NWS Columbia SC Sub-Regional Aviation Workshop February 26, 2009

The Intended Audience for this Workshop was:

• Aviation Forecasters
• Airport Managers
• Airline Representatives
• Medevac Personnel
• General Aviation Pilots

Sub-Regional Aviation Workshop Agenda
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February 26	Presenter (Organization) and Title
8:30 am - 9:00 am	CAE Aviation Team (Weather Forecast Office Columbia, SC) - Good Morning, Introductions and Objectives
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Fred McMullen (Eastern Region Regional Aviation Meteorologist) - Eastern Region Aviation Topics
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Tom Horne (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) - NWS Briefing Products and General Aviation
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Judy Ghirardelli (Meteorological Development Lab) - Aviation Products from the Localized Aviation MOS Program
10:30 am - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 am - 11:30 am	Tim Matuszewski (United Airlines) - Aviation Meteorology Support: Airline Perspective*
11:30 am - Noon	Paul Herzegh (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) - Aviation Modeling*
Noon - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Heather Heitzman (Delta Airlines) - Delta Meteorology
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Pat Murphy (Aviation Weather Center) - Aviation Weather Center Operations, Products, Collaboration, and Consistency
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Scott Dennstaedt (Chesapeake Aviation Training Inc.- Charlotte) - The Weather-Savvy GA Pilot in 2009
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Break
3:15 pm- 3:30 pm	Doug Anderson (Columbia Metro Airport) - Airport Operations
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Brad Shealy (LifeNet SC) - Weather Impacts on Medevac Operations
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm	Jennifer McNatt (Weather Forecast Office Wakefield, VA) - Aviation Outreach
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm	Hunter Coleman (Weather Forecast Office Columbia, SC) - TAF Preparation
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm	Open Discussion
5:00 pm	Workshop Concludes
	* represents a remote presentation via a go-to-meeting session

Any questions and comments regarding this conference can be directed

to Tenia Morrison at louvenia.morrison@noaa.gov.