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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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