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IMC Club Meeting
SAVE THE DATE - SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
Saturday, October 3 at 9am
Doors open & coffee available starting at 0830 Bremerton National Airport (KPWT) Terminal Building Conference Room 8850 SW State Hwy 3, Bremerton, WA 98312 Fly-in parking available WINGS credit available In person or online
October topic: Winter Flying in the Pacific Northwest
Dr. Douglas Stolz, the Meteorologist In Charge of the National Weather Service Center Weather Service Unit for Seattle Center, is joining us ahead of the season where this actually matters. Around here, weather is the thing that decides whether we fly. Not the airplane, not the schedule, not the mission. And most of us learned to read the products on our own, in the cockpit, the hard way. Dr. Stolz runs the team that produces the aviation forecasts supporting Seattle Center and air traffic across the Pacific Northwest — and he is coming to talk with us about what his people see when winter sets in here, and how they think about it. It is a rare chance to hear the reasoning behind the forecast rather than just the output, from the person responsible for it, in the month before we all start making these calls again in earnest. HE WANTS TO HEAR FROM US Here is the part worth paying attention to. Dr. Stolz’s unit is tasked primarily with supporting commercial and air traffic control operations, and he is openly asking whether the forecast products coming out of the national aviation weather program actually serve the way general aviation pilots make decisions. Our go/no-go criteria are not apples-to-apples with the airlines, and he knows it. So this is a real two-way conversation, not a briefing we sit through. Come with the weather question that has actually bitten you — the product you could never make sense of, the forecast that was technically right and still useless to you, the thing you wish existed. It is not often that the person in charge of the forecasts asks a room full of GA pilots what they are missing. If you have a thought before then, send it to me and I will make sure it reaches him ahead of the meeting. LEADING THE DISCUSSION: Chris Hoffman
FAA Safety Team Representative · IMC Club Coordinator OUR GUEST: Douglas C. Stolz, PhD Meteorologist In Charge · NWS Center Weather Service Unit (ZSE), Seattle. Dr. Stolz leads the National Weather Service aviation weather unit based in Auburn that supports Seattle Center and air traffic operations across the Pacific Northwest. He also plans to point us toward his team’s public chat channel, for anyone who wants a direct line to the forecasters. IMC Club (Tacoma Narrows and Bremerton National) meets monthly for guided, participatory discussions (also known as "hangar talks") focused on real scenarios in the real world IFR environment. We share ideas and safety tips on how best to deal with specific IFR challenges.
Our objective: continually improve proficiency in IFR flying for pilots at ALL skill and experience levels, from student pilot to ATP, are welcome. This seminar is eligible for WINGS credit. Pilots of all skill levels and experience from student pilot to ATP are welcome to participate in our scenario-based discussion. To register for WINGS credit, please sign in live at the meeting. Zoom attendees will be recorded from the participant list.
Free. Registering reserves your seat and is how your WINGS credit gets posted.
NEW Zoom meeting link! If you have the old link saved or bookmarked, please replace it.
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Get your KPWT shirt today! Mens and Womens styles available. Proceeds go to the Bremerton Youth Aviation Scholarship Fund.
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The Bremerton Pilots Association is a western Puget Sound chapter of the Washington Pilots Association whose membership is comprised of private and commercial pilots, friends of aviation, and members of aviation-related organizations who are based at Bremerton National Airport or who frequent the facility.
The Association sponsors many annual activities and safety programs, including a robust Youth Aviation Scholarship. 
When you join the Bremerton Pilots Association, as a bonus you automatically become a member of the Washington Pilots Association. Your dues for either organization covers membership in both organizations, and as an added benefit you have free use of the Stuart Island vacation cabin. Click here for additional Membership information.
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