Author: Stuck Mic AvCast

The Stuck Mic AvCast is an aviation podcast about Learning to Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly.

SMAC138 Flight Plan Fear, Dead Reckoning Legs, and More

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Preflight Checklist:

Carl is here with Russ, Tom  and Larry to discuss flight plan fear, dead reckoning legs, and a number of other topics. Rick is out tonight, battling a big snowstorm.

Sponsor :

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Announcements:

Website is back up and running. We were using too many resources of our host, and needed to do some “cleaning up” of our site so it not only is back up and running, but more efficient and built for the future.

Listener Mail:

Carl reads a great letter from a pilot who’s girlfriend recently tried flying and liked it so much that she has taken it up and recently soloed! A shout out to Kimberly from the San Fernando 99’s, who is now planning on attending AirVenture this year! Congratulations!

Shout-out:

Larry – Sun n Fun (and other air show) volunteers who are planning, organizing, and preparing for safe and exciting fly-ins and air shows all across the country this season.

Cruise Flight:

Flight Plans:

  • Do you file flight plans when you fly?
  • How to file a flight plan.
  • Do you get a briefing every time you fly and how?

Dead Reckoning legs on Instrument Approach Procedures

Russ discusses dead reckoning legs and how he teaches his students to deal with it using the chart, GPS, FMS, etc. Russ has a great article on his website. The article is here.

Getting Current when you have been out of the cockpit for the Winter

With Spring coming (it REALLY IS coming, right??), and people getting ready for SnF and other aviation adventures, some of us colder-climate pilots are a little rusty. How do you plan to get back in the pilot’s seat after a few months of not being in the air? What if you’re IFR current, but maybe not so proficient. What do you do BEFORE you head out to the airport to get your head back in the game?

  • SIM time?
  • Reading?
  • Reviewing ACS?
  • Reviewing the POH?
  • Other?
  • What is that first flight going to be? Three landings and you’re good to go, or anything more structured? Slow flight, stalls, short takeoff/landing, ground reference maneuvers? Do you take an instructor or pilot friend? What thought goes into that first preflight?

After Landing Checklist:

FAASafety.gov

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – Island Life HGTV Episode with TavernAero In Florida Keys

Russ – The Cannibal Queen by Stephen Coonts A book about a trip in a Steerman making almost 2 laps of the country in 1991.

Larry – Elevate your mood by purchasing your tickets for SnF, OSH, etc. in advance. Just doing that and knowing you have your tickets makes the show seem so much sooner!
SnF – http://www.flysnf.org/sun-n-fun-intl-fly-in-expo/admission-rates/
OSH – https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/eaa-airventure-tickets

Tom – Ground School Academy, a great website for preparing for reviews. Their guarantee is if you don’t pass your check ride, they will pay for it!

Video Of The Week:

Video of Toilet Paper Dog Fight

SMAC137 Flying With Diabetes, Jeppesen Chart Enhancements, Hold Short Of Where?

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Sponsor:

“Thank you to our sponsor Three Point Aviation Services. Check out Three Point’s book and video on IFR holding at ExpertAviator.com. You can find out more about Three Point Aviation at www.3pointaviation.com or facebook.com/3pointaviation.”

Announcements:

New Sun N Fun website: http://www.flysnf.org
Fly In April 4-9, 2017

Cruise Flight:

Flying with Diabetes : Raising Diabetes Awareness

Jeppesen Enhance the Charts in 2016. We will discuss some of the changes and how you can learn more at their training site:

Jeppesen Chart Changes for 2016

Hold Short of Where? Understanding The New Taxi Procedures. – This article was based on safety reports from 2011. In March of 2014 there was an ATO policy change and update to the pilot controller glossary. The following are links to the taxi diagram and the ATO Policy Change. I was going to change the original article but will rewrite and link to a new article incorporating the changes. I want to leave the old article because it demonstrates the confusion amongst pilots and controllers that led to many safety reports and a change in the policy.

KSDF Taxi Diagram

ATO Policy Change

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – Blood Pressure Refresher

Russ – The Savvy Flight Instructor: Secrets of the Successful CFI, 2nd edition.

Rick – deep weather ios app

Victoria – Scheyden Precision Eyewear, Watches, and Flight Crew Luggage 

Tom – TouchTrainer Flight Simulator

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

Video Of The Week:

We have heard of living with your plane how about living IN your plane:

Sponsor:

“Thank you to our sponsor Three Point Aviation Services. Check out Three Point’s book and video on IFR holding at ExpertAviator.com. You can find out more about Three Point Aviation at www.3pointaviation.com or facebook.com/3pointaviation.”