SMAC231 Flying Adventures, NASA Shuttle Landing Strip And More

Flying Adventures

 

Welcome to the show about learning to fly, living to fly, and loving to fly. Some of you are patiently awaiting the Spring weather to get the plane out of the hangar and start flying again. Some fly their planes south with other snowbirds and have some interesting adventures to discuss. Today we focus on recent flying adventures of our co-hosts including Tom and Carl’s recent trip flying down the runway at the NASA shuttle landing facility in Florida.

Before we get started a few words from our sponsor. 

Preflight Checklist:

First a quick word from our sponsor.

AviationCareersPodcast.com – Scholarships, Career Coaching, and Interview Preparation. 

The most recent update includes 60 new scholarships and 3 updates. 

If you become a Patron of the podcast we give away one scholarship guide for every 10 dollars we raise. You can truly make a difference in a person’s aviation journey by becoming a Patron of the podcast. To find out more please visit https://www.patreon.com/ValeriAviation or click on the link on our website.

News And Announcements:

Our next live event is Sun N Fun Aerospace Expo March 31 to April 5th.

Cruise Flight:

What flying adventures are you planning this year?

Tom and Carl Flying the shuttle landing facility.

The $100 hamburger.

Sunsets and more.

Bill and Carl Fly to Brunch.

Bill’s adventure with his future wife.

Russ and mountain flying in Colorado

River run-VN

Do you prefer solo adventures or flying with a friend or to meet someone?

What is your next flying adventure?

After Landing Checklist:

Pics Of The Week:

Carl – Mike Busch on Engines: What every aircraft owner needs to know about the design, operation, condition monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of piston aircraft engines.

https://amzn.to/2Gyu6Xi

Tom – Foreflight 3D review

https://www.foreflight.com/releases/12/?_ga=2.19789560.1772984816.1580946748-940787664.1564167107#enhanced-3d-review-video

Victoria – The Finer Points YouTube channel – super helpful during my CFI training https://www.youtube.com/user/OnTheFlightLine

Bill – cool way to look at airspace.  http://3dairspace.org.uk/index.php/airspace/

Russ – Kelsey @74gear YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCovVc-qqwYp8oqwO3Sdzx7w

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com

SMAC230 Flying Again

Welcome to the show about learning to fly, living to fly, and loving to fly. Joining me on the show today is…. Today we have a special guest you have heard on this podcast in the past but before we begin a few words from our sponsor.

Before we get started a few words from our sponsor. 

Preflight Checklist:

First a quick word from our sponsor.

AviationCareersPodcast.com – Scholarships, Career Coaching, and Interview Preparation. 

The most recent update includes 36 new scholarships and 4 updates. 

If you become a Patron of the podcast we give away one scholarships guide for every 10 dollars we raise. You can truly make a difference in a person’s aviation journey by becoming a Patron of the podcast. To find out more please visit https://www.patreon.com/ValeriAviation or click on the link on our website.

News And Announcements:

Our next live event is Sun N Fun Aerospace Expo March 31 to April 5th.

Congratulations Sean Moody on Completing his CFI this week.

Congratulations Clay Whatley on being accepted to the United Airlines Aviate program. Why I mention this on this podcast will become evident later in the show.

Cruise Flight:

On May 9th, 2011 the first episode of the Stuck Mic AvCast was published. Len Costa creator of the show about learning to fly, living to fly and loving to fly brought us entertaining and informative content that continues to this day. In April of 2014, Len set off on an incredible journey outside of aviation with exciting travels and experiences. As years past he realized that you can take the pilot out of aviation buy you can’t take aviation out of the pilot. And now he’s back. Today we are excited to have Len on the show to talk about his journey to the back to the flight deck and flying again. Welcome back, Len Costa! 

  • Why he left the cockpit of an airliner.
  • His journey back to the flight deck.
  • You can take the guy out of aviation but you can’t take aviation out of the guy.
  • Flying the PC12.
  • How Len inspired me to create Aviation Careers Podcast.
  • His next adventure.

After Landing Checklist:

No Picks of the week since this is an interview.

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

https://stuckmicavcast.com/aviation-podcast/smac069-goodbye-len-costa-and-three-places-to-land-in-your-lifetime/

https://stuckmicavcast.com/aviation-podcast/episode-1-life-test-pilot/