37^th IANRP Workshop
Duluth Minnesota
September 15th through September 17th, 2008

Registration Fee: $50

Plan to arrive on September 14th and gather that evening in the hospitality room for registration and a briefing. All pilots, spouses and guests are invited to the hospitality room to meet each other and make plans for the next three days.
 

Commercial airlines serving Duluth include all major airlines.
 

Office: 701-220-7248

Join us in scenic and historic Duluth, Minnesota for the 2008 International Association of Natural Resource Pilots annual workshop.  We're planning a busy and enjoyable time in Duluth from September 15 through September 17, 2008. 

The workshop will be held at the beautiful waterfront Inn on Lake Superior (see http://www.theinnonlakesuperior.com/).  We've negotiated a super room rate of $84 a night, but that rate is only good as long as rooms are available in this room class, so make your reservations now! 

We are planning an all star slate of speakers on a variety of subjects, such as survival, a topic that is should always be in the back of our minds as we ply the skies in our work environment.  Our keynote speaker on aircrew survival will be Mr. Doug Ritter, of Equipped to Survive (see http://www.equipped.org ).  Doug's web site contains a wealth of information, but the man himself is a fantastic source of basic and advanced information on survival equipment and techniques.  Bring your thoughts and questions, and enjoy this seminar.

Join a non pilot researcher who has more hours in natural resource aviation as an observer than most of us have as pilots to discuss "The View From The Back Seat", a program discussing how we can better accomplish our jobs, and maybe meet the mission requirements.

We're also planning a round table discussion on a topic many of us deal with on a daily basis:  Radio Telemetry antennas and rigging on our aircraft.  Join us for an in depth discussion of these important and sometimes confusing topics.

Fear not, while our primary focus in Duluth will be training and sharing of information, we also have some great entertainment planned.  For example, one evening, we've arranged for an after hours private tour of the Richard I. Bong WWII Heritage Center.  As many of you know, Richard Bong was the highest scoring United States ace during WWII, a feat accomplished in a P-38 Lightning, a restored example of which forms the centerpiece of the Bong Heritage Center.  See http://www.bongheritagecenter.org/.

There are a number of great restaurants are within close proximity to the Inn on Lake Superior, and we'll enjoy fine dining at several of those.  Harbor tours are available, the International Wolf Discovery Center is north of Duluth in Ely, and many other attractions are available to attendees and spouses.

We've decided to hold the registration fee at $50 per person, as in past years, but you'll get a lot for your fee at this year's workshop.

See you there!!

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