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Contents Flying after a long break Flying in Spring weather Pre flight decision making Avoiding problems during the flight Midweek Seminars Pre Season Refresher Flying after a long break Flying can be more stressful after even a short break ID: 342343

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Pre Season Refresher

Contents

Flying after a long break

Flying in Spring weatherPre flight decision makingAvoiding problems during the flight

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Flying after a long break

Flying can be more stressful after even a short break

Comfort zone will have contractedTake more time pre-flight byIMSAFELicence validity

Chart validity – study new chart for changesMore thought to route, RT, procedures at destination

The more you prepare on the ground, the less work in the cockpit

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IMSAFE

I Illness – Am I fit

M Medication – am I on medsS Stress – am I calmA Alcohol 12 hours bottle to throttleF Fatigue, am I alert and restedE Eating – am I fed

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Licence

Check your licence.

Is your JAR licence validIs your class rating validIs your medical validMidweek SeminarsSlide5

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New Chart

New S England chart edition 41 is out. Changes include

London CTR now Class D and TMZ, can get CAS transitSouthend has Class D CAS. Again you can get transitMarked masts just north of Petersfield. Thorney

Island appears to have lost its paragliding siteScan the legend once a year to remind yourself what things

are.

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Chart refresher

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Planning

Study your planned route more thoroughly

Look for new airspace/obstaclesLook for en route frequenciesPlan highest and lowest altitude

Think more about departure and arrival procedures

Plan B!

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Weather

Flying in Spring. Expect

Icing level much lower. In moist dry air you can pick up frostIn cloud you can pick up rime iceIn rain you can pick up clear iceLook our for radiation fog. If foggy before sunrise on clear day, chances are it will be foggy as sun descends.

Avoid thunderstorms. Fly upwind (opposite to anvil)

Do not fly anywhere near a line of thunderstorms.

Review TAF and METAR decodes on Met Office site.

If IMC or IR, look for cloud tops to climb above cloud. Watch out for CAS. Don’t go VFR on top unless planned.

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Aircraft

Is your aircraft legal paper wise?

Since it last flew is the ARC still valid?The 50 hour check also has a six month limitIs the insurance validCheckoutPay fuller attention to the checklist after a break

Look more carefully forOil/brake fluid leaks

Seized control surfaces

Water in the fuel

Foreign objects where they shouldn’t be

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The flight

Review the departure plates after a break.

If the tower says “taxi via taxiway foxtrot to holding point echo to avoid the HTA” what would it mean and where would you go?Fly the route as plannedKnow what to expect from the destination tower by phoning ahead for a brief.Anything else?

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Midweek Seminars