SMAC067 – Forced Landings Gone Bad & Tips For Not Landing At The Wrong Airport

 

And we’re back with episode 67 of your beloved Stuck Mic AvCast!

Recently in New Zealand, a pilot made a forced landing on a beach after experiencing an engine failure in flight. Once safely on the ground it was determined (details sketchy) that the engine was once again operational. A takeoff was attempted which led to the aircraft impacting the water and damaging the aircraft. Fortunately, both the pilot and passenger were unharmed. And we discuss some of the considerations you evaluate if you were to encounter similar circumstances.

Speaking of landings… With all the US news about airplanes landing at the wrong airports, we discuss some of our personal tips and tricks that we use every day to help minimize this risk and help identify your correct airport and runway. You’ll even hear about which co-host’s nearly landed at the wrong airport and how they were alerted of the error in progress.

So let’s get to it, shall we?

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  • Women of Aviation Worldwide Week is just around the corner. From March 3rd to March 9th, this week celebrates women and their accomplishments in aviation as well as exposing more women to the love of flight. Our very own Victoria Zajko is hard at work as always and we wish her a successful event this year.
  • From CNN we bring you an article on the 14 Best Aviation Museums around the world. Turns out we’ve been a quite a few of them and look forward to checking out some new ones in our travels.
  • Also coming up this month is the March Field Airfest at March Air Reserve Base in California. This 2-day event on March 22nd and 23rd will feature the usual suspects of air shows, static aircraft displays, and other attractions. This years notable performers are the US Navy Blue Angles. If you’ve never seen them before then you better make it a point to! The performance is simply mind-boggling with the high speed, close proximity maneuvers, that will dazzle your eyes. Check it out.
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  • Shout out to Lora, Richard, and the entire Aviation Universe gang for supporting this episode. We love having you on the team!

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Show Notes

After Landing Checklist

~ Picks Of The Week ~

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

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…

Cruise Flight

After Landing Checklist

~ Picks of The Week ~

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

Listen to Episode 19 Below