Grand Canyon Special Airspace | Flying the Grand Canyon
An online safety program about the Grand Canyon Special Airspace
Here's a neat program about the Grand Canyon Airspace. It's a great 49 slide program greatly detailing all the information about the Grand Canyon Airspace. It explains all the altitudes, the GA corridors, and the FAR 93 requirement to monitor the specific frequencies. It's loaded with lots of pictures, charts, and even some basic video type effects. At the end, it allows you to print a certificate and qualifies as the classroom safety portion of the FAA Wings Program. This would be a really great review for any pilots that ever take trips in that direction.
See Also
- National Interagency Airspace (Forest Fire Fighters)
Welcome to the National Interagency Airspace Information website
Eagle County Aviation Association
Local Interest Groups Facilitate Safety
Small local groups are a great way to get to know other pilots, facilitate open communication and to learn about the local flight environment. Our own Eagle County Aviation Association is a good template that many other communities would be wise to follow when it comes to arranging such a group.
The association is simple, everyone gets together every two months, they invite a guest speaker, air traffic controller, safety counselor, flight doc, etc. to speak. At the end of the night they have learned something, talked with other pilots, FBO operators, ATC people and overall have made an attempt at improving their flight safety.
IMHO... this sort of grass roots flying association can really make a positive impact on safety. In many communities throughout the nation the pilot population is hungry for training like this. The only piece many communities are missing is that person willing to organize the club. I often ask pilots "what have you done or learned today to improve flight safety?" We'll that door swings both ways, that needs to be asked of ASC's, DPE's, chief instructors, and the "senior" pilots living in communities (you know who you are.)