Episode #6 – Flight Instructor Day Rates, Flight Review Substitutes, and Flying Scholarships

Thanks for tuning in to the Stuck Mic AvCast for Episode #6!

In this episode, Victoria explains how she hired a flight instructor and aircraft on a daily rate in order to complete her Commercial Certificate flight training, Rick did his very first flight review and shares the full story in detail, Carl tells us how you can avoid doing a flight review ever again by substituting other training and proficiency courses, the FAA Wings Program, Special Use Airspace, our Picks of the Week and much, much, more!

Complete Episode 6 Details:

Flight Reviews
– About the Garmin G1000 Glass Flight Deck
Flight Review Substitutes
– The FAA Wings Proficiency program
– Navigating Special Use Airspace

Picks Of The Week

Carl – AirNav.com iPhone App

Victoria – Women in Aviation International Flight Scholarships

Rick – Brightline Flight Bags

Len – iFlightPlanner.com

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Announcing: Winners of The Pilot Report Birthday Bash Software Giveaway

The Pilot Report Birthday Bash software giveaway contest was a great success. Many of you signed up at our Facebook Page to enter this contest and I’m grateful for you sharing this with your friends and family.

To pick the winners of this software giveaway I entered the names of all the folks who’ve liked us on Facebook into a Random Line Picker. The names were then shuffled 10 times before outputting 21 names at random.

The names of those 21 lucky winners of the Double Dog Studios flying applications are:

Bob Albertson
Charles Reiche
Marty Lewandowski
Masoud Arabiyoun
Keith J. Jones
Andy Matthews
Jake Harris
Sina Rad
Russ Talbot
Joe Ward
Larry Overstreet
Harry Chinokoro
Jason Ensminger
John Ford
Antonios Petritidis
Colin Maitland
Todd McClamroch
George Opreff
Gary Ramsey
Carl Valeri
Stephen Ruby

If your name was on the above list simply send an email to ThePilotReport at gmail dot com with your name in the subject field and your Facebook URL in the body for verification purposes. Once your identity has been verified I will send you the promo code for your free application with instructions on how to redeem your gift.

To find your Facebook URL, login to Facebook, click “Profile” in the top right menu bar, once your profile finishes loading in your web browser, just copy the URL from the browser address bar and paste it into the body of your prize claim email.

These promo codes are only valid for 30 days so if I don’t receive your prize claim email before June 1 all unclaimed prizes will then be distributed at my discretion.

Thanks again for all your interest and support during our first year at ThePilotReport.com and here’s to another year together!

Clear Skies & Calm Winds,

Len @ ThePilotReport.com