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Episode #17a – A Sebring Sport Aviation Expo Special Edition

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In Episode 17 we announced that our Stuck Mic AvCast co-host Carl Valeri would be in attendance at the 2012 US Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, FL. After 3 days of visiting with venders, watching speakers, and most importantly meeting you folks in the field, we’ve compiled an entire show around his Sebring interviews.

Cruise Flight

Interviews with:

After Landing Checklist

~ Picks of the Week ~

No Picks of the Week were included in this bonus episode.

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

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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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Clarity Aloft Aviation Headset Video Review

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***View this video in all its High Definition glory!

The Clarity Aloft Aviation Headset was one of the first noise cancellation headsets to use passive noise reduction technology instead of the conventional active noise reduction (battery operated).  The way this is achieved is by using an in the ear design versus the over the head, over the ear aviation headset style you’re used to seeing.

Because this headset is in the ear instead of over the ear, it provides noise reduction in the same manner in which a set of normal earplugs does – simply squeeze the ear tips and insert them into your ears and *tadah* the noise is greatly reduced.  Also, this means no more messing around with batteries or coming back to a dead headset because you forget to turn the noise-cancellation off.

I’ve personally been using this Clarity Aloft Aviation Headset for over 5 years now with roughly 2,200 hours of flight time logged on them.  So when I say they are comfortable and amazing it’s because they really are!

That being said, here’s some of the headsets features:

  1. Passive noise reduction (no batteries)
  2. Noise canceling microphone
  3. Replaceable ear tips
  4. Low-profile, feather weight headband
  5. Auxiliary audio input (MP3 player)
  6. No painful head-crushing, clamping effect
  7. All day comfort

Watch the video above for a complete demonstration!

Additional manufacturer information can be found at the Clarity Aloft Aviation Headset website.

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