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Welcome to a special episode of the podcast, featuring interviews from Sun N Fun 2017! Tonight Carl and Russ Roslewski will introduce and discuss the interviews conducted at the show. You can also check them out on LiveATC.net and Chats From The Deck.

Cruise Flight:

Interviews featured on this show:

Jerrod and Jordan Hildreth, twins who received a Cessna 150 for their 15th birthday, which they completely refurbished including paint, wings, re-upholstered, engine, etc. all in about 4 months. They used it to learn how to fly in their own aircraft. They are now 17, however, this is their 18th trip to Sun n Fun, as their parents have come every year.
Andy Wall, CEO of AutoGyro USA discussing a new model of gyrocopter they premiered at Sun n Fun. The copter features advanced ergonomics, longer range, new look and styling, and a pre-rotation system that shortens the takeoff time considerably.
Paul Schulten, Pilot of Eagle Air Show. He flies a Christen Eagle, and has won awards for his acrobatics and learned from Miss Patty Wagstaff, his ACE.
Brad M. from Pipistrel, which makes a self-launching glider, which has a small engine to take off without being towed, can fly by engine with very low fuel usage, or turn off the engine and glide. You can get your Glider license at 14, which means you can solo their airplane, with a motor on it, 2 years before you can drive a car!
Carl interviews Eric from Monarch Aviation, Aviation Maintenance Technician of the year for the Southern Region, along with Kevin Lacey from Airplane Repo.
Russ interviews Nick Hanks of Hanks’ Aero Adventures that has a self-flying safari out of Johannesburg. They provide the plane, accommodations at stops, as well as all the details for sights to see, best altitudes, airport information, etc.
Russ interviews Glen Ferguson from IAMA (International Association of Missionary Aviation). They are the overall coordinating association for about 60 mission organizations and support groups flying missionaries all over the world. He then interviewed Will from Mission Aviation Fellowship, Randy Smith from New Tribes Mission Aviation, Kerrick Tweedy of SOAR (Service Oriented Aviation Readiness), Byea Lacerta of Hope Alliance, Bruce Wolf of Brigade Air, Lori McClary of MMS (Missionary Maintenance Service), Jay Bigley of Moody Aviation, Crystal Pitts from the College of Missionary Aviation, Mike Mower of JAARS (Jungle Aviation and Radio Service), Keswick Camp of Missionary Flight Training, Missionary Flights International, John Hoke of MASA (Mission Aviation Support Association of Florida).
Jason Shappert of MzeroA.
Joanna and Jared Jestice. Joanna is 17 and received her license at the beginning of the year. Jared is almost 16. They flew to Sun n Fun from Arkansas, about 850 miles. they flew a Cessna 150.
Mark Holt, who has an amazing paint job on a Phenom 100 called the Millennium Phenom because it is painted with elements from the Millennium Falcon of Star Wars, elements from Star Trek, and Back to the Future.
Mark Sorenson, Lead Pilot of Twin Tigers Acrobatic Team.
Lt. Col. Tom “Outlaw” Gustin of NORAD at Peterson Air Force Base, teaching people about how to avoid entering restricted airspace.

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Welcome to America’s Front Porch at Sun n Fun 2017! This is a recording of the live show produced at the fly-in from Sun n Fun Radio. Rick Felty is participating from home, while Carl, Eric, Larry, Tom and Russ are all on the deck together!

Preflight Checklist:

The crew gets right to it discussing

Cruise Flight:

Eric got to ride along in a T-6 Texan!
If you ever wondered how The Polk State Aerospace program ever got started, here is your answer.
Tom discusses some of the many things he is doing here at the show, including working with mZeroA who has John Glenn’s Baron.
For stats the show has 17 employees and about 3,500 volunteers.
Eric discusses the success of the Polk State program, as well as how he learned he could actually be a pilot. His program actually has graduates flying for airlines.
Larry introduced Bill from Titan Aircraft, who has built a replica T-51 Mustang with a BMW engine (T is for Titan).
June 8th Polk State is having their open house, featuring many of their partners.
David Allen from Other People’s Airplanes came by to discuss aviation and scholarships and funding to pay for aviation, such as the Aerospace Scholarships Guide.
Kevin Lacey of Airplane Repo stopped by to discuss his show and helping people move forward in their careers. He is working on another show called Inside the Fence about what goes on in airports and aviation. He is also a mentor of the Eagle’s Nest program, helping high school students learn to build airplanes. He also assists with Project Lead the Way. The also discussed The Lakeland Aero Club.
Bill English from the NTSB came on to discuss his job as a Lead Investigator in the Major Investigations Division as well as his love of being a GA pilot, Flight Instructor, and drones. He now uses drones to help investigate accidents.
Pilot and Dispatcher Michael Carells of Flying and Life Podcast stop by to discuss their work.
@pilotJimG discusses delta shaped trikes designed for off road biking (like a mountain bike, but with 3 wheels).
Dave Pasco, creator of LiveATC.net discusses how their system works, it’s use for training, and other countries that have outlawed listening in to tower communications.
Mike Harris for the Why we Fly Podcast discusses camping at Sun n Fun from beneath the wing of his plane and flying a vintage plane at Sun n Fun.
The next episode on May 1st will feature many interviews from around Sun n Fun 2017.