Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
AOPA Safety Head Coming to CAPA
We are pleased to announce that nationally recognized author and president of the AOPS Air Safety Foundation Bruce Landsberg will be our featured speaker at the May CAPA Meeting Wednesday, May 6th. His presentations are crisp, relatable, and grounded in a broad scope of accident studies and pilot behavioral analysis.
Bruce Landsberg
Landsberg's specialty is General Aviation.
Bruce Landsberg has lead the AOPA Air Safety Foundation since May 1992. He is responsible for all foundation activities including program development, safety seminars, publications, the Online Safety Center, special educational and research projects, and donor cultivation. During his tenure, ASF has been nationally recognized with numerous awards on aviation safety leadership and educational program excellence. He writes the monthly “Safety Pilot” column in AOPA Pilot magazine, as well as a popular weekly blog in AOPA ePilot, and is a periodic contributor to AOPA Flight Training magazine. He serves on many committees to represent general aviation safety interests in the FAA, NASA, NTSB, National Weather Service, and various industry groups. ASF has become the leading general aviation safety organization conducting more than 200 free educational seminars annually, recertifying more flight instructors, and averaging more than 20,000 online course completions monthly.
Prior to joining ASF, Landsberg was product marketing manager for FlightSafety International in Wichita, Kansas, and manager for Cessna Aircraft Company’s Air Age education department.
A former U.S. Air Force officer, he holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master's degree in industrial technology from the University of Maryland.
Landsberg has logged more than 6,000 hours with airline transport pilot (ATP), single-engine, multiengine, and instrument flight instructor certificates, and he has been an AOPA member for more than 35 years.
AOPA Air Safety Foundation link
AOPA Air Safety Foundation link
Building the Cape Cod Canal
Shipwrecks around Cape Cod, 1900
The CAPA May meeting will open with a 50 minute History Channel film documenting the building of the Cape Cod Canal, which eventually became the widest sea level canal in the world. It opened Julyh 29, 1914, 17 days ahead of the grand opening of the Panama Canal.
Although this film has nothing to do with flying or airplanes, at the April CAPA meeting it was unanimously voted to show it, since the canal is so relevant to the lives of every person who visits, lives on, or loves Cape Cod. The Canal is a valuable national asset to commerce and national defense and operated by the United States government.
The idea of linking two tidal rivers to create an all-water route across the seven mile isthmus of Cape Cod was first proposed by captain Miles Standish of the Plimoth Colony. But Standish's dream for a waterway through the isthmus was far too large a task for a small band of pilgrims. During the American Revolution, a canal at Cape Cod took on an importance as a way to circumvent British harbor blockades. Throughout the nineteenth century, many plans were made, but none succeeded. It would take a wealthy New York financier named August Belmont and modern engineering to finally make the pilgrim's dream a reality.
Although this film has nothing to do with flying or airplanes, at the April CAPA meeting it was unanimously voted to show it, since the canal is so relevant to the lives of every person who visits, lives on, or loves Cape Cod. The Canal is a valuable national asset to commerce and national defense and operated by the United States government.
The idea of linking two tidal rivers to create an all-water route across the seven mile isthmus of Cape Cod was first proposed by captain Miles Standish of the Plimoth Colony. But Standish's dream for a waterway through the isthmus was far too large a task for a small band of pilgrims. During the American Revolution, a canal at Cape Cod took on an importance as a way to circumvent British harbor blockades. Throughout the nineteenth century, many plans were made, but none succeeded. It would take a wealthy New York financier named August Belmont and modern engineering to finally make the pilgrim's dream a reality.
The grand opening of the Cape Cod Canal was July 29, 1914. Belmont's canal was expensive for mariners. As much as $16.00 for a trip by schooner, a considerable amount in those days. This, along with the narrow 100 foot width and shallow depth of the canal made many mariners continue to use the routes around the cape. As a result, tolls did not live up to expectations and the Cape Cod Canal became a losing proposition.
As a result, the Cape Cod Canal was purchased by the U.S. Government on March 30, 1928. The waterway was widened and deepened to nearly 500 feet wide and 32 feet deep, removing 30 million cubic yards of earth. All this work employed a total of 1400 men during the Great Depression. By 1940 the completed Cape Cod Canal represented the widest sea-level canal in the world. Ship traffic could safely transit the waterway and now over 20,000 vessels of all types use the Canal annually.
As a result, the Cape Cod Canal was purchased by the U.S. Government on March 30, 1928. The waterway was widened and deepened to nearly 500 feet wide and 32 feet deep, removing 30 million cubic yards of earth. All this work employed a total of 1400 men during the Great Depression. By 1940 the completed Cape Cod Canal represented the widest sea-level canal in the world. Ship traffic could safely transit the waterway and now over 20,000 vessels of all types use the Canal annually.
6:30 - Social with complimentary Scotties Airport Pizza
Tickets on sale for 50-50 raffle!
7:00 - Meeting begins, welcome, business
7:10 - History Channel Modern Marvels - “Building of the Cape Cod Canal”
8:00 - AOPA Safety Foundation presentation: Operations Specifications - What are they? Do I need them? Several accident case studies will be reviewed.
8:55 - Award of 50-50 raffle drawing and cash award
9:00 - Adjournment
Admission is free to CAPA members and their guests, and anyone who loves aviation. Hope to see you there!