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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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Announcing: The Stuck Mic AvCast – An NEW Aviation Podcast

***Watch in Fabulous High Defintion***

I’m extremely proud to announce the launch of our very first aviation podcast episode over at StuckMicAvCast.com!

This new aviation podcast will be co-hosted by VIctoria Neuville, Rick Felty, and Carl Valeri.

VIctoria is a GA flying enthusiast working towards her commercial pilot certificate. She blogs over at toriaflies.blogspot.com.

Rick is also a GA flying enthusiast preparing to start his instrument training. He also creates amazing mulit-angled in-flight flying vides available on his YouTube channel.

Carl is an airline captain and a flight instructor. He blogs over at ExpertAviator.com where he writes about “Increasing your aviation knowledge one blog post at a time.” Carl is also featured on Fox news from time to time as an aviation expert.

And then there’s me, Len. If you don’t know who I am yet then let me give you the 2 cent tour. ThePilotReport.com is my website where I blog about aviation product reviews, demos, and share relevant aviation news. I’m also an airline first officer and a flight instructor.

With all the varying levels of flight experience and time logged amongst the 4 podcast co-hosts, I’m confident you’ll enjoy our bi-montly episodes which will include such things as:

– Flying techniques, some basic, some advanced
– Flight instruction discussions
– Technical aspects of flying from point A to B
– Group discussions on aviation products in the cockpit
– Virtual hangar flying
– Adventures from live events such as airshows
– And much, much more!

The podcast will be available soon via iTunes or you can listen directly from the website. This is an “enhanced podcast” which means there are images and website links embedded in the audio sessions that are viewable when listening through iTunes, iPad, iPhone, or iPod making the Stuck Mic AvCast interactive!

We’ll also include video episodes and other enhancements like downloadable PDF’s from time to time.

So get started listening today over at StuckMicAvCast.com! Don’t forget to Follow Us on Twitter and Like Us on Facebook to get all the episodes and updates as soon as they become available.

Clear Skies & Calm Winds,

Len @ ThePilotReport.com