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Pre-Flight Checklist

The Plymouth Air Show is Saturday, September 27th in Plymouth, Massachusetts 10-3 at the Plymouth Airport. The featured attraction is an acrobatics show with Mike Goulian. The event is free and Rick will be there.

The Stuart Air Show in Stuart, Florida is November 1st & 2nd, with a special night show and Halloween festivities October 31st. Stuck Mic AVCast will be reporting live from the show.

August 23rd was the grand opening of Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum, located in Lakeland Florida, home of  Sun n’ Fun. This new exhibit is designed to be more interactive with simulators and hands on activities.

Aviation Careers Podcast has a new webinar up on “Should You Choose a Career in Aviation?”

Cruise Flight

Carl kicks things off by bringing up a proposed rule regarding non-aeronautical uses of airport hangers. The comment period is open until September 5th. Airports that accept federal money, public or private, can only be used for aeronautical usage. Many airports are allowing people to store things like boats and cars in hangers, leaving pilots to complain that they do not have hanger space to store their aircraft. This led to a discussion of hanger homes.

After Landing Checklist

~Picks of the Week~

Victoria: The Day I Learned to Fly, a children’s book by Victoria’s friend Jeff Kennon.

Sean: Iridium Go Satellite based wi-fi hotspot for planes, boats, or anytime you are out of cell phone range and need connectivity (weather reports, directions, etc.).

Carl: Aviation Careers Podcast has a new webinar up on “Should You Choose a Career in Aviation?”

Rick: Airplane Mt. Everest Flying Game for iOS and Android

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Pre-Flight Checklist

Everyone is here tonight except for Sean, starting the discussion with airplane shaped foods.

Cruise Flight

Victoria kicks us off with a discussion of getting her Instrument Flight Rating and keeping your rating. This leads into a discussion of best practices for training, and how to handle communicating with the tower and keeping track of information. We also discusses Automation Management and the danger of over-relying on automated systems.

Carl brings up a situation where a friend of his flew an aircraft where she was the Captain and her sister was the Co-Pilot, which may be a first in aviation history. Very few people seem to know that there are female pilots in the airlines, and automatically assume that a man always does the flying.

After Landing Checklist

~Picks of the Week~

Eric: Polk State College is about to become the first state institution in Florida to offer a four year degree in aviation.

Victoria: Bring Fido Web site to find pet friendly places to stay when you are flying to your next $100 hamburger!

Rick: First Air Force One The story of the first plane to be called Air Force One, which is the only plane to use that call sign and not be preserved in a museum or other other collection.

Carl: Aviation: The Invisible Highway This is a new movie coming out next year about flying and what it means to so many people.

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