Annual Spring Conference, April 23-25 2019
Tuesday, April 23
Pratt & Whitney Canada Golf Outing: WE-KO-PA Golf Club
7:15-8:00 a.m. Golf Registration Coffee & Muffins Sponsor: FlightSafety
8:00 a.m. Shotgun start of golf outing
RACCA Golf Outing and golf shirts: Sponsor, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Golf Outing Prize Sponsors: Champion Aerospace
Golf balls : B&S Aircraft
Golf Towels: Dallas Airmotive
Beverage Cart: World Class Aviation
Golf Lunch Sponsors: Southwest Turbine, FlightSafety, Air Cargo Carriers, Standard Aero, Textron Aviation
RACCA Scholarship – 50/50 raffle: Pratt & Whitney Canada, Mountain Air Cargo
9:30 a.m. Trip to Frank Lloyd Wright Museum, lunch, and wine tasting
Departs from front of Hilton Hotel
Sponsors: Lunch: Southwest Turbine
Transportation: Textron Aviation
12:00-5:30 p.m. Exhibitor table top display setup (Setup must be completed by 5:30 p.m.!)
4:00-6:00 p.m. Conference Registration
EVENING ACTIVITIES:
5:45-7:15 p.m. Opening Cocktail Reception (Exhibit Hall; limited open bar)
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, Southwest Turbine, FedEx
Opening Cocktail Reception hors d’oeurvres
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, TrainingBOOM, Textron Aviation
7:15-9:30 p.m. RACCA Hospitality Suite (all welcome!)
[Chairman’s Suite – south end of hotel, 2nd floor]
Sponsor: World Class Aviation
Wednesday, April 24
7:30-9:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall display area open, continental breakfast
Sponsor: World Class Aviation
7:30-3:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open
GENERAL MEETING:
9:00-9:20 a.m. Welcome to the RACCA Spring Conference
Stan Bernstein, RACCA President
Tim Komberec, RACCA Board Chairman (Empire Airlines)
Terry Hibler, Associate Members Council Chairman (FlightSafety)
Jeanne Cook, RACCA Scholarship Chairman (BankAir)
9:20-10:00 a.m. Part 135 Safety Briefing, Bruce Landsberg, Vice Chairman, NTSB
10:00 a.m. RACCA thanks its Associate Members and sponsors
Stan Bernstein
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break (Exhibit Hall area)
Sponsor: SkyQuest International
10:15-11:00 a.m. A View of the FAA – Randy Babbitt, former FAA Administrator
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
11:00-12:00 Latest trends in training (Room – Sonora D)
FlightSafety (Simulator, Maintenance, Dispatcher)
TrainingBoom (Computer based training)
11:00-12:00 Cessna Caravan + Pratt & Whitney Canada Operators’ Meeting (Room – Sonora C)
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch, Exhibit Hall
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, Southwest Turbine, Textron Aviation, ATR
1:00-2:00 p.m. Cessna SkyCourier – Introduction to Cargo Aviation (includes Pratt & Whitney Canada (Room – Sonora C)
1:00-2:00 p.m. PMA Parts/Components – the right choice for your fleet? (Room – Sonora D)
World Class Aviation, Mid-Continent Instruments/True Blue Power, Southwest Turbine
2:00-3:00 p.m. The Electric Caravan (Room – Sonora D)
Roei Ganzarski, MagniX
2:00-3:00 p.m. Latest in new cargo aircraft (Room – Sonora C)
AstralAero – Harbin Y12F Twin Panda
Alpine Air – BE-1900DF (STC)
Tecnam – P2012
3:00-4:00 p.m. Exhibit hall area: Ice cream sundaes served
Sponsor: Southwest Turbine, Cargo Systems
Silent Auction closes at 3:15; winners announced at 3:30
4:00-5:00 p.m. AMC Meeting (Room – Executive Board Room)
Terry Hibler, Chairman
Sponsor: UPS
6:00-7:00 p.m. Poolside Cocktail Reception
Cocktails (limited open bar) and hors d’oeuvres
Sponsor: World Class Aviation, ForeFlight, Elbit Systems
7:00-9:30 p.m. Poolside Barbeque Dinner, Cocktails (limited open bar)
Sponsors: World Class Aviation, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Southwest Turbine,
Sabrewing, Standard Aero, Empire Airlines, FedEx. Cargo Airline
Association, Textron Aviation
Thursday, April 25
7:30-9:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall display area open, continental breakfast
Sponsor: Southwest Turbine
7:30 a.m.-noon Exhibit Hall open
GENERAL MEETING:
9:00-9:30 a.m. FAA Flight Standards Update
Rick Domingo, Executive Director, Flight Standards
9:30-10:00 a.m. Politics and Aviation – DC Outlook
Steve Alterman, Cargo Airline Association
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break (Exhibit Hall area)
Sponsor: AstralAero
10:15-10:45 a.m. Pilot Shortage Outlook
Kent Lovelace, UND
10:45-11:00 a.m. Passport Prize winners announced
(Winners must be present! Limit – one prize per person!)
BREAKOUT SESSION:
11:00 a.m.-noon Cargo Aviation: Future Technology (Room – Sonora D)
Sabrewing, eTT Aviation, ForeFlight
11:00 a.m.-noon Professional Services: Cargo Aviation (Room – Sonora C)
SkyQuest International, Heritage Turbines – PT6 Services, CAT Staffing
Conference ends at 12:00 noon. Hope to see all of you next year!
12:30-2:30 p.m. RACCA Board of Directors meeting (lunch served; Room – Sonora D)
Meeting Sponsor: Southwest Turbine
Lunch sponsor: UPS
Scholarship sponsors:
Cargo Systems
DHL
ATR
Miscellaneous Sponsorships:
Media sponsor – Aircargopedia
Conference bags – Southwest Turbine
Conference Badge Holders – World Class Aviation
Printed Programs – Southwest Turbine
Room Card Keys – Heritage Turbines
Dinner for Presenters and Corporate Sponsors – Pratt & Whitney Canada, World Class Aviation, eTT Aviation, Textron Aviation
General Sponsorships
Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines
New England Propeller
Corporate Sponsors
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Southwest Turbine
World Class Aviation
Textron Aviation
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