ABSWeb Webinars

ABSWeb February 2023
What You Should Have Learned: High Performance and Complex Endorsements
Webinar date: February 14, 2023
Time: 1900 Central Time/0100Z February 15

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​About this Presentation

Part of moving up to more capable airplanes, including ABS-type airplanes, is earning your High Performance and Complex endorsements. Yet often the training provided for these endorsements happens fast and doesn’t really cover what you need to know to operate these airplanes safely and efficiently. In this presentation ABS’ Tom Turner reviews what you should have learned when your instructor signed your Complex and High Performance endorsements and helps fill any gaps in your training. Subjects include:

- Mastery and proficiency as the goals of Complex and High Performance endorsements
- What the regulations require
- What true proficiency requires
- When you think the endorsements are required but they are not

Viewers will be able to type in their questions to be answered during the event. We’ll explain how to do so at the beginning of the webinar. This program is recognized for ABS AVIATOR and FAA WINGS credit.

Although this American Bonanza Society program is oriented toward pilots of Beech Bonanzas, Debonairs, Barons and Travel Airs, the discussion, techniques and procedures described are valuable to the pilot of any airplane.

Presenter
ABS Air Safety Foundation Executive Director Thomas P. Turner is an ATP, CFI, CFII and MEI and has been actively instructing for 35 years. He holds a Master’s degree in Aviation Safety and instructs, writes and lectures extensively on topics of flying safety. In 2015 Tom was inducted into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame.

Sponsor
This ABSWeb presentation is generously sponsored by VREF, premier provider of aircraft valuation, appraisal and purchase assistance services. www.vref.com, and by www.pilotsafety.org, home of avionics instruction specialist Gary “Guy in the Pink Shirt” Reeves.

American Bonanza Society
The American Bonanza Society serves Beechcraft enthusiasts by sharing valuable safety, technical and educational resources, and by promoting interaction among and advocacy on behalf of its members.

ABS is the premier association for Bonanza, Baron, Debonair, and Travel Air enthusiasts, with over 10,000 members who own, fly, or have a sincere interest in these Beechcraft models. Learn more at www.bonanza.org

Course overview
During this presentation we cover:
1. Requirements for the High Performance and Complex endorsements
2. Propeller and mixture control for takeoff and cruise flight
3. Using flaps for takeoff
4. Management of complicated fuel systems
5. Proper operation of retractable landing gear, and avoiding gear-related mishaps
6. What should be mastered to consider yourself proficient in complex and high performance aircraft
7. Answers to viewer questions
The American Bonanza Society serves Beechcraft enthusiasts by sharing valuable safety, technical and educational resources, and by promoting interaction among and advocacy on behalf of its members. ABS is the premier association for Bonanza, Baron, Debonair, and Travel Air enthusiasts, with over 10,000 members who own, fly, or have a strong interest in these Beechcraft models.