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SMAC041 – Flying Resolutions, Tailwheel Adventures, and the 787

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Glad to have you back for Episode #41! Carl has some exciting news to share about learning to fly the Airbus A320 at a new airline including some stories about jumping out of the airplane in his water ditching class. Also, we’ve had a temporary co-host restructuring – Victoria has been extremely busy as the US Team Leader in charge of organizing and assisting with Women Fly It Forward events throughout the United States that she needed more time to dedicate to those pursuits. While we surely do miss her spunky, ginger perspective on all things flying, please welcome our friend and listener Sean Moody as the interim co-host!

Listen in to learn more about Sean, how he got started flying, his background, and even his new volunteer position with Stuck Mic AvCast! We’re very excited to have him on board not only as an interim co-host but to help out behind in the scenes in an effort to assist us in delivering more quality content for your enjoyment. Don’t forget to Follow Sean on Twitter.

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A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the entire crew of Plane Crazy Down Under for approaching their 100th Episode! As fellow mates and podcasters we know what a crowning achievement this is and wish Grant, Steve, and the everyone at PCDU a prosperous future. In addition, co-host Len Costa will be visiting the Aussie guys in March for what is likely to be a memorable vacation in the land of kangaroos, Vegemite, and Coopers Vintage Ale.

In the spirit of Oz accomplishments, we recommend you check out the Australian Airshow from February 26th through March 3rd, 2013 located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. This event is a 2 part show consisting of the Trade Exhibition followed by the Public Airshow. If you happen to find yourself down under you should check out this event!

Cruise Flight

2013 Aviation Resolutions

  • Sean – Work on his CFI Certificate
  • Rick – Work on his Instrument Rating
  • Carl – Pursue a type rating in the B-25
  • Len – More GA flying including tailwheel time

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SMAC040a – Freshman Year at Purdue University’s Aviation Technology Program with Andrew Blanchard

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Screen Shot 2013-01-19 at 4.11.45 PMIf you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to study aviation at the college or university level, then this special episode is for you. Co-host Rick Felty sat down for a one-on-one interview with Andrew

Blanchard, private pilot and freshman at Purdue University’s College of Technology. Andrew is specifically enrolled in the Undergraduate Professional Flight Technology program within Purdue’s Aviation Technology school and at the time of this interview had just completed his first semester.

In this episode you get some background on Andrew including his evaluation of different programs at other schools and why he chose Purdue. Then we discuss the program itself with first hand insight into how it works, what a typical day is like and how the program rolls out in the semesters ahead.

But a big part of our discussion is the flying itself. From the fleet of Cirrus SR-20’s to a review of a few recent cross-country flights, Andrew gives us all an idea of what this kind of training is like at the University level.

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