Irvine Ranch Water District
15500 Sand Canyon Ave.
Irvine, CA 92618

Come to Our Free Monthly Meetings

We hold monthly meetings where our presenters speak on a broad variety of topics: aviation and flying safety, how to build airplanes, flying around the country in an open cockpit aircraft, flying a blimp, and many other topics. Many of our programs are authorized by the FAA for WINGS [continuing education] credits. The meetings are free and open to all, and usually occur on the first Tuesday of each month.

Our Next Meeting

Nov EAA92 General Meeting – Avoiding wires while flying with Torbjorn Corell

November 5 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

– – Avoiding wires while flying with Torbjorn Corell – –

For our 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 se
  • Optical illusions
  • Situational Awareness
  • Perception Blindness
  • Low level CRM
  • Critical Decision making
  • Understanding the hardware
  • Transmission vs. Distribution

ABOUT OUR 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.

The November meeting will also be our Annual Election of Chapter officers (5) – 1 year term (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Newsletter Editor) and Board members (4) – 2 year term, 2 selected each year – for 2025.  You must be a Chapter 92 member to participate in our Chapter Election. You should have received an email from EAA Chapter 92 with a ballot. Please respond by email to by Nov 4th or vote in person at the November 5th meeting.

 

THIS IS A WINGS EVENT:

Sign up for WINGS credit at www.FAASafety.gov

MEETING DETAILS:

This in-person meeting will be held at the IRWD Community Room at 15500 Sand Canyon Ave in Irvine.

Hangar Talk social period: 6:30 to 7:00 PM

Meeting begins at 7:00 PM

Presentation begins approx. 7:15 PM