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EN ROUTETBPPP Initial and Recurrent online classes now FREE to American Bonanza Society members.he American Bonanza Society (www.bonanza.org) lives and preserve the Beechcraft fleet. The best way to and its ABS Air Safety Foundation announce that achieve these goals is to ensure that all ABS members the industry-leading Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency receive regular, expert flight instruction. The best way toProgram (BPPP) online pilot training programs are now available FREE to ABS members. The innovative “How to Teach Beech” ABS Flight Instructor Academy is also free to all members of ABS.ABS members can add on approximately four hours of flight training with a Beech-expert BPPP instructor near their home for only $395. Of this, $375 goes directly to pay the highly qualified instructor. Pilots of Beechcraft Bonanza, Baron, Debonair and Travel Air aircraft who complete BPPP online and flight training may receive up to10% off the cost of their aircraft insurance policy – ask your agent or broker. BPPP may now be the first major type- specific initial and recurrent flight training with a discount that actually covers the entire cost of training – making pilots safer and more capable at little to no cost at all.ABS Board President Bob Goff says: “Why did ABS’ Board make this decision? Because we’re serious about the ABS Air Safety Foundation’s mission: To protectdo that is to make BPPP training as convenient as possible to members, at the lowest possible cost. As a not-for-profit aviation safety charitable organization, it’s ABS Air Safety Foundation’s responsibility to do this.”ABS Air Safety Foundation Executive Director Thomas P. Turner adds: “Until about three years ago, our BPPP training program cost about $1,500 for a two-day weekend, plus travel and hotel/meal expenses for three to four days. Many of our members said that this was just too expensive and the time commitment was just too much, and enrollments in our weekend programs were falling. We weren’t achieving our mission, and something needed to be done. This led to online delivery of the course material and the option of expert, type-specific flight instruction with a BPPP-accredited flight instructor near the pilot’s home. This move away from pilot and instructor training as a profit center, and focusing on vital safety instruction as a value-added member service, means far more pilots and instructors will learn the ABS safety message. By now offering online pilot and flight instructor training free to our members, and flight instruction near the pilot’s home at the lowest possible cost, we’ve removed the obstacles of price and scheduling that may have prevented many Beechcraft pilots from participating in life-saving type- specific training.”Bob Goff continues: “We want pilots to fly with one of our expert BPPP instructors. But even if they only take some of the free BPPP online courses, they’ll learn more about their Beechcraft and be a safer pilot as a result. It’s truly a win-win for Beechcraft pilots.”Here are the options: The Beechcraft Systems, Procedures and Techniques Course (“BPPP Initial”)If this is your first BPPP experience, or you want to refresh and expand your knowledge of your airplane’s systems and how you use them in normal, abnormal and emergency situations, then this is the course for you. You’ll go through your airplane system-by- system, learning techniques and tricks for getting the most out of your Beechcraft as well as operating it in a manner that promotes airframe and engine longevity. The Beechcraft Systems, Procedures and Techniques Course consists of 13 modules you may take at your own pace, even stopping and returning in mid-module. A short quiz at the end of each module highlights the most important points of the program, and is correctable to 100%.Select Airparts Half Page 4/C Ad30 • TWIN & TURBINEFEBRUARY 2015