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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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Episode #5 – Stuck Mic Tirades, Scenario Based Training, & Stabilized Approaches

Episode #5 was all about you, an entire episode of answering listener mail. We had some great questions and submissions and really enjoyed taking time to answer them. Please continue to submit your questions and feedback via blog comments, Twitter, and email and we’ll be sure to answer them on the air! And remember we have 2 flight instructors that can answer your flying questions, too.

In this show we chat about:

1. Using MotionX GPS iPad app for uncontrolled airport taxiway reference
 2. Flying with the Anywhere Map GPS & Weather handheld
3. The Southwest Airlines Stuck Mic Tirade
4. All about Scenario Based Training
5. Flying Stabilized Approaches
6. A recommended NOAA weather service
7. Buying and flying turbo charged airplanes

Picks Of The Week – each of the co-hosts shares an aviation related product, service, and/or website that they’ve found useful

Victoria – Adventure Pilot

Rick – Hand E Holder

Carl – AirNav.com

Len – NFlightCam+

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