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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.

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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

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Welcome To The Stuck Mic AvCast. Tonight I am joined by my favorite aviation advocates. We have a special episode which is a continuation of our discussion from the last episode.

Announcements:

One of Russ’ private pilot students (mentioned in a previous episode) completed his Private Pilot checkride after having some engine problems on a previous flight.
Carl and the other co-hosts are going to be tweeting more and Facebooking about where they are for events, and posting pictures afterward.
Carl recently visited 2 different airport pubs one with Tom Frick and one with Paul Grieco.
Carl and Tom Frick Visit The Hangar Restaurant and Flight Lounge.
Plane Spotting at different sides of the world: the Sunset Bar and Grill in St. Maarten and The Sunset Pub and Grill in Lincoln Park, NJ.

Cruise Flight:

Topics:

Hold in lieu of procedure turn.
Procedure Turns When Can You Descend.
A procedure turn is a maneuver prescribed to perform a course reversal to establish the aircraft inbound on an intermediate or final approach course.
Procedure turn completion altitude.
PIH VOR 3
TWF ILS 26
TWF VOR 26
20V VOR/DME-A
AVL ILS 35

After Landing Checklist:

~Favorite Museums / Picks Of The Week:~

Carl – Mid Atlantic Air Museum: Carl’s first museum he joined, has one of the few P-61’s.

Larry – Oklahoma Museum of Flying and Arkansas Air & Military Museum: Two great regional air museums.

Rick – Collings Foundation: Great museum in Massachusetts that also has classic cars.

Paul – Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: In Virginia, has a space shuttle, SR-71, and more.

Russ – National Museum Of The Unites Sates Air Force: Huge military flight museum, it also has a virtual tour on their site.

Tom – Royal Air Force Museum London: The UK’s military air museum, where you can see the air history of military flight from the UK’s point of view.

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SMAC152 AOPA Fly In – Norman Oklahoma