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Today we bring a fun interview with a really cool pilot, aircraft and aviation business owner, who’s fortunate to fly from his own backyard runway, leaping into the Oregon wilderness for all the off-airport flying adventures one can handle! Brendan O’Mara of CRAZEDpilot.com shares his experiences flying Kitfox aircraft, the reliability of Rotax engines, what it’s like to operate into his 16% grade grass-runway in his backyard, and a whole bunch more.

Time to saddle up and get your listen on for this Episode 54 sponsored by ForPilotsOnly.com.

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Pre-Flight

Announcements

Air Transport World Eco-Aviation Conference – “ATW’s 6th Annual Eco-Aviation Conference & Awards will focus on overall sustainability, affordability and overcoming political hurdles within the air transport industry, particularly those social, economic and environmental developments that will improve and have a lasting effect on the industry’s future environmental performance.” This years event will take place at the Westin City Center, Washington, DC on September 11th and 12th.
Stuck Mic AvCast Blog Posts – Some new additions to the website that are worth your while to read up on, Mom, Where Do Airplanes Go When They Die?, What’s In A Callsign?, No Second Chances, and Where’s Baldo – July 2013 Edition. Check those out for some reading enjoyment!

Cruise Flight

Show Notes

Meet Brendan O’Mara
Getting into flying
Powered-Parachute Flying
Kitfox Aircraft
Folding wing design
Frequency of flying
Backyard runway
Kitfox variations
Tundra tires
Buying homebuilt airplanes
Homebuilt regulations
Homebuilt insurance
Rotax Engines
Backcountry Flying
Flying M Ranch Lodge
“Pioneering”
CrazedPilot.com

After Landing Checklist

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This Episode Is Sponsored By

In the world of aviation, relationships are king. That’s why we’ve decided to partner up with the folks at CRAZEDpilot.com to serve as an affiliate for their products!

The reality is people do business with people. And Stuck Mic AvCast founder Len Costa has spent a great deal of time speaking with and becoming good friends with both Brendan and Dan of CRAZEDpilot and can personally speak for not only their friendly attitude but their excellent customer service. We highly recommend you check them out if you’re looking for such aviation products as: DVD’s, Headsets, Pilot Gear, Aircraft Gear, and More!

In the interest of full disclosure, being an affiliate means that Stuck Mic AvCast will receive a commission from any products that you buy using our links. Those commissions support the operational costs of the website and podcast and we know you’re cool with that so we just wanted to be upfront with you. That being said, we usually only share things we consider safe for our lovely Mother, but we have to mention it either way.

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