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Weather or Not Thunderstorm Challenge
Online Course
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Get ready to fire up up your Cessna 172 for a VFR cross-country flight from New Jersey’s Cape May County Airport to Erie, Pennsylvania. But be prepared to deal with pop-up thunderstorms, deteriorating weather, on-board and ATC radar realities, and fuel concerns. You’ll make critical go/no-go decisions on this 300-nm route. If you’re interested in experiencing where your decisions lead, then this course if for you. You’ll even have the option to try different flight paths to see various decision outcomes.
This course qualifies for AOPA Accident Forgiveness and FAA Wings.
What you will learn:
- Making appropriate go/no-go decisions
- In-cockpit weather strategies
- Limitations of ATC weather radar
- Best practices for thunderstorm avoidance
- How to resist get-there-itis
| Tablet: Compatible | |
| Length: 30 mins | |
| Topic: Thunderstorm Avoidance | |
| FAA WINGS: Eligible* | |
| Accident Forgiveness: Eligible |
*WINGS credits are submitted to the FAA automatically when added to your ASI transcript and will appear on your FAA transcript shortly after. Remember the email address used for your AOPA web account—the one that you will use to earn your ASI completion certificate for credit—MUST MATCH YOUR FAA WINGS ACCOUNT email address, or you will not receive WINGS credit. Thank you.
