NTSB -- NTSB TO HOST VOLUNTEER PILOT SAFETY SEMINAR "STAND DOWN" AT NTSB'S TRAINING CENTER

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

March 10, 2011

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NTSB TO HOST VOLUNTEER PILOT SAFETY SEMINAR “STAND DOWN” AT

NTSB’S TRAINING CENTER

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The National Transportation Safety Board, Angel Flight, and

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) will hold a

volunteer pilot safety stand down seminar at the NTSB

Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia on March 25, 2011.

Below is the seminar’s agenda:

Keynote Address:

Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman, National Transportation

Safety Board 9:00-9:30 am.

Sessions:

NTSB

· Four NTSB accident briefs from investigations

involving volunteer pilots - Mr. Paul Cox,

Senior Air Safety Investigator

· Weather Issues - Mr. Don Eick, Meteorologist

· TWA800 lecture and viewing of the reconstruction

of the aircraft (2 sessions) - Dr. Paul Schuda,

Director, NTSB Training Center

FAA

· Perspectives From the FAA - Ms. Susan Parson,

Editor of ?FAA Safety Briefing? magazine

· Safety Systems - Ms. Karen Arendt, FAA

Washington FSDO FAAST Team Program Manager

AOPA

· Volunteer Pilots - Mr. Bruce Landsberg,

President of AOPA Foundation

· Final Approach Fix Inbound - Mr. Jonathan

Greenway, Chief Flight Instructor and Safety

Director, Air Safety Institute

· Topic To Be Determined - AOPA Legal (To Be

Determined)

Registration is free and limited to 200 participants.

Attendees must register on line at: abuys.com/pilotsafety.

Lunch is being provided courtesy of AOPA at no cost to

participants.

Information about the NTSB Training Center is available at:

www.ntsb.gov/TC/trainingcenter.htm.

Media contact: Keith Holloway, 202-314-6100

hollowk@xxxxxxxx

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