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Episode #23 – Space Race, Apollo Moon Program, & R/C Aircraft

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Have you ever been curious what it might have been like to work behind the scenes during America’s Space Race? Today’s show brings you an inside look from the perspective of an aerospace engineer on designing and building the very systems that put our countrymen into outer space, including his participation in saving the lives of those aboard Apollo 13. Join us as we interview Harlan Neuville about working under NASA contract and much more!

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Episode #22 – Sun N Fun Domination, Ignoring ATC, & Flying With Pets

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Ooooooooweeeee, what a great show we’ve got lined up for you today! Carl and Len report on their exploits and tomfoolery from Sun N Fun 2012, Rick updates us on the happenings with our friends at Terrafugia and their roadable aircraft, Len shares a story about telling air traffic control to piss off, Victoria gives us some pointers on special considerations when flying with your furry loved ones, no not your husband but your pets, and Carls talks about severe turbulence signs and flight characteristics.

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Victoria – Pet Friendly Travel, Dog Friendly Destinations, Axels Food & Ice Cream Merrimack, NH

Carl – Pilots N Paws volunteer pet transport

Rick – Flying Car Film documents the progress of Terrafugia and the roadable aircraft

Len – Patient Airlift Services volunteer medical transport

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Episode #19 – Personal Pilot Limitations, Flying With A CFI, & First Impressions of Cirrus SR22

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This is Episode 19 of the Stuck Mic AvCast, an aviation podcast about Learning To Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly! Today’s show is all about Personal Pilot Limitations, Flying With A CFI, First Impressions of the Cirrus SR22, Single Pilot Resource Management, Red Tails the Movie, and more!

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This is the part of the show where we share our announcements. First on the list today is a congratulations to our very own Carl Valeri for his appointment under the Tampa, FL FSDO as an aviation safety representative! Great job, Carl, and thanks for your dedication to keeping general aviation pilots safer.

Second announcement is that Carl and Len of the Stuck Mic AvCast crew will be broadcasting LIVE on Sun N Fun radio Saturday, March 31st at 6:30PM Eastern or 2230 Zulu. You can tune into AM 1510 on your radio for those folks in the Florida area OR find us through the Sun N Fun radio streaming broadcast provided by our friends at LiveATC.net at LiveATC.net/snf! We’re working on some additional air time during the week long event so keep an eye on our Stuck Mic Twitter feed for more info.

And for our third and final announcement, over the last few episodes you’ve been hearing us talk about the Women Fly It Forward event our very own Victoria Neuville is hosting at the Frederick Municipal Airport, Frederick, MD. She’s excited to announce that registration had to close 3 weeks early due to the overwhelming reception and interest by local area women. Some 250 women are signed up to fly at this general aviation event on March 10, 2012 and we’ll be there volunteering and sharing the days events online. Congratulations to you Ms Neuville and your hard work to expose more women to the wonderful world of aviation! Join us for the LIVE video broadcast of Women Fly It Forward on Ustream.

Now onto the show notes…

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Victoria – Single Pilot Resource Management

Rick – Zinio Digital Newsstand on iOS for aviation magazines

Len – Northern Companion portable aircraft engine preheater

Carl – Red Tails the Movie

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Episode #18 – Aircraft Accidents, Recurrent Training, & Pilot Proficiency

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Both Carl and Len are airline pilots and go through a great deal of recurrent flight and ground training each year. As an airline Captain, Carl has recurrent ground training once a year and recurrent simulator every six months. As an airline First Office, Len has has the same except his simulator training is only once every 12 months.

As general aviation pilots, we’re only required to have a flight review every 24 months. Do you think that’s safe? Do you think that’s enough to maintain your proficiency for your flight certificates? During this episode, we spent a great deal of time discussing recurrent pilot training, how to stay proficient, and sharing co-host methods for staying safe in their respective aircraft including some excellent reasons why recurrent training is not only important, but extremely beneficial.

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You may recall in a previous episode the announcement that Victoria was hosting a Women Fly it Forward event at the Frederick Municipal Airport, Frederick, MD KFDK on March 10th. This day is an opportunity for women of all ages to experience their very first airplane ride for FREE as a way to promote aviation to more women. Victoria is PROUD TO ANNOUNCE that ERA pilot Sarah Fraher of Flying Wild Alaska fame will be in attendance at Women Fly It Forward to help promote and share aviation with the ladies in attendance. Don’t miss this event on March 10th! Register today – seats are filling up fast.

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Rick – Gene Benson Aviation

Victoria – US Wings Pilot Shop

Len – GoPro Hero 2 HD Video Camera. Camera capabilities: Glasair Demo Flight & Women Fly It Forward Promo example videos

Carl – Tailwinds Cafe

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