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The flight planning series builds knowledge required for aviation navigation, from planning to flying a route and then landing. The series of sessions will begin by laying out a method to identify and describe the essential planning steps. Participants will construct a plan that is developed each session with attention to different planning and flight stages. Paper and whizz wheel skills or electronic flight bag skills can be applied. Flight into controlled airspace, including preparing and submitting flight plans and SAR times, will conclude the series. This session: authorised sources of weather information, other useful sources, VFR minimums, interpretation, considerations, Notams. Requirements: Paper-based: Circular Flight Computer E6B (Wizz Wheel) Electronic Flight Bags (EFB): Avplan or Ozrunways subscriptions. Use a free trial of EFB if you are not yet familiar with them. NAIPS: Set up an account through Air Services website - https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/naips/Account/Register BFC can loan whizz wheels (E6B circular computers), or you can buy them. Having an iPad or a computer with you will assist.