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.

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Preflight Checklist:

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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

SMAC216 Greg McHale Piloting The Wild Yukon

Greg McHaleGreg McHale is a wilderness adventurer who uses his skills as an aviator to reach remote and untapped parts of the world. In his show Greg McHale’s Wild Yukon, he takes us to hidden corners of Canada’s untamed Yukon to pursue adventure, big game, and challenge. Today Greg and I discuss how he uses various modes of aviation transportation to make is adventure come alive.

While flying in the Bush Greg crashed his Super Cub and in a YouTube video discusses lessons learned from this life threatening incident. We will talk about this later but first a few words from our sponsor.

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News And Announcements:

July 13th 10am to 2pm we will be broadcasting live from Sun N Fun Radio. Listen at LiveAtc.net/snf.

Maddie – Instrument Rating

Cruise Flight (Greg McHale):

  • Greg’s Wild Yukon
  • Why aviation is important to Greg
  • How he became interested in aviation
  • The various aircraft he flies and uses in the Wild Yukon
  • The different pilot certificates and ratings Greg has
  • What is next in his aviation adventure.
  • Advice for those considering flying in the Yukon.
  • The Super Cub Crash Lessons Learned.

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

No Pick of the week since this is an interview.

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

https://gregmchaleswildyukon.com

Bush Pilot Crashes Super Cub

Fly, Run, Scout

Photo Credit Greg McHale’s Wild Yukon on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/gregmchaleswildyukon/