This seminar will enhance the safety of every ultralight pilot in and around Kentucky. Newcomers will discover the smart way to enter a whole new world. Ultralight pilots will expand their safety skills. General Aviation pilots will learn more about a facet of aviation that may be new to them. This seminar is one of many ways Kentucky aviators are working together to produce safe, responsible ultralight pilots.

Speakers: Scheduled to appear: Master of Ceremones: Frank Beagle The Voice of Oshkosh! Dennis D'Angelo -- Dayton to Kitty Hawk Saturday Evening Dinner Speaker Bruce Edsten -- Louisville FSDO Know Before You Go: TFR's and "Other Stuff" Lloyd Howard -- Buckeye Powered Parachutes Flying Powered Parachutes Alan Laymon -- SoLo Aviation Sunday Hands-on Engine Seminar Jack McCornack -- Aircraft Designer, Author and More Wisdom Brings Age: Techniques for extending your flying career Jim Stephenson -- Aero Sports Connection Friday BFI Seminar and Saturday Sport Pilot Update Alistair Wilsion -- Astra Trikes Flying Trikes Safely

Where: Kentucky Educational Television     Driving Directions -- Interactive Map

600 Cooper Drive (off Nicholasville Rd.) near the UK Football stadium in Lexington Kentucky. Info: 859-351-2363

Seminar: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration: 8:00 - 8:30 AM

Lunch will be available at the KET building for about $5.

Most out of town guests stay at the Campbell House Inn - ask for the Bluegrass Ultralight Group discount. The Campbell House runs a free shuttle from Bluegrass Field Airport to the hotel. The Campbell House is 1.5 miles from the seminar.
Reservations:
(800) 432-9254 (KY)
(800) 354-9235 (Outside KY)

Other Nearby Hotels

This Seminar is free and open to the public but donations are accepted to cover the travel and hotel expenses of the speakers. Another way to support the seminar is by purchasing a lunch ticket when you register. We appreciate your support, it allows us to host this very important event.

The generous support of our sponsors comes in the form of cash and merchandise donations. We raffle off all the great gear they donate, so come prepared to buy plenty of raffle tickets. (You get more tickets when you buy them $10 at a time!)

During the seminar weekend we will have three other special events:

• Friday - January 23th: BFI Refresher Course - MAP

Open to renewing and potential BFI's. This course satisfies the refresher training requirements of ASC, EAA, and USUA. Presented by ASC's Jim Stephenson. The seminar starts at 8:30 am and is held at Central Equipment at 791 Red Mile Road, between Harrodsburg Road and Versailles Road. The cost is $50 and advance registration is not required.

*** SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER *** Building on the great feedback we've gotten from the past dinners, we are offering this option again. It gives everyone a relaxed, easy way to spend more time with the speakers and club members in an informal environment. We are hosting this dinner at the Fayette County Extension Office. It is located just behind Central Equipment at 1140 Red Mile Place. MAP Our speaker this year is Dennis D'Angelo from the Dayton Ultralight Club. He and his fellow club members will describe what went into their Dayton to Kitty Hawk flight this year, and what they got out of it. Join us for their stories, video and slides both for the fun of it and to learn some of what it takes to pull off a large-group cross country of these proportions. We've reduced the price the dinner tickets to $15 this year, and have a really nice buffet lined up with lots of entree choices. It should be a really good time for everyone! To purchase tickets, send a check made out to BUG to: Jim Price 621 Woodduck Lane Georgetown, KY 40324 Tickets orders must be received by January 22. You can pick up your tickets at the seminar Saturday. Dinner tickets will not be sold during the seminar unless there are unsold tickets still available at that time. For more information, email Jim Price at JPrice7284@aol.com or call him at 502-868-9457.

• Sunday - January 25 Engine Workshop -  MAP
• 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

The agenda is to discuss Preventive Maintenance, then do a complete top-end tear down (we will not be splitting the crankcase), cylinder and piston measurement, decarb, and reassembly. Bring your tools and plan on getting your hands dirty. If you are bringing your own engine, all fluids must be drained and gearboxes removed. Bring your B-Boxes as we may have time for 100 hour service also.

Presented by Alan Laymon of Solo Aviation. SoLo Aviation is Kentucky's only Authorized Rotax Repair Station. Many common maintenance items will be on hand and available for purchase. Additionally, SoLo Aviation can supply any other parts needed...just let them know what you need in advance.

Pre-register for Sunday's Maintenance Seminar by contacting Alan Laymon at 859-336-8494 or Alan@SoLoAviation.com. If you are bringing your own engine, you must register in advance. This will ensure that we will have enough workbenches, gasket sets etc.

Cost - $40.00 per person or $10.00 for BUG members

(BUG membership is $25.00 per year...Join at the seminar!)

Prizes From Our Sponsors Every year, we have sent every single attendee home with a prize of some sort. It is the generosity of these companies that allows us to attract more pilots and wannabe's each year. Pilots may think they are coming for the free goodies, but the real prize they win is learning to fly, build and maintain their dreams safely. These select organizations have made substantial contributions to ensure the success of this and previous safety seminars. Without the patronage of community-minded companies like these, our sport would surely suffer. These generous raffle prizes are ultimately what make our seminar financially possible. When you deal with these vendors and organizations, please be sure to thank them for allowing pilots to become safer at seminars like ours. We could not provide this service without them. Below you'll find the breadth of prizes we gave away to pilots like you last year. This year will be just as good! Aircraft Spruce and Specialty - $25 gift certificate Airdrome Aeroplane - DVD Aerial Adventure - Thank you for your support Balance Masters - Prop balancer Benchmade Knife Co. - Seatbelt cutters Bing Carburetors - Manuals and gasket kits BRS - Gift certificates California Power Systems - Catalogs Central Equipment - Helmet and antique airplane book CGS Aviation - CGS hats & shirts Comtronics Engineering - Comtronics Ultra-Pro 2000 Helmet and catalogs Competition Aircraft - 50% off any Ultraprop Dave Rice - Electric boot liners EAA - Hats, shirts, videos, magazines Fisher Flying Products - Hats Flightstar Aircraft - Shirts Gibbo Gear - Introductory lesson certificates Grand Rapids Technology - 1/2 price EIS instrument coupon Ison Aircraft - Plans, videos Ivoprop - Shirts Kuntzleman Electronics - Gift Certificate Leading Edge Airfoils - GPS/NAV/Comm guide, case, shirts, catalogs, resource guides Lockwood Aviation - A/N bolt gauge, super siphon, NGK spark plugs, catalogs Loehle Aircraft - Hats, videos Over The Bluegrass Aviation - Destiny hats & shirts, AMSOIL 2 stroke oil, John Carr's book "The Paraflight Experience", and an electronic compass Perkins Powered Parachutes, Inc - Helmet bags, shirts, Mr. Funnels Powerfin, Inc - Gift Certificate Quad City Ultralight - Shirts, hats, videos Rad Electronics - Intercom RANS Aircraft - Video, catalog, shirts Recreational Power Engineering - Odyssey battery Red Hot Antenna - Aircraft antenna Rollison Airplane Company - Radio (advance raffle) Sabre Aircraft, Inc - Video Sky Sports - Thank You! Slip Stream Industries - Thank You! South Lakeland Airport - Thank You! Speedtech Instruments - Thank You! Sport Flying Shop - Thank You! Sporty's Pilot Shop - DVD's, catalogs The Ultralight Store - 10% discount on sails for all BUG members Tennessee Propellers, Inc - Display propeller The New Kolb Aircraft - Golf shirts, hats, videos Ultralight Flying! Magazine - Calendars USUA - Video, books, pilot info pack Warp Drive - Protractors Wicks Aircraft Supply - Shirt, hat, storage bins, catalogs For information on becoming a sponsor this year or next, please contact Gerald Gilpin at 502-839-3702 or ggilpin@dcr.net

Standing Sponsors The following organizations have each contributed in their own special way over the years. Our continued gratitude goes out to them. Please extend your own gratitude and patronage to them.

Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Aerial Adventure ASC BRS Bing Carburetors Central Equipment Comtronics Engineering CGS Hawk EAA FAA Grand Rapids Technology - EIS Kentucky Aeronautic Board Kentucky Educational Television Kuntzleman Electronics Lockwood Aviation Over The Bluegrass Aviation Rollison Airplane Company The New Kolb Aircraft Co. Powerfin, Inc Quad City Challenger Recreational Power Engineering Rollison Airplane Company Sporty's Pilot Shop SoLo Aviation Tri-State Kites UltraFlight Magazine The Ultralight Store USUA

Live Internet Video

Can't make it this year? We've got you covered! You'll be able to watch and listen to Saturday's seminars on your computer as they happen, and ask the speakers in near-realtime via email. So no matter if you live in New Zealand, Italy or southern California, you can still enhance your flying safety. Check back on this page the day of the seminar for the link to watch the seminar in Real Video.

Having said that, the sessions we can broadcast on-line account for less than half of the weekend's activities. If you can come in person, don't even think about the on-line video...just come on down and get in on the networking, the sessions that are not broadcast online, the dinners, the BFI seminar, the Engine/Maintenance Seminar, all of the prizes available (online participants will have opportunities to win only a few of the door prizes, not all), the vendor displays and static displays, and the parking lot open-trunk swap meet, not to mention the late nights in the Campbell House Inn's lounge with King Louis.

If you plan on watching online, please TEST YOUR BROWSER now to make sure you be able to tune in on Saturday. You may need to download software from RealVideo to watch. Please do this now, as you don't want to miss the first speaker while you try to get the software installed.

On the day of the seminar, come back to this page and there will be a link to the live video. NOTE: You will get an error or a blank screen any time we are not broadcasting. We will be on and off air before the seminar, and expect to be down again during part of lunch. So if you get an error, just try back in a few minutes.

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