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SMAC154 Ways To Improve Piloting Skill And Have Fun In The Process

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Welcome to Episode 154 of the podcast about learning to fly, living to fly, and loving to fly. Today we have a few special guests to discuss Ways to improve your piloting skill and have fun in the process. Chris Pezalla is an aviation consultant, attorney and author. To learn more and read his aviation articles visit: https://www.facebook.com/3pointaviation/. Before we get started we have a few announcements.

Preflight Checklist:

Sponsor : AerospaceScholarships.com

Announcements:

See You At AOPA Fly-In Tampa, FL. Peter O. Knight Airport.

Polk State Flight Team Competition in Auburn, AL.

New Online Courses can be by visiting https://valeri-aviation.thinkific.com

Cruise Flight:

Dave Abby reports from AOPA Fly-In Groton, CT.

Ways To Improve Piloting Skill And Have Fun In The Process:

Why do you improve our skills?

How much more is there to know?

Additional Training and Certification

Gliders

  •  -Improved energy Management
  • -Improved Stick and rudder skills
  • -Different viewpoint (learn new things)
  • -No written test if pilot has powered certificate

Tailwheel:

  • -Improves stick and rudder
  • -Improve situational awareness
  • -Improved skills transfer to other aircraft (ATR story)
  • -No checkride or written tests
  • -Never expires

Seaplanes

  • -Fun and low pressure
  • -No written test if pilot has land certificate
  • -Great for stick and rudder
  • -Multi-seaplane (funny story)
  • -Never expires

Single Engine ATP

  • -Why would anyone needs this?
  • -Lower Insurance ←—that’s not going to do anything for insurance, sorry! -vn
  • -Includes Instrument Rating ←-this does!
  • -Better transferable to international ratings

Flight Instructor

  • -Improved situational awareness
  • -Transform from pilot to flight manager
  • -Able to analyze own skill

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Chris – FAA Glider Flying Handbook

Carl – Sunrise Aviation

Rick – FlightChops

Victoria –https://www.jonesairandsea.com/

DaveAbby – AOPA Fly-In

Tom – https://www.aopa.org/community/events/aopaA-fly-ins/2017-aopa-fly-ins/tampa

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

https://www.facebook.com/3pointaviation/

Video Of The Week:

SMAC152 AOPA Fly In – Norman Oklahoma

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Welcome to a special edition of the Stuck Mic AvCast. Our reporter in the field, Russ Roslewski was in Norman Oklahoma for the AOPA Fly In. AOPA fly-ins happen around the country bringing many people together in the aviation community. This event broke all previous attendance records with over 7500 people including 500 planes. The AOPA Fly In’s are a great place to learn, share your passion for aviation, and help advocate for the GA community.

Preflight Checklist:

Sponsor: Aviation Careers Podcast. This is the largest online directory of aerospace scholarships. For $10 per month or $10 for the annual guide, you can potentially save hundreds or even thousands of dollars in scholarships.

Announcements:

We have postponed our meet ups until after we clean up from Hurricane Irma. As you know we moved to Lakeland recently and as we record this show the storm is passing through the area. To learn more about upcoming meetups please visit our facebook page.

Cruise Flight:

  • What airlines do during a hurricane.

Interviews From AOPA Fly-In:

  • AOPA Volunteers – Mike Woods – http://www.aopa.org
    – Information on how you can be a volunteer for an AOPA Fly-In near you.
  • Sooner Flight Academy – Dawn Machalinski – http://flightcamp.ou.edu
    – Year-round and summer programs for students ages 6-18
  • Oklahoma Pilots Association – Bill Halpain – http://opa.link
    – Dinner meetings, guest speakers and flyaways around Oklahoma
  • Grand Seaplanes – Steve Robinson – http://grandseaplanes.com
    – Get your seaplane rating in a Lake Amphibian on Grand Lake, OK
  • Air Plains – Eric Papan – http://airplains.com
    – Engine conversions and airframe modifications including the 300-hp Cessna 182
  • Angel Flight South Central – Troy Whistman – http://angelflightsc.org
    – Volunteer humanitarian flights for medical patients
  • University of Oklahoma Aviation Department – Ken Carson – http://pacs.ou.edu/aviation
    – College degree programs in aviation, including piloting, air traffic control, and aviation management

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl: Bay News 9 Weather. A great local news source to Carl’s area that even gives info for pilots.

Russ: Operation Air Drop Facebook and Operation Air Drop Website. This group used airplanes to move needed supplies into Houston after Hurricane Harvey, and have turned to Florida to assist with relief after Hurricane Irma.

Video Of The Week:

Video From Fun Places To Fly

SMAC148 The Challenges of Picking Up IFR Clearances In The Air and A Descend VIA Example

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Tom, Rick, and Victoria join Carl for a great technical episode on the challenges of picking up IFR clearance in the air

Preflight Checklist:

Thank you to our sponsor, Three Point Aviation Services, specializing in aviation seminars and training materials. Checkout Three Point’s facebook page, to browse its new collection of short aviation articles. It can be found at www.facebook.com/3pointaviation.

Announcements:

Air Venture is almost here: https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
July 24-30 Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Cruise Flight:

  • If you are cleared to descend via the star on the hyper7 for Rwy 19c into KIAD what altitude you descend too.
  • A listener asks about filing and activating a flight plan departing VFR and then continuing IFR.

 

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – Aviation Careers Podcast’s new learning platform Our new place for learning about lots of Aviation topics.

Rick – Total Eclipse 2017

Victoria – Airplane dresses on Amazon!

Tom – Chart it All, a clothing company started by a young man saving for college, which provides all kids of clothing with your local sectional chart.

 

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SMAC141 Up For A New Flying Challenge? How About A Multi-Engine Rating?

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Whether you are a hobby pilot or looking to fly for a living, the multi-engine rating is always a challenge. However, it can be fun, and open up a lot of doors for more flights and types of flights. Today we are interviewing one of our co-hosts Tom Frick, who recently completed his multi-engine commercial.

Preflight Checklist:

Sponsorship:

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

Announcements:

Tom Frick completed his multi-engine commercial.

Next Episode will be our live from Sun N Fun Episode. Please come see us at the Sun N Fun Radio Booth near the Sunset Grill.

http://flysnf.org

liveatc.net/SNF

Cruise Flight:

  • The Many Reasons You Should Consider Adding Your Multi-Engine Rating.
  • FAA “The performance and systems redundancy of a multiengine airplane is a safety advantage only to a trained and proficient pilot.”
  • How to obtain your Multi-Engine Rating.
  • Can I fly VFR only in a twin?
  • Why it is all about flying single engine.
  • What are the challenges of flying a Multi-Engine airplane.
  • What are the added risks of flying a Twin.
  • Flying over water in a twin is safer but there are risks you should consider.

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

No Picks of the week since this is an interview show.

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

ACP039 – Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot Steven Vigus

Airplane Flying Handbook

Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

Video Of The Week:

 

 

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