For the November EAA Chapter 92 meeting, join us as we discuss wire strike accidents and what you can do to avoid them.
Topics: Learn how to survive in the wires environment.
- Why are wires difficult to see
- Optical illusions
- Situational Awareness
- Perception Blindness
- Low level CRM
- Critical Decision making
- Understanding the hardware
- Transmission vs. Distribution
Location:
IRWD Community Room
15500 Sand Canyon Ave.
Irvine, CA
Date: November 5th, 2024
Times:
Hangar Talk social period: 6:30 to 7:00 PM
Meeting begins at 7:00 PM
Presentation begins approximately 7:15 PM
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Torbjorn “TC “Corell. TC is the Chief Pilot/Sr. Manager for Southern California Edison and has been with the company for 19 years.
He has 13,800 hours of flight time in Helicopters with experience in the utility industry, search and rescue, military, EMS, firefighting and has flown in many different countries across three continents.
He started his career as helicopter pilot in the Swedish Army and eventually flew for United Nations Protection Forces during the Bosnia conflict. He also flew in West Africa for United Nations
He has been in the aviation industry for 33 years.
He holds commercial, Instrument, CFI ratings, all in helicopters.
TC has been very active in the helicopter industry and got elected by the members to serve on the board of directors with Helicopter Association International (HAI) for 9 years.
TC was elected Chairman of the board for the 2016/17 fiscal year. Only utility pilot to ever reach that position. He also served as the liaison between HAI and Utility Patrol and Construction Committee (UPAC) for 9 years..
TC was instrumental in the development of a Wire Strike video, “Surviving the Wires Environment”, together with HAI that was launched in 2008. To date over 22,000 copies have been distributed of this safety video.
For details, and to register, please go to:
https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=133109&caller=/default.aspx