pilot friend faces. What unfortunate problem? His PFD goes dark shortly after takeoff; ceilings are not good, better weather ahead but how far? Yikes! So, we’ll figure out our best answer to the infamous IMC Club question, “what would you do?”
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.

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.

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. Register here for the CEPA Safety Meeting.

Pancake Breakfast at PWK
2019-06-01 09:00 - 11:30 | Signature Flight Support, 1100 Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
The CEPA Pancake Breakfast is the annual kick-off to summer. Join us at side yard of Signature Flight Support, 1100 Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling, IL 60090.
When: Saturday, June 1st from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $12, all proceeds go to the PAPA Scholarship Fund for aviation students Illinois.
Drive or fly, just be there!
