The Safety Seminar is Back on the Fairgrounds for 2009!

The Illinois Ultralight Advisory Council (IUAC), the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics, and the Federal Aviation Administration, Springfield FSDO, are presenting the 29th Annual IUAC Ultralight/Lightplane Safety Seminar on Saturday, February 28, in Springfield, IL. Attendance is FREE. Pre-registration is not required.

The Illinois Ultralight Light Plane Safety Seminar is back at the Illinois Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The safety seminar will cover a broad range of subjects. There will be ultralight, engine manufacturer, and accessory displays representing UL/sport/recreational type aircraft. Anyone representing any item of equipment used in this segment of aviation and interested in displaying such item should call Roy Beisswenger, Illinois Ultralight Advisory Council at (618) 664-9706 or E-Mail, roy@easyflight.com.

To get to the safety seminar:

Take I-55 to Springfield
Take exit 100B off of I-55 to merge onto E Sangamon Ave/SR-54 heading west
Continue to follow E Sangamon Ave for 2.8 miles
Turn right at Main Street under the archway
The Illinois Building will be on your left

An address to plug into your street GPS is:

2520 Main St
Springfield, IL 62702.

Registration for the event will be from 8:00 am to 9:00 am, with the seminar sessions beginning promptly at 9 am. Arrive early for viewing the exhibits, since the featured seminar sessions will consume a major portion of the day. The program will conclude around 4:00 pm.

The Headquarters Hotel will be the Signature Inn Springfield located at 3090 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, IL 62703, (217) 529-6611. A block of rooms has been secured for Friday evening, February 27. Please make your reservations early.

Coffee, doughnuts, snacks and lunch will be provided in the exhibit area.

Sponsors

U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Illinois Department of Transportation
Division of Aeronautics