Flying in the Wire Environment - $100 (Non-Refundable)

The Flying in a Wire and Obstruction Environment course is a multi-media seminar acclaimed by professional airplane and helicopter operators world-wide. It gives low-level flight crews the essential skills needed to safely operate an aircraft in wire and obstruction environments. The Mid States Ag Aviation Conference has scheduled this course on Tuesday, December 10 from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM. This one-day course is offered to review the basic awareness techniques for all pilots and crew. It teaches the basic tenets and builds a solid foundation for safety practices. More extensive courses are available through Utilities/Aviation Specialists.

Summary of course contents:

• Basic awareness that low-level flight crews must have and maintain while operating in the wire and obstruction environment
• How to identify the hazards associated with wire and obstruction accidents 
• Understanding your exposure to the wire and obstruction environment
• Crew Resource Management: what the pilot and crewmembers need to do in order to act together as a team in the wire and obstruction environment
• Why the crewmember is so important regarding safety during low-level operations
• How to scan in the wire environment effectively
• The responsibilities of each crew member
• In-flight communications about wire and obstructions
• Where the wire and obstruction environment really is
• Dynamics of the wire environments
• Traps waiting for untrained low-level flight crews
• Visibility engineering: what you can and cannot see and why
• How flight crews can forecast the presence of wire long before they can actually see it
• Illusions while operating in the wire environment: what causes them and how to manage them
• The high wire reconnaissance: how it differs from the normal recon
• Additional dangers during low-level operations
• How useful are today's obstruction marking schemes

THIS COURSE IS PROVIDED BY THE ILLINOIS AND IOWA AGRICULTURAL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS AS AN ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY