We are in the business of selling life insurance.  We sell a lot of insurance and will probably help someone at your in your chapter or we would not bother.  But the goal of the presentation is to educate. Additionally, we typically do not sell new policies. The focus of our business is reviewing policies that are old and have become inefficient due to safer flying. Many pilots have these old policies and do not realize they are outdated. For instance, often we can double the death benefit or eliminate premium all together with a cash value policy even if it is just a few years old. This is huge for the pilot’s family. There are people at your chapter that have this problem and the life insurance company is not going to call to say to send less money. I am a free agent, which means that my interest is in helping the pilot not the life insurance company.

I am a pilot first, and the two things I understand the most about are flying, and life insurance. These two subjects go hand in hand. Insurance companies have a vested interest in safe flying, so they have profiled what a safe pilot looks like. This is important because the information is from a different perspective, and in many ways is a better perspective than the FAA‘s perspective. The FAA does not assimilate their information into dollars.

Understanding how the insurance industry looks at us can help us to make changes in how we fly. For instance, the FAA wants people to have an instrument rating and tells us it makes us safer. We all know it make for a safer pilot, but how much safer? The insurance industry has that answer, and it is significant. Pilots have elected to get their instrument rating because of the information that we have and the fact that they can save a tremendous amount of money on their life insurance. Not to mention that there is nothing like an economic excuse for getting that rating you’ve always wanted. “See honey, I must get my rating.”

Are we trying to sell insurance? You bet we are, just like when a CFI comes to tell you about an instrument approach. He's hoping that you use him for your next BFR or IPC and I've done that too. Our motivation is no different. The knowledge that we have is helpful, and can be taken through the door of any cockpit or insurance office and a better outcome will result. My career as a broker and a pilot is based on that.

This seminar is fun. No kidding, we have accomplished the impossible. We work hard to make it that way, but more over, this is important from both a safety and economic standpoint. Everyone who attends will benefit.

 

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Josef Bostik was our January 9th 2008 speaker
Josef talked about the motor glider and sport pilot aircraft
Check out his website at: www.urbanairusa.com


Thanks, Bobbi for the lead on this presentation.

 

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Toys For Tots 2007

Roger Scruggs Photograph

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October 10, 2007, Bob Murphy will talk about the Night Witches and the Yak PO-2 planes that they flew. The Night Witches were women pilots in the Soviet Air Force during WW2. These women were very daring and skilled pilots. They gave the Germans fits. The German's were the ones who coined the title "Night Witches".

 

After several successful test flights, Dick Rutan and co-pilot Bill Baer announced the first orbital flight services from Atlas Aviation FBO on Merritt Island.
To avoid a conflict with NASA, the first flight with passengers is scheduled for after the next Shuttle launch. Bill Harwood and ten other passengers are pre booked.
Copy, photograph and post production by Roger Scruggs

Roger Scruggs had a little fun with the photograph he took of Jack Repass showing his latest work, January 11, 2007

One of our favorite speakers,
Bill Harwood, addressed the Chapter again,
October 11, 2006.
This time, Bill, brought us up to date on the space station.
Bill reports for CBS News, he's a Washington Post Writer and Spaceflightnow.com contributor.

Johnny's new prop

More show and tell from Larry,
September 13, 2006

Farewell to Steve Bussey, September 16, 2006

The Brevard Sheriff's Tactical Air Response Unit
was our speaker, July 12, 2006. They fly the helicopters based in the
Sheriff's Hanger at Merritt Island Airport.

Don White brought us up to date
on his SeaRey project, June 14th 2006.

Chapter 724 congratulates John Murphy
for his Major Achievement Award from EAA

Yoko and Johnny hard at work.

Mark J. Brackett, Business Development Manager
for TPSi Airport Innovations was our speaker May 10th 2006. His presentation was about the NASA SATS (Small aircraft transportation system). As a local company they provid all the engineering for the technology used in the southeast. He gave an overview of the technology created during the program and where it was tested in the local area. Mark included information on improvements to several local airports that are coming in the next year or two. All of these technologies are affordable to use for both the airports and the pilots.

Sonex
March 8th. 2006, Kip Anderson brought us up to speed
on building a Sonex.
"How and why I picked Sonex"

Power Flow
Darren Tillman from Power Flow Systems, Inc
was our speaker, February 8th 2006.
The presentation included: Basic general theory on exhaust systems, theory and design of a tuned exhaust system, and the actual performance differences on a tuned exhaust system as installed on aircraft. Or, more concisely “The theory and the reality of the tuned exhaust system.” Darren brought actual exhaust system components for show and tell. Background on Darren: FAA certified Technician (A & P), Commercial rated and CFI, B.S. Aviation Technology, Chief Company Test Pilot and General Manager of Power Flow Systems since company brought first product to the market – April 1999.

Global Flyer
Photos by Roger Scruggs