Episode #7 – Oshkosh Highlights, Water Ditching an Aircraft, & Engine Failures on Takeoff

Here it is – Episode #7 of the Stuck Mic AvCast! My gosh we’re having soooo much fun recording and sharing these podcasts with you all. Today’s episode has some particularly great gold nuggets of information and some pretty hilarious moments of tomfoolery, too. So let’s get started!

Pre-Flight

*Review of the joint UCAP & Stuck Mic AvCast brunch meet up at the Midfield Cafe at Boire Field, Nashua, NH (KASH)
*Oshkosh Airventure 2011 Highlights by Victoria and Len

Cruise Flight

*Women in Aviation Forum on how to run a woman friendly aviation business
*Ditching an aircraft in water – how to egress and other survival tips
*The Impossible Turn – what to do when your engine quits on takeoff
*Picking an active runway at non-towered airports – how to handle other traffic flying non-standard patterns

After Landing Checklist

Picks of The Week

Victoria – Crooked Island Lodge, Bahamas

Rick – Clarity Aloft Aviation Headset

Len – AvPad iPad Kneeboard

Carl – DunkYou Water Egress Training

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NOTAMs Video Interview: AvPad iPad Pilot Kneeboard with Michael Ladd

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Welcome to another video in our Notice To Airmen Series (NOTAMs) of video interviews! In this series, I sit down with various aviation business owners and professionals in order to get to know the proprietors in addition to learning more about their products and services available to us in the aviation community.

Do you use your beloved iPad in the cockpit while flying? Wish you had a better kneeboard solution? Enter, AvPad! AvPad is a new iPad Pilot Kneeboard designed BY pilots FOR pilots. Watch this interview with inventor Michael Ladd as he shares how he came up with the idea for AvPad and bringing his concept to market, including product walkthrough and photos.

Clear Skies & Calm Winds,

Len @ ThePilotReport.com