1. Pre Season Refresher Contents Flying after a long break Flying in Spring weather Pre flight decision making Avoiding problems during the flight Midweek Seminars

2. Pre Season Refresher Flying after a long break Flying can be more stressful after even a short break Comfort zone will have contracted Take more time pre-flight by IMSAFE Licence validity Chart validity – study new chart for changes More thought to route, RT, procedures at destination The more you prepare on the ground, the less work in the cockpit Midweek Seminars

3. Pre Season Refresher IMSAFE I Illness – Am I fit M Medication – am I on meds S Stress – am I calm A Alcohol 12 hours bottle to throttle F Fatigue, am I alert and rested E Eating – am I fed Midweek Seminars

4. Pre Season Refresher Licence Check your licence. Is your JAR licence valid Is your class rating valid Is your medical valid Midweek Seminars

5. Pre Season Refresher New Chart New S England chart edition 41 is out. Changes include London CTR now Class D and TMZ, can get CAS transit Southend has Class D CAS. Again you can get transit Marked masts just north of Petersfield. Thorney Island appears to have lost its paragliding site Scan the legend once a year to remind yourself what things are. Midweek Seminars

6. Pre Season Refresher Chart refresher Midweek Seminars

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8. Pre Season Refresher Planning Study your planned route more thoroughly Look for new airspace/obstacles Look for en route frequencies Plan highest and lowest altitude Think more about departure and arrival procedures Plan B! Midweek Seminars

9. Pre Season Refresher Weather Flying in Spring. Expect Icing level much lower. In moist dry air you can pick up frost In cloud you can pick up rime ice In rain you can pick up clear ice Look 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. Midweek Seminars

10. Pre Season Refresher 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 limit Is the insurance valid Checkout Pay fuller attention to the checklist after a break Look more carefully for Oil/brake fluid leaks Seized control surfaces Water in the fuel Foreign objects where they shouldn’t be Midweek Seminars

11. Pre Season Refresher 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 planned Know what to expect from the destination tower by phoning ahead for a brief. Anything else? Midweek Seminars

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