Bruce Landsberg keynote speaker at New England Aviation Expo at Daniel Webster College April 9

February 7, 2005 (Nashua, NH) — Bruce Landsberg, executive director AOPA Air Safety Foundation, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s New England Aviation Expo on Saturday, April 9, at Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH.

 Landsberg became the executive director of the AOPA Air Safety foundation in May 1992. He is responsible for all Foundation activities including program development, publications, the Online Safety Center, special educational projects, and donor cultivation. He writes the monthly "Safety Pilot" column in AOPA Pilot magazine and is a regular contributor to Flight Training magazine. He serves in leadership positions to represent general aviation safety interests with the FAA, NASA, NTSB, National Weather Service, and industry groups.

The Federal Aviation Administration/Boston ARTCC and Daniel Webster College are hosting the Expo at Daniel Webster’s Eaton-Richmond Center from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. The College is adjacent to Boire Field (KASH), Nashua, NH. The event is fully accessible.

The informative, one-day conference is free and open to the public and features exhibits, seminars, workshops, and classes for all aviation enthusiasts. It is designed especially to educate and promote the safety of general aviation pilots and aircraft technicians throughout New England. Participants may walk or fly in. Several dozen exhibitors will also be onsite. Wings credit is available.

Courses being offered include:
·         Accident Review
·         Aeronautical Charts
·         Decision Making
·         Flight Instructor Professionalism
·         Flying in Canada
·         Flying Into Class B Airspace
·         IFR Procedures
·         NOTAMs and TFRs
·         Owner Maintenance
·            Preventative Maintenance
·         Proper Preflight
·         Regulations
·         Runway Safety
·         Sport Pilot
·         Training for Pilot Companion's

Visit the Expo website at http://www.faa.gov/region/ane/expo/ for additional information or contact the New England Aviation Expo Coordinator Karen Goff at (603) 879-6807 or karen.l.goff@faa.gov.