CPPP attendance in Lakeland, FL this past weekend was impressive.  The group was so large, we filled the security and boarding lounge at KLAL with tables for the Saturday night dinner. The terminal ramp (usually reserved for regional airline flights) was the expanded flight line and there were several rows of Cirrus airplanes of all vintages parked for the weekend of training.

 

If you fly a Cirrus and haven’t yet attended one of these weekends, I urge you to do so.  You’ll learn a lot, make new friends, and you’re guaranteed to be a safer pilot afterward.  You can get your Flight Review (BFR), work on crosswind landings, abnormal procedures, emergency procedures, instrument approaches… or whatever else is on your list of recurrent training goals.  In addition to the flying, there are excellent ground courses taught by the best CFIs in the Cirrus instruction business.

I regularly teach at these events, and look forward to meeting you.  Check the annual calendar for the location nearest you, and make plans to attend.  You’ll be glad you did.

 

If you’re like me: a pilot who likes to attend air shows and industry conventions… there’s been some changes in the schedule this year.

As you may have heard, AOPA is no longer doing their annual huge “AOPA Expo” on alternating coasts, instead they are doing several smaller regional ones.  The west coast event is at Chino (KCNO) on September 20, 2014. Visit their page here.

Since the AOPA change of strategy leaves a void for a large convention (other than Oshkosh of course), Flying Magazine has decided to do their own event – in Palm Springs, from Oct 31 to November 2.  This aims to fill the void, complete with a Parade of Planes through the streets on the day prior.  Visit their announcement here.

And as always, if you’re in search of expert Cirrus flight training, please look around my site and then contact me to discuss your goals.