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SMAC050 – The Show About 50’s – Our 50th Flight, 50th Hour, 50th Airplane, & More!

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Holy takeoffs and landings, Batman – We’ve hit 50 episodes! To celebrate our 50th show each co-host spent time going through their pilot logbooks to find and share some of their 50th flying events. From their 50th logbook entry, to the 50th hour flown, 50th landing, 50th aircraft flown, and a whole heap of other 50’s! This is our golden episode, the show about 50’s, where we reminisce in logbook memories.

Don’t forget to share your 50th logbook events with us in the comment section below and click that Like, Share, Tweet button to spread the love!

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Announcements

  • AIR Pro’s Cookouts – Victoria’s employer and aircraft insurance company, Aviation Insurance Resources, has resumed their annual hangar cookouts which they host Friday evenings, weather permitting. You don’t have to be customer or local resident to enjoy one of KFDK’s most beloved summer traditions so drive or fly on over!
  • Pensacola Beach Airshow – July 12th and 13th, “Witness exhilarating stunts and heart-stopping maneuvers… Civilian aircraft will perform aerial acrobatics over the Gulf of Mexico during a weekend of high-flying fun.” (from the airshow website)
  • FAAST Events – The FAA Safety Team will resume their monthly events in the Clearwater, FL on the 1st Tuesday of every month at the National Aviation Academy. Co-host Carl Valeri will be speaking at some of these events.
  • SMAC Meetup – To celebrate the our 50th show we’re hosting an open invitation meetup on June 22nd at Pilot Pete’s in Schaumburg, IL (06C). We’ll be having cake and gift bags for everyone that can make it. All avgeeks are welcome and we hope to see you there!
  • Favorite $100 Hamburger Joints – we’ve started an online discussion about favorite $100 hamburger joints and would love to hear from you. Tell us about your favorite spot be it the food, location, type of approach, etc. If you’ve got menu recommendations you can include those, too. Use #benburger to track the conversation on Twitter.

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Show Notes

  • Logbook 50s
  • 50th Entry
  • 50th Hour
  • 50th Day Landing
  • 50th Aircraft Flown
  • 50th Hour PIC
  • First Flight at 50 Years or Older
  • 50th Landing
  • 50th Night Landing
  • 50th Cross-Country Hour
  • 50th Hour Solo
  • 50th Instrument Approach
  • 50th Flight with Someone
  • 50th Hour in the Airbus
  • 50th Hour as Airline Captain
  • 50th Hour of Training
  • 50th Blogbook Post
  • 50th Flight as Airline Captain

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Radio Tuned, Volume Up, We Are Listening

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Meeting the US Navy Blue Angels

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Back in the early spring of 2011 I had become aware of an air show coming to the Lynchburg Regional Airport (KLYH) in Lynchburg, Virginia. Having spent 5 years of my life living in Lynchburg, in addition to working as a flight instructor at KYLH, I immediately planned to attend the air show just to see the Blue Angels in my old “backyard” on May 21st, 2011.

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago, a good friend of mine from Lynchburg had called to discuss meeting up during my upcoming visit to town. It turns out his wife, who works for Freedom Aviation (the sponsor and organizer of the air show) was in need of some volunteers to work the air show. I quickly volunteered myself in addition to my roommate and my special lady friend.

Volunteering at the air show gave us, in addition to free admission, access to the VIP seating area and the private dinner reception after the air show. Of course we had some work to do throughout the day but there was still plenty of time to enjoy the demonstrations and snap some great photos.

US Navy Blue Angels dinnerDuring the post air show dinner reception, we were joined by the entire US Navy Blue Angels crew, from the pilots, to maintenance, the ENTIRE group was there. They arrived to dinner in style, sporting a a motorcade of Lincoln Town Cars, SUV’s, and mini-vans. Upon entering the dinner reception the crowd broke out in a full standing ovation and round of applause. The Angels, after all, hadn’t been to Lynchburg since 1982, some 29 years ago! The locals were happy to see them on their home turf once again.

After being presented a “Key To The City” of Lynchburg by the Mayor, the Blue Angels joined the dinner reception by immediately engaging the attendees in a warm, friendly, sociable manner introducing themselves to everyone they could. We took that opportunity to snap a few photos with the pilots of course.

One thing I was impressed with was their humble and appreciative attitude to have been invited to perform in Lynchburg. Every Blue Angel we met thanked us for our hospitality and volunteer work and were extremely outgoing. Not a single one of them denied a photo or autograph request, even if they were immersed in their dinner. They all took a few moments to dedicate to each person whom approached them and I was very impressed with their friendly and welcoming demeanor. I guess I thought they might be a little cocky. I mean, their like the world’s greatest pilots, right?

The entire experience with the US Navy Blue Angels only made me respect them even more. If you ever have the chance to catch one of their performances at an air show near you, run, don’t walk, straight to the ticket line!

Clear Skies & Calm Winds,

Len @ ThePilotReport.com