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The WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program

The WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program. What is the WINGS Program? Where Do I Start? What Does It Involve? What Do I get Out Of It?. Sprout Your WINGS and Fly. What is the WINGS Program?. The WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program is the FAA’s recurrent training program for general

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The WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program

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  1. The WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program What is the WINGS Program? Where Do I Start? What Does It Involve? What Do I get Out Of It?

  2. Sprout Your WINGS and Fly

  3. What is the WINGS Program? The WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program is the FAA’s recurrent training program for general aviation (GA) pilots.

  4. What is the WINGS Program? The WINGS program provides the opportunity, the structure, and the recognition for pilots to continue their aviation education.

  5. What is the WINGS Program? Pilots who participate in the WINGS Program are, as a group, involved in substantially fewer accidents than their peers.

  6. What is the WINGS Program? • The mission of WINGS is fairly simple:

  7. What is the WINGS Program? • The mission of WINGS is fairly simple: • Reduce the number of GA accidents!

  8. What is the WINGS Program? • The objective is to address primary accident causal factors • Especially those that continue to plague the general aviation community year after year • By focusing on this objective, we expect to reduce the number of accidents we see each year • It is not a simple “Award” program, but is a true proficiency program • designed to help improve our skills and knowledge as pilots

  9. The WINGS Program?

  10. How Do I Participate? • How do I participate in the WINGS Program

  11. How Do I Participate? • How do I participate in the WINGS Program • On Line Courses

  12. How Do I Participate? • How do I participate in the WINGS Program • On Line Courses • Live Seminars and Webinars

  13. How Do I Participate? • How do I participate in the WINGS Program • On Line Courses • Live Seminars and Webinars • Flight Activities

  14. Pilots who have participatedin the WINGS Program

  15. Quiz

  16. Quiz 1…The mission of WINGS is fairly simple:

  17. Quiz 1…The mission of WINGS is fairly simple: • Increase Membership

  18. Quiz 1…The mission of WINGS is fairly simple: • Increase Membership • Investigate Accident Causations

  19. Quiz 1…The mission of WINGS is fairly simple: • Increase Membership • Investigate Accident Causations • Reduce The Number of GA Accidents

  20. Quiz 1…The mission of WINGS is fairly simple: • Increase Membership • Investigate Accident Causations • Reduce The Number of GA Accidents

  21. Getting Started • Where Do I Start?

  22. Getting Started • Where Do I Start? • WWW.FAASAFETY.GOV

  23. www.faasafety.gov

  24. www.faasafety.gov

  25. Logging In or Create an Account

  26. www.faasafety.gov

  27. www.faasafety.gov

  28. Quick WINGS • WINGS Portal with the Quick WINGS link

  29. Activity Selection • Activities are pre-selected for you • Sometimes, the system makes a wrong choice • You can use the Search feature to make a different choice of activity.

  30. Quick WINGS • WINGS Portal with the Quick WINGS link

  31. www.faasafety.gov

  32. Quiz

  33. Quiz 2…Where do I sign up for WINGS?

  34. Quiz 2…Where do I sign up for WINGS? • WWW.AOPA.COM

  35. Quiz 2…Where do I sign up for WINGS? • WWW.AOPA.COM • WWW.FAASAFETY.GOV

  36. Quiz 2…Where do I sign up for WINGS? • WWW.AOPA.COM • WWW.FAASAFETY.GOV • WWW.FAA.GOV

  37. Quiz 2…Where do I sign up for WINGS? • WWW.AOPA.COM • WWW.FAASAFETY.GOV • WWW.FAA.GOV

  38. What Is Involved - Activities WINGS activities are tied directly to topics that are most often associated with common pilot errors, lack of proficiency, and in some cases, faulty knowledge.

  39. What Is Involved - Activities For the purposes of the WINGS program, the six accident causal factors have been broken out into three knowledge and three flight areas as follows:

  40. What Is Involved - Activities Knowledge Topics: 1. Aeronautical decision making, including runway safety issues. 2. Performance and limitations, including loss of control issues. 3. Preflight planning, risk management, and fuel management.

  41. What Is Involved - Activities Flight Topics: 1. Takeoffs and landings 2. Positive aircraft control, including loss of control issues 3. Basic flying skills

  42. What Do I Get Out Of It? • Knowledge • Peace of Mind • Recognition • Awards • Experience

  43. What Do I Get Out Of It?

  44. WINGS Pins

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