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Our experienced flight instructors have over 75 years and 45,000 hours flying in the Idaho backcountry. McCall Mountain/Canyon Flying Seminars, LLC will provide a fun and educational introduction to the flying skills needed to operate safely in this unique environment.

 

 

Lori MacNichol, owner of McCall Mountain/Canyon Flying Seminars LLC, travels across the country conducting presentations that promote aviation safety and responsible aircraft use within the wilderness.

 

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2009 SEMINAR DATES Click Here!

  • Upcoming Speaking/ Exhibiting Engagements:
  • July 9, 2009 - McCall, ID - Lori will be speaking for the CT Fly In at the Hunt Lodge Meeting Room at 5:30PM
  • July 17-19, 2009 - Calgary, Canada - Lori will be giving an Introduction to Mountain Flying course at the COPA Convention Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.  View the article here.
  • August 14-16, 2009 - Husky Fly In
  • August 29, 2009 - Lori will be the featured speaker at the Fly In '09 at the Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg, ID. For more information, visit their website.

 

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  • PAST Engagements: 
  • June 19-21, 2009 - Lori spoke at the Johnson Creek Supercub Fly In.
  • May 30-31, 2009 - We exhibited at the Rocky Mountain West Aviation Expo  (Booth #201). Also,  Lori presented "Mountain/Canyon Flying ~ Aim Point Airspeed!" on Saturday, May 30th at 1:00pm Expo Idaho, Room #2.  Registration for WINGS credit was with Select #NM1125383.
  • May 23rd, 2009 - Sun Valley - Lori presented "Flying the Backcountry... You found it... now what!?" for the Blaine County Pilot Association.  Registration for WINGS credit was with Select Number:  NM1124989
  • April 23, 2009 - Lori presented "Flying Idaho's Backcountry" at the Taylor Craft Meeting at the EAA/CAP facility in Nampa.  Registration for WINGS credit was with Select Number: NM1125027
  • April 24, 2009 - FIRC in Nampa @ the Sleep Inn- Lori will be presenting Mountain Flying and Density Altitude.
  • November 6-8, 2008 - Once again, Lori was a speaker and we exhibited at the 2008 AOPA Expo in San Jose, CA. 
  • June 20-22, 2008 - Lori spoke on Saturday at the Supercub Fly-In.
  • May 16th, 2008 - Sandpoint, ID "Flying the Idaho Backcountry, You Found it... Now What?!"  Presentation by Lori MacNichol.  This is a SPANS Event which qualifies as a WINGS - Pilot Proficiency Program.  Register using Select # NM1318169.  Contact Information:  Chris Popov 208-264-8001.  Sponsored by the Northwest Mountain FAASTeam. Click here for more information.
  • May 3rd, 2008 - Lori was a speaker at the Alaska Airmen's Show .  This event ran the whole weekend of May 3rd & 4th.
  • April 17th, 2008 - Lori was a speaker  for the CAA - Columbia Aviation Association.  This was a SPANS Event, which qualified as a WINGS - Pilot Proficiency Program. 
  • April 19th, 2008 - Lori spoke at the CFI Refresher Course in Nampa, ID which was presented by Frank Lester of the Idaho Division of Aeronautics.
  • Lori traveled to Costa Rica on December 8th, 2007 to give an Aviation Safety Presentation to the LightHawk group.  LightHawk's mission has been to address a broad range of issues, strengthening their partners’ efforts by offering the aerial perspective on the issues they consider critical and enabling them to gather data and documentation for their campaigns. They have been providers to their partner organizations, the media, decision-makers, community members and researchers since 1979, making them the largest and oldest volunteer-based environmental aviation organization in North America. They have completed thousands of flight missions involving more than 700 flights each year for hundreds of partners throughout ten countries in North and Central America.
  • Feb 24, 2007:  Lori MacNichol spoke about "Mountain Flying Proficiency and Safety" at the NW Aviation Conference on Saturday, Feb. 24th.  We were proud to be on the program COVERTake a look!  

 

   

 
 
 

 

 

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