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4. Do you think flying is… AirVenture FAA Safety Center 20114

5. Do you think flying is… 1. a generally safe activity with some element of risk AirVenture FAA Safety Center 20115

6. Do you think flying is… 1. a generally safe activity with some element of risk 1. a generally risky activity that can be conducted safely if approached correctly AirVenture FAA Safety Center 20116

7. Do you personally know… 1. Someone who has died in a general aviation accident? AirVenture FAA Safety Center 20117

8. Do you personally know… 1. Someone who has died in a general aviation accident? 1. Someone who has died in an automobile accident? AirVenture FAA Safety Center 20118

9. 9 “The most dangerous part of a flight is the drive to the airport.” John King, King Schools

10. AirVenture FAA Safety Center 201110 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Source: FAA U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics

11. 10. Collision with terrain or an object (non- CFIT) while maneuvering during low altitude flying 9. Loss of Control in flight while maneuvering during low altitude flying 8. Loss of Control in flight during en route cruise 7. Visual Flight Rules (VFR) encounter with IMC during en route 6. Aerodynamic stall or spin during initial climb AirVenture FAA Safety Center 201111

12. 5. Controlled Flight into Terrain/object (CFIT) during en route cruise 4. Low altitude operation or event while maneuvering during low altitude flying 3. Aerodynamic stall or spin while maneuvering during low altitude flying 2. Loss of Control in flight during initial climb 1. Loss of Control in flight while maneuvering AirVenture FAA Safety Center 201112

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16. AirVenture FAA Safety Center 201116 VFR "Visual flight rules," more accurately "visual meteorological conditions (VMC)" means that cloud ceilings are greater than 3000 feet (above ground level, or AGL) and visibility is greater than 5 miles. MVFR "Marginal VFR" describes weather with ceiling 1000 to 3000 feet AGL and/or visibility 3 to 5 miles. IFR "Instrument flight rules" (IMC) denotes a ceiling 500 to (but not equaling) 1000 feet AGL and/or visibility 1 to less than 3 miles. LIFR “Low IFR" warns of a ceiling less than 500 feet AGL and/or visibility less than 1 mile.

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24. AirVenture FAA Safety Center 201124 con·science [kon-shuhns] noun 1.The inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience. 2.The complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual. 3. An inhibiting sense of what is prudent.

25. AirVenture FAA Safety Center 201125 A life well lived….

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