Whether flying during the winter or the summer months, understanding the factors associated with structural icing is critical especially for pilots flying under instrument flight rules (IFR). Icing is a complex topic and demands a challenging dialog. AvWx Workshops.com is proud to be teamed with Ben C. Bernstein of Leading Edge Atmospherics to produce this comprehensive training program on icing. Learn all aspects of structural icing from Ben Bernstein, a nationally-known icing forecaster and Scott Dennstaedt, an FAA-certificated instrument flight instructor and contributing editor for IFR magazine. Ben will shed some light on how clouds form and how they can become a serious icing threat to pilots. "There are so many factors that play a role in what makes or breaks an icing situation," says Ben. He further emphasizes, “I am not totally fond of rules of thumb with respect to icing. There are some that are descent, but there are so many exceptions to every rule of thumb that they can be dangerous.”

The Ice Is NOT Nice Part 1 premium workshop consists of two parts and is designed to promote situational awareness when structural icing is a flight risk. Ice Is NOT Nice Part 1 provides a protracted icing discussion and presents the analysis tools and techniques used to minimize your exposure to structural icing. Ben is a meteorologist and has specialized in aircraft icing for nearly two decades having authored dozens of papers on the subject.

While at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Ben was the lead developer of the Current Icing Product (CIP) and Forecast Icing Product (FIP) now available on the Aviation Weather Center's Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) web site. He now works closely with numerous aircraft manufacturers worldwide to assist them in achieving known icing certification.

Ice Is NOT Nice Part 1 consists of 9 training modules containing over 2 hours of unprecedented training for pilots wanting to learn more about structural icing. So don't miss out on this training opportunity. Members and elite members of AvWxWorkshops.com will receive a discount on this premium workshop.

Disclaimer: Flying into known icing conditions is hazardous. The purpose of this training program is to minimize your exposure to icing, not to enable a pilot to fly through it. Flying into known icing requires an aircraft equipped with an FAA-certificated ice protection system (IPS). Even with an IPS, extended flight in moderate icing can be hazardous. Flight into conditions containing supercooled large drop (SLD) icing is extremely dangerous and not permitted even with an aircraft certified into known icing conditions.