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SUMMARY:MentorLIVE: CFI Spin Training
DESCRIPTION:CFI Spin Training: What You May Not Have Learned\n\nPresenters: Mark King & Karen Kalishek\nHost: Aaron Dabney\n\n \nDescription\nFor many of us\, a quick briefing followed by a couple spins in a Skyhawk constitutes the whole of our 14 CFR 61.183 spin training. While that training is compliant (maybe)\, how much do we really know about the aerodynamics of the stall and spin?  How confident are we in our ability to handle unanticipated spins in our real-world flying? What’s more\, are we passing down accurate information or half-truths and assumptions to our learners? \nJoin Master Aerobatic Instructor Mark King and his special guest\, NAFI Chair and DPE Karen Kalishek\, for a discussion on stalls\, spins\, and the many opportunities for improvement our profession has in teaching these areas. What you don’t know\, can hurt you and your learners. What you do know\, will help you rise above the crowd. \n \nPresenter Bios\nMark King is a four-time Master Certified Flight Instructor with a Gold Seal-Aerobatic\, CFI- Instrument\, Advanced and Instrument ground instructor. He is a southern California native who was born into an aviation family and began flying in 1974. Mark has extensive experience flying in Alaska in a turboprop Quest Kodiak\, has over 1000 hours flying the Beechcraft Bonanza\, and is G1000 qualified. He is a member of SAFE and teaches specialized UPRT Training\, Tailwheel\, Aerobatics and CFI Initial training. Mark was the 2023 Van Nuys FSDO CFI of the Year\, and flies competition aerobatics in his Pitts S2B. \n\n \n \nKaren Kalishek is a Designated Pilot Examiner\, four-time NAFI Master Instructor\, and an FAA Gold Seal Instructor with CFI\, CFII\, MEI\, CFI-G\, AGI\, IGI credentials. She holds an ATP certificate with ASES and Glider Commercial privileges. In 2019\, she was named National FAASTeam Representative of the Year. \nKaren is actively involved in multiple aviation organizations and serves as a Major in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP)\, acting as a flight instructor\, check pilot\, examiner\, mission pilot\, and cadet orientation pilot. She has a passion for antique aircraft and enjoys flying her RV-6. Before becoming a full-time instructor\, Karen had a career in banking and international consulting\, providing services in 37 countries. \n\n \n\nHost Bio\nAaron Dabney earned his Flight Instructor certificate in 2009\, and has been an active instructor ever since. He has provided more than 5\,000 hours of instruction in more than 30 models of aircraft\, mentoring pilots from their first hour through becoming accomplished instructors themselves\, and all points in between. \nDabney grew up in an aviation family. His maternal grandfather Joe was a World War II fighter pilot\, and much of his childhood was spent in the family J-3 Cub with his grandfather or his uncle Mark. Aaron completed his first solo in that Cub in 1999 and is now its caretaker. \nAaron is a 6-time NAFI Master Flight Instructor\, owns a small flight school\, and has served as an adjunct lecturer for Baylor University’s Aviation Sciences program since 2010. He serves on NAFI’s Board of Directors and serves in several volunteer roles including coordinating MentorLIVE. \nAaron lives in Waco\, Texas with his wife of 20 years Alisa. \n\n \nRegister For Event
URL:https://nafimentor.org/event/cfi-spin-training/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:MentorLIVE: Non-Pilot Companions
DESCRIPTION:Right Seat Ready: Next-Level Safety & Enjoyment through Non-Pilot Companion Education\n\nPresenters: Jolie Lucas & Harvey Madison\nHost: Aaron Dabney\n\n \nDescription\nPilots and instructors can increase flight safety\, the happiness of their passengers\, and act as ambassadors for GA in an easy but unexpected way. This presentation details both how and why non-pilot companions can become engaged and knowledgeable participants in GA flights. Importantly\, we’ll address essential learning topics found in no other pinch-hitter resources. \nThis presentation’s content includes a high level look at elements of Right Seat Ready!\, a 2-day seminar created by Jolie Lucas and Jan Maxwell. As a commercial-rated pilot\, airplane owner\, and licensed psychotherapist\, Jolie created Right Seat Ready! for non-pilot companions to transform them from disengaged\, or even quietly nervous passengers\, into knowledgeable & interested participants in each flight. \n\n   \nPresenter Bios\nJolie Lucas makes her home on the Central Coast of California with her mini-Golden\, Mooney. Jolie is a Mooney owner\, licensed psychotherapist\, and instrument-rated commercial pilot. Jolie is a nationally-known aviation presenter\, educator\, and aviation writer. Jolie has been a practicing psychotherapist for 32 years. She is the Region 4 Vice President of the California Pilots Association. She is the 2010 AOPA Joseph Crotti Award recipient for GA Advocacy. \n\n\n\n   \nAs the Director of Instructional Design and Content at Redbird Flight\, Harvey Madison conceives and creates instructional multimedia content and in-simulator training scenarios for the pilot community\, especially in General Aviation. He often partners with public and private organizations to create instructional content\, tools\, and learning opportunities for students and pilots that help them gain their certificates\, and achieve and maintain proficiency. \nSome of his products include GIFT-PPL (Guided Independent Flight Training-Private Pilot)\, GIFT-Instrument\, STEM/CTE curricula for K12\, Redbird Pro(ficiency) app\, safety video series “Dear Captain Harv\,” and numerous other projects. \nHarvey is currently focused on developing a new product in collaboration with Jolie Lucas based on her seminar\, Right Seat Ready!  He lives in Austin\, TX and calls KAUS his home airport. \n\n\n\nHost Bio\nAaron Dabney earned his Flight Instructor certificate in 2009\, and has been an active instructor ever since. He has provided more than 5\,000 hours of instruction in more than 30 models of aircraft\, mentoring pilots from their first hour through becoming accomplished instructors themselves\, and all points in between. \nDabney grew up in an aviation family. His maternal grandfather Joe was a World War II fighter pilot\, and much of his childhood was spent in the family J-3 Cub with his grandfather or his uncle Mark. Aaron completed his first solo in that Cub in 1999 and is now its caretaker. \nAaron is a 6-time NAFI Master Flight Instructor\, owns a small flight school\, and has served as an adjunct lecturer for Baylor University’s Aviation Sciences program since 2010. He serves on NAFI’s Board of Directors and serves in several volunteer roles including coordinating MentorLIVE. \nAaron lives in Waco\, Texas with his wife of 20 years Alisa. \n\n \nRegister For Event
URL:https://nafimentor.org/event/mentorlive-non-pilot-companions/
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SUMMARY:MentorLIVE: When Mistakes Happen
DESCRIPTION:When Mistakes Happen: The Flight Instructor’s Response\n\nPresenter: Erica Gilbert\nHost: Bob Meder\n \nDescription\nStudent pilots make mistakes. Instructors have the responsibility to allow students the opportunity to make mistakes. In fact\, doing things incorrectly is the only way a student can learn. Our response when things aren’t perfect is a huge contributor to student success. Erica Gilbert will talk about how to develop an environment where students are given opportunities to make mistakes\, while also holding them to high standards of safety and performance. \n \nPresenter Bio\nErica Gilbert has a Bachelor of Science in Aviation from Eastern Kentucky University with a minor in social intelligence and leadership. She is assistant chief instructor at Wings Flight Training\, a part 141 school where her role focuses on regulatory compliance and staff CFI mentoring. She independently instructs owner-pilots to get the best use out of their aircraft. Her YouTube channel Aerosafe provides weather analysis for general aviation pilots. This free resource teaches them how to avoid unnecessary weather-related accidents and incidents. \nErica also flies a TBM under Part 91 operations. Her focus is a learner-centered style of teaching with comprehensive\, clear\, and concise instruction that helps learners reach their goals. Professionally\, she advocates for mentorship and community building\, as demonstrated by her service as president of EKU’s chapter of Women in Aviation\, International during her tenure as a student. \nHost Bio\nRobert “Bob” Meder earned his CFI in 2006 and has since added single-engine and multi-engine instrument certificates. Recently retired from a 40+ year railroad career\, he worked with the FAA on drone regulations while continuing to instruct. With 6\,000+ hours of dual instruction\, Bob specializes in training new flight instructors\, emphasizing risk management and critical thinking. \nA FAASTeam Lead Rep\, he was named District and Regional Flight Instructor of the Year in 2009 and 2010. After nearly a decade as NAFI Chair\, Bob now serves as Chair Emeritus. \n \nRegister For Event
URL:https://nafimentor.org/event/mentorlive-when-mistakes-happen/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:AeroSummit 2025
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URL:https://nafimentor.org/event/aerosummit-2025/
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SUMMARY:MentorLIVE: Teaching AOA Basics
DESCRIPTION:Teaching Angle of Attack Basics\n\nPresenter: Mike “Vac” Vaccaro\nHost: Nathan Ballard\n\nDescription\nOrville Wright patented the first commercial AOA system in 1913. The military has been using Angle of Attack (AOA) successfully for over a half century to teach pilots how to “fly the wing” and manage energy. The FAA recently encouraged the installation of AOA systems in GA aircraft as a means to reduce loss of control mishaps\, the primary cause of fatal mishaps in our community\, that has remained stubbornly consistent since the NTSB data base was established in 1962-63. \nAs AOA systems become commonplace in General Aviation\, flight instructors can benefit from lessons learned in other flying communities. Depending on design\, a properly calibrated AOA system is the only instrument in the cockpit that provides “how hard the wing is working right now” information to the pilot\, including key performance parameters. And all AOA systems when properly calibrated provide much better progressive stall warning than that required by FAR 23. \nWhile airspeed is a key energy parameter\, the speed at which an airplane stall varies constantly with weight and g-load\, whereas critical AOA does not. A key concept is a parameter the military calls “on speed\,” or the AOA used for approach and landing and maneuvering flight—a term that rightly blends the concept of airspeed and AOA\, since AOA and power control airspeed. \nThis brief focuses on how pilots apply AOA\, not engineering concepts; and how AOA can be the best\, most intuitive “energy” instrument in the cockpit. In addition to discussing AOA instrumentation\, this brief will also discuss a simple\, intuitive aural cue developed by the Air Force to allow the pilot to listen to how hard the wing is working\, freeing up eyes for other duty. \n \nPresenter Bio\nMike Vaccaro is part of the FlyONSPEED team\, a non-profit flight research and engineering design group dedicated to reducing loss of control risk in EAB and GA. The team was selected as the first-place winner of the EAA’s Founder’s Innovation Award Prize in 2018\, and Grand Champion in 2021 for their work. The team designs hardware\, conducts flight tests\, and produces education resources for the Experimental Amateur Built community. \nMike is a retired USAF Lt. Colonel\, F-4/F-15 pilot\, Fighter Weapons School instructor\, test pilot\, commander and veteran of three combat deployments. He started flight instructing in GA in 1983 and is a current CFII/ME and airline pilot. He flies a specially instrumented experimental RV-4 for testing angle of attack\, energy management systems and the TLAR decision app from his home airport\, Ruckel Field (FL17) 5 miles east of Eglin AFB in the Florida Panhandle\, where he lives with his wife Theresa. \nHost Bio\nKaren is the NAFI Board Chair\, a Designated Pilot Examiner\, three-time NAFI Master Instructor\, CFI\, CFII\, MEI\, CFI-G\, AGI\, IGI\, FAA Gold Seal Instructor and FAASTeam Lead Representative. She teaches in a range of aircraft and enjoys flying her own RV6. \nKaren is a Major in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP)\, serves as a member of the WINGS Industry Network\, contributes to the FAA Surface Safety Group\, is an FAA Safety Team Lead Representative\, and is active in several other aviation organizations. Karen is the 2019 National FAASTeam Representative of the year. \nShe became active in aviation after success as a senior VP in the banking sector\, as a graduate school professor\, and as President of her own international consulting business. \n\n \nThis month’s MentorLIVE is sponsored by AVEMCO\, the official insurance of NAFI.\n \nRegister For Event
URL:https://nafimentor.org/event/mentorlive-teaching-aoa-basics/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:MentorLIVE
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SUMMARY:MentorLIVE: MOSAIC and CFIs
DESCRIPTION:MOSAIC – What Sport Pilot 2.0 Will Look Like for Flight Instructors\n\nPresenter: Sean Elliott\nHost: Aaron Dabney\n\nDescription\nThe impact of MOSAIC and the emergence of Sport Pilot 2.0 will have significant impacts on flight training and the attraction of new students. Let’s explore the details as we understand them and how you can best be positioned to leverage this new opportunity. Independent flight instructors\, flight schools\, and even university aviation programs should be thinking of how they can best prepare and benefit from this enabling rule package. \nWe will cover the status of the final rule\, what the final rule should entail\, what typical aircraft will now be Sport Pilot training ready\, how best to position your offerings to maximize the attractiveness of SP 2.0. Perhaps most importantly – why it will dramatically improve both student starts and completion success rates. Even Universities with aviation programs will be able to incorporate and benefit from SP 2.0. \n \nPresenter Bio\nSean Elliott joined the EAA Staff in April of 1996 as the Executive Director of NAFI\, then\, an EAA Affiliate. He continued as President of NAFI and board member until 2003. Sean was assigned by EAA to lead EAA’s Aircraft Operations and Air Tours in 2001 as Director of Aircraft Operations. In 2010\, Sean was promoted to Vice President\, Advocacy and Safety for EAA. As part of his senior level responsibilities\, Sean has oversight of these Aircraft Operation programs and participates in the development and implementation of pilot training and standardization in EAA’s fleet. In addition\, the aircraft maintenance department is part of his line of business at EAA. Oversight of national LHFE tour and a 91.147 historic aircraft air tour program are all part of what EAA accomplishes with its very special fleet and is a significant part of Sean’s duties at EAA. \nOn the Government Advocacy side\, Sean has the EAA government team under his leadership as well. With these responsibilities\, he manages EAA’s government affairs offices at both EAA headquarters and in Washington\, D.C. He and his team are responsible for reviewing and analyzing government policy on the federal\, state\, and local levels that affect recreational aviation\, as well as advocacy for EAA members and private individuals who build and fly aircraft for recreation. Sean is the industry co-chair of the GAJSC and is actively engaged with developing new safety initiatives for the benefit of GA. \nWith the addition of the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA HQ\, Sean is responsible for the course offerings and team that conducts year-round proficiency and certification training within the new center. 12 Redbird AATDs\, a Redbird crosswind trainer\, and several classroom and lecture halls are now within EAA’s quiver of safety initiatives benefiting GA. \nWith over 10\,000 hours of logged total time\, Sean is a pilot\, instructor\, and examiner in most of EAA’s vintage and experimental fleet. He is a Specialty Aircraft Examiner and conducts type ratings in B-17’s\, B-25’s\, and Exp Authorizations in B-29’s. Some of the interesting aircraft that Sean has flown include: 1929 Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor\, 1927 Ryan NYP “Spirit of St Louis Replica”\, North American T-6\, North American P-64 (experimental auth)\, Douglas DC-3 (type rated)\, North American B-25 (type rated)\, Boeing B-29 (experimental auth) and Boeing B-17 (type rated). \nHost Bio\nAaron Dabney earned his Flight Instructor certificate in 2009\, and has been an active instructor ever since. He has provided more than 5\,000 hours of instruction in more than 30 models of aircraft\, mentoring pilots from their first hour through becoming accomplished instructors themselves\, and all points in between. \nDabney grew up in an aviation family. His maternal grandfather Joe was a World War II fighter pilot\, and much of his childhood was spent in the family J-3 Cub with his grandfather or his uncle Mark. Aaron completed his first solo in that Cub in 1999 and is now its caretaker. Aaron is a 6-time NAFI Master Flight Instructor\, owns a small flight school\, and has served as an adjunct lecturer for Baylor University’s Aviation Sciences program since 2010. He serves on NAFI’s Board of Directors and serves in several volunteer roles including coordinating MentorLIVE. \nAaron lives in Waco\, Texas with his wife of 20 years Alisa. \nRegister For Event
URL:https://nafimentor.org/event/mentorlive-mosaic-and-cfis/
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