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That’s right, only 10 days left until our 30 Days Of Thanks offer expires!

From now until December 29th, use coupon code THANKS2013 during checkout and you’ll receive $20 OFF The Practical Guide To Winter Flying e-course.

You’ve heard about it in the last few episodes so here’s your chance to take advantage of our loyal listener offer before it’s too late. Once this coupon expires it will NEVER be offered again!

Visit PracticalGuideToWinterFlying.com right now, during checkout enter coupon code THANKS2013, click “Apply” and you’ll automatically get the course for this one-time price of $47.

Happy Holidays and thanks for your listenership in 2013!

Until next time…

Fly Smart, Fly Safe,

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SMAC062 – Broken Throttles, The AirCam, & Our Aviation Holiday Wish List

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Episode 62 returns with your favorite group of aviation misfits – Carl, Victoria, Rick, Sean, and Len and holiday season is in full effect!

In this episode we share and discuss some listener mail from Ron, who, tells us about an emergency landing he made due to a broken throttle cable. Then the SMAC gang reveals their holiday aviation wish list. If you’re feeling generous, we’re sure we can find some hangar space to store those gifts you send us *wink wink*.

So grab a hot buttered rum or beverage of your choice cuz it’s podcastin’ time!

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Announcements

  • Sebring Sport Aviation Expo is coming up next month. From January 16th to 19th this event focuses on Sport Aircraft and the Sport Pilot Certificate with exhibitors, static aircraft displays, forums, speakers, workshops, and a bunch more. Carl expects to be there volunteering for Expo Radio which will be broadcast live, on the web.
  • Friend and fellow aviation podcaster, Stephen Force of Airspeed, has spent the last year and a half preparing, producing, and sharing his chronicles from air show spectator to air show performer in his three-part series called Inside Airshows. A worthy achievement worth your time to check out and enjoy.
  • SPECIAL THANK YOU for the nominations we received for the 2013 Podcast Awards. We didn’t make it to the final round this time but we’re determined to make a run for it again in 2014. Stay posted next year for details on how to vote for us.
  • Sign up to become a Stuck Mic AvCast VIP! Get all of our content delivered right to your email inbox including sneak preview access to episodes before they release to the general public. Sign up at StuckMicAvCast.com/VIP.
  • Our “30 Days Of Thanks” celebration is still running strong. Get $20 OFF The Practical Guide To Winter Flying course by using coupon code “thanks2013” during checkout. This is our way of thanking you for your loyalty and listenership in 2013. The coupon expires 12/29/13 so make sure you act fast!
  • Shout out to our rockin’ sponsors, Aviation Universe and For Pilots Only for supporting this episode! We really enjoy having you on our team.

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Show Notes

As mentioned before, the first part of the show is spent sharing and discussing listener mail from Ron of RightSeatFlying.com about an emergency landing he had to make in San Jose as a fairly new pilot, on a major holiday no less. Ron shares his story – Broken Throttle Cable In-Flight? Here’s One Outcome – where we learn about the HUGE clue to what, we believe is, a major red flag to help you recognize a possible engine control cable failure.

Then we share the following aviation holiday wish list items:

  • Rick – Cirrus SR22 for fast and long range travel. Bird Dog or Cub for low and slow. And a hangar to house them all.
  • Sean – Vans RV12 for the fast and upside down flying. Garmin D2 pilot watch.
  • Carl – G-Shock Aviation Watches. AirCam for low and slow adventures. Powered Parachute flight.
  • Victoria – Garmin VIRB action camera. TBM850 for speed, long rage, and all weather capabilities. Got a spare one sitting around? She’ll be happy to babysit it for you.
  • Len – Shell 100 Unleaded AvGas. OpenAirplane success and expansion. Electric engines. Creative ways to make aviation more affordable.

On January 1st, 2014 we WILL NOT be releasing a regular episode. Instead, we’ve prepared a “Best Of SMAC” show containing our favorite bits and pieces from the archives. Look for that on New Years Day 2014!

We close the show today with our second yearly tradition of playing the Podsafe Christmas Song. A fun parody of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

With all that being said – HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and yours! Safe travels and we’ll see you back here in 2014 🙂

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30 Days Of Thanks Special Discount Offer

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We here at the Stuck Mic AvCast are SOOOO grateful for your loyalty and listenership!

To show that appreciation, we’re running a special 30 Days Of Thanks discount offer with $20 OFF our online training course, The Practical Guide To Winter Flying.

Learn more about the course at PracticalGuideToWinterFlying.com

Simply use coupon code thanks2013 during the checkout process to receive this discount offer. The coupon will be valid for 30 days starting today, November 29th, 2013, and ends on December 29th, 2013.

This is our year-end, holiday gift to you because we genuinely appreciate you tuning in month after month and know this course will really help you understand winter flying operations.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again — we would NOT be here today if it wasn’t for you. So honestly, from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU.

And don’t forget to claim this offer before it expires! PracticalGuideToWinterFlying.com

Until next time…

Fly Smart, Fly Safe,

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SMAC060 – Precision GPS Approaches, Midair Collisions, And Parachutes

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Episode 60 is on the air with your favorite group of aviation insomniacs – Carl, Victoria, Rick, Sean, and Len. We’ve got the whole gang together!

In today’s episode we talk about how Len learned something new at work in the past couple of weeks. Have you ever made a GLS approach? Learn everything you need to know about this new precision approach making its way to an airport near you. There’s also video floating around the internet of two skydiving planes colliding while the jumpers and one of the pilots parachute to safety. The co-hosts talk about their reactions to that video as well as what might happen if they find themselves in a similar situation including their thoughts on the merits and uses of parachutes for pilots and for airplanes.

So lets kick the tires and light the fires cuz it’s SMAC time! Here we go.

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Announcements

  • Centennial of Commercial Flight – January 1, 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the first commercial airline flight in the USA. This flight departed from St. Petersburg, FL for Tampa, FL in 1914 and was flown in a bi-wing seaplane called the “Benoist Airboat.” Mayor Abe Pheil of St. Pete won an auction to be that first passenger and a Florida group is working to recreate that flight next year.
  • Our podcast sponsor, Aviation Universe, has donated $500 of prizes for Women of Aviation Week 2014. 20 winners will get receive one of the $25 gift certificates.
  • SMAC VIP List – Sign up to become a Stuck Mic AvCast VIP! We’ll deliver all of our content right to your inbox and you’ll even get sneak peeks at episodes before we publish them to the general public.
  • Practical Guide to Winter Flying – Our Practical Guide to Winter Flying Course is now available! Len and Carl put together their combined general aviation and airline experience to help you become more aware of some of the hazards of winter flying and how to mitigate them.
  • Shout out to our sponsors, Aviation Universe and For Pilots Only for supporting this episode, we sincerely appreciate you!

Listener Mail

  • Gérard enjoys listening to the podcast to and from work in Ottawa, Canada. He tells us to try landing at CYRO instead of CYOW to avoid landing fees plus some other helpful information about CYRO. We share his listener mail on the air, PLUS, you can read it here: Flying to Ottawa? Here’s One Recommendation.

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Show Notes

  • GLS Approaches – GPS-based precision approaches
  • GLS Grows in Popularity
  • Unbelievable video of two skydiving planes colliding
  • Are jump pilots required to wear parachutes?
  • How difficult is it to exit an out-of-control airplane?
  • What do you do in a midair?
  • If you’re wearing a parachute, when/how do you jump?
  • Cornfield Bomber – The pilot of an F-106 ejected after the airplane entered a spin, only to see the plane recover itself and continue flying on its own until it glided into a farmer’s cornfield with minimal damage

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