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

SMAC122 Airmen Certification Standards Go Live and Climb Gradients Explained

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ACS ElementsPreflight:

Welcome to Episode 122 of Stuck Mic AvCast. We have a great discussion today about the new Airmen Certification Standards. Also, we have been receiving feedback on climb gradients so we will explain how to calculate the required rate of climb. Before we take off there are a few things to go over on our preflight check list.

Announcements:

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 25-31.

Blue Angels Return to Vero Beach Air Show June 25-26, 2016

Aerospace Students at Polk State College Get “Hired” T-Shirts at the open house. 

Cruise Flight:

Today Airmen Certification Standards (ACS) Go Live for the Private and Instrument rating. We will go through some of the highlights of ACS. For a an in depth explanation listen to Eric Crump Explain the new Airmen Certification Standard in episode 116. We are excited about the new ACS!

In this episode we will discuss climb gradients and calculating your rate of climb. One of the questions I receive while teaching IFR and a question often asked by examiners is “how do you know you will be safe while climbing to your cruise altitude”.  Methods of calculating your rate of climb are discussed in the article Departure Procedure Climb Gradient And Calculating Your Rate Of Climb . We review these methods and provide tips used by pilots and instructors.

After Landing:

Picks Of The Week:

Victoria – Density Altitude Calculator

Larry – Weather 4 Dummies

Russ – FAA Weather Cams

Rick – Brighton City Airport Webcam

Tom – DROTAMS – Drone NOTAMS by SkyVector

Carl – Advanced Guide To Holding Patterns Book

 

SMAC121 Safety and The Selfie Generation

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Pre-Flight Checklist:

SenneSelfieCarl, Rick, Russ, and Tom are here tonight to talk about the passion of aviation and electronic devices. Tonight’s sponsor is Aviation Careers Podcast, which provides aviation scholarships, career coaching, and interview prep. If you are looking to get a new rating come check us out!

Cruise Flight:

Tonight Carl is going to play an interview he did with Senne from hangar.flights, which is a growing pilot community. Senne is from Belgium, and is 20 years old. He started training on gliders at 12 years old, his airplane training when he was 14, and did his first solo at 16. His airfield is ETBN, which is a former military airport being used by a flying club.

The second topic comes from Rick, based on a story he found about taking selfies doing almost everything, including aviation.

  • It’s great to take videos and pictures, showing your passion for aviation. However there is a time and a place for it, and safety issues that need to be considered.
  • In addition to distractions taking photos while flying, there are legal issues about transferring photos to the internet while flying.
  • Russ recommended having another person in the plane take the photo, but definitely don’t take the photo in a heavy workload part of the flight.
  • Rick discussed setting up video cameras in his plane during pre-flight, then leaving them alone until parked.
  • There are different rules for Airline Pilots than in General Aviation.
  • There are ways to attach cameras to the outside of a plane, but you must do it properly.
  • When GPS first came out, people were concerned about distractions. Today, there are lots more devices such as iPads, but they must be pre-flighted as well.

After Landing Checklist:

Rick Felty YouTube Channel

We have a new contributor named Mandi sending us great photos. Check out her Instagram page.

~Pick of the Week~

No picks this week, as this is an interview show.