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SMAC231 Flying Adventures, NASA Shuttle Landing Strip And More

February 15, 2020 by Stuck Mic AvCast 2 Comments

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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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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?

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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:

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SMAC179 A Podcasting First Reporting From The Air and On The Ground From A NASA Rocket Launch

June 1, 2018 by Stuck Mic AvCast 1 Comment

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The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Monday, May 21, 2018 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver approximately 7,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Have you ever watched a NASA rocket launch? Would you like to go behind the scenes, meet aeronautics scientists, and even an astronaut? Welcome to a special edition of the Stuck Mic AvCast. Victoria’s friend put a link on her Facebook page inviting her to apply for passes for a rocket launch. She applied and an acceptance letter arrived in her inbox.

Not knowing what she was getting herself into she accepted the invitation. Little did she know she would get a behind the scenes look at NASA Wallops Launch Facility,, make new friends, meet amazing scientists, and visit with an astronaut! Today’s episode is interviews from NASA’s Wallops launch facility in Virginia ending with an incredible launch.

But wait, there’s more! The incredible event becomes truly Amazing when Carl gets to see the Launch flying over the Atlantic Ocean while Victoria is reporting from the ground. Today we share with you what we think may be a first ever perspective of a NASA launch from the ground and the air, as Carl and Victoria share their experiences.

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Cruise Flight:

What is the NASA Wallops Flight Facility.
The purpose of the resupply mission.

Interviews from the rocket launch:

Jean Wright – Docent at Kennedy Space Center and Aerospace Composite Tech Soft Goods for the shuttle mission
Keelan Hamilton – Science Ambassador for #NASASocial and works in Space Station Program Science for Barrios Tech