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Air Shows 101: Air/Ground Operations Training Workshop - Part 1 of 3

Tuesday, December 8th 2020 2:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Attendees may access the session beginning at 2:45m. Workshop will begin at 3:00pm.

The Air Shows 101 Workshop requires an additional fee to attend. This fee is NOT included in your convention registration fee. Visit the ICAS website to add the Workshop to your registration.

When the FAA or Transport Canada approves your request to organize and conduct an air show, the permission that they grant comes with an enormous responsibility. Air Shows 101, the Air/Ground Operations Training Workshop, is designed to provide you with the tools you need to manage that responsibility.

Air show event organizers, especially first-timers, face a steep learning curve when standing face-to-face with the myriad regulations, requirements, restrictions and recommendations for putting on an air show. Air Shows 101 is a practical, eight-hour program that features information-packed presentations on the most important air/ground operations issues that you will face as an air show event organizer.

Offered for the first time more than 30 years ago, the program has evolved continuously since 1988 to ensure that you get the most up-to-date and pertinent information you need in a format that is accessible and useful. During the last three decades, nearly 4,000 ICAS Convention delegates have taken this comprehensive short course specifically developed to provide a working knowledge of air show air/ground operations in a single day.

Air Shows 101 has been developed as an introductory course intended to give participants a fundamental-level summary of air show air/ground operations. Newcomers to the air show community are encouraged to attend. Veteran air show personnel with new responsibilities in air/ground operations will also benefit from this comprehensive overview. And military personnel have said that Air Shows 101 has been critical to the success of newly assigned officers, enlisted personnel and civilians taking on significant air show operations responsibilities for the first time. This course is not intended to provide you with all the information you need to run your show’s air/ground operations, but it is -- without question -- the very best place to start learning what you need to know to build a safe and successful event.

Above all else, the Air Shows 101 Air/Ground Operations Training Workshop is practical. This year’s course will be presented virtually in three separate 2.5 hour sessions conducted on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 8, and the morning and afternoon of Wednesday, December 9. Each session will be recorded and available to any registered delegate for several weeks after the program.

Specifically, this year’s curriculum will include discussions on:
-the business of air shows and the need to approach it as a business;
-development of air show planning timelines;
-air show site layout;
-selecting performers;
-mitigating air show hazards;
-emergency planning;
-a summary of pertinent regulations;
-how to apply for an air show waiver/SFOC and your responsibilities once it is approved;
-interacting with regulatory authorities;
-parking and traffic;
-air show security;
-health and safety considerations; and
-recent changes to FAA guidance that impacts air/ground operations.

Air Shows 101: Air/Ground Operations Training Workshop is not included in your registration fee. The fee is $245.