BRIEFINGS
Please print these 2010 Mooney Caravan Procedures. Read them, study them, write
notes and questions in the margins and bring them with you to
Madison. In order to reduce Caravan expenses to each
participant, there will not be additional copies provided in
the materials handed out in the information package at
Madison.
The FAA NOTAM
(FISK Arrival) can be found at several aviation web sites including www.eaa.org
It is
imperative that all pilots read and understand these procedures completely.
Safety is conditional on all pilots knowing the necessary procedures without
hesitation.
Mandatory
briefings will be held Saturday afternoon, July 24, 2010 at 1 pm CDT. ***YOU
MUST ATTEND!***
There are
four steps in being a fully informed pilot in the Caravan:
-
Read and
understand all these procedures, including our Letter of Agreement with the FAA
and the FAA NOTAM (FISK Arrival).
-
Print and
take a copy of the procedures with you, including our Letter of Agreement with
the FAA. Copies will NOT be available at Madison. The FAA requires each and every pilot to
read and understand the Mooney Caravan Letter of Agreement
-
Attend the
general pilot briefing. Group leaders
must also attend their own, additional briefing.
-
Participate
in your operations review with your group leader.
Please refer
to the schedule for the times of these required briefings.
The Group
Leader Briefing will be held from 12:00-1:00 pm CDT. If you are one of the group leaders,
you must attend this briefing. The topic will be the procedures of the flight
with emphasis on the responsibilities of the group leaders.
The Main
Briefing will be held at
1:00 pm CDT and will last for one
hour and twenty minutes. Attendance is MANDATORY. All ground and airborne
procedures will be reviewed, a weather briefing will be provided, last minute
changes announced, and questions answered. Any pilot not at the briefing will
not be permitted to join the flight. NO EXCEPTIONS!!! All copilots and
passengers (and any extra eyeballs) are invited and encouraged to attend the
briefing. Be on time. All aircraft preflight, fueling, aircraft packing,
eating, and socializing MUST be completed before the briefing. The briefing is
serious business. Safety is our paramount concern. Each pilot must
understand the procedures and what is expected of him.
Immediately
following the group briefing we will take a group photo outside. Starting at 2:30 pm., there will be the airplane side
briefing with the individual group leaders. These will last from 15
minutes to 25 minutes as deemed necessary by the group leader. Each group
(consisting of six pilots) will gather on the ramp near their airplanes to
informally review the procedures. The group leader will lead the
discussion. He will emphasize issues relating to coordination within the
group. This is the time to ask questions and to clarify and reinforce
understanding of the Caravan procedures.
The group
leader will review procedures with the group with an emphasis on group
coordination and individual responsibilities.
Each group shall do a physical walk-through of the entire flight from
taxi through take-off, en route flight and arrival at
OSH. When the
group briefings are over, all pilots should know exactly what they must do and
what they can expect of the other pilots. Pilots are expected to ask questions
and understand all procedures before departure.
Weather
All Caravans
thus far have been lucky enough to have satisfactory weather. However, if the weather is below good
VMC — below 2,000 overcast or less than 5 miles visibility — the flight will be
either canceled or postponed. The
weather outlook will determine what will happen.
Options for a later departure on Saturday or on Sunday morning will be
considered.
Oshkosh VFR Procedures
Each pilot is
expected to have on board the standard EAA Convention arrival procedures (the
FAA AirVenture Oshkosh NOTAM – FISK Arrival) and to be familiar with them. This
is the so-called Fisk Arrival Procedure, which begins at
Ripon,
WI (OSH
232 degree radial, 16 miles). If for any reason, you abort from or otherwise do
not participate in the group flight, you will need to use these procedures to
arrive at the Convention.