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Today’s show marks the triumphant return of our beloved and sassy Victoria Zajko as she fills us in on all the exciting news from her absence including the amazing statistics from 2013’s Women of Aviation Week Worldwide events. Rick’s recent flight with a CFI conducting simulated engine out procedures invokes an interesting conversation about pitching down when it may seem completely counterintuitive. And Carl wraps it up with a story and explanation about his first autolanding in the Airbus A320 on an ILS during 1,400 RVR. All that and more coming up right now!
Pre-Flight
From July 26-28th, 2013 the Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport in Readington, NJ will feature over 100 hot air balloons, flights, entertainment, headlining bands, fireworks, plus more. As one of the nations greats balloon events this is not to be missed.
Cruise Flight
Show Notes
- Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
- Canada takes it all
- Frederick Women Fly It Forward
- Northampton MA airport
- Calhoun Air Center
- Astronaut Pam Melroy
- Traveling Space Museum
- Simulated engine failures
- Stretching the glide
- Best glide speed
- Flaring the jet
- Norwood MA airport
- Airbus A320 Autoland tutorial
- Low visibility taxi routes
- Overwater flying
- Low visibility takeoffs
- Checklist usage
- Auto brakes
- ILS 22L KJFK
- Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
- Unsuccessful landings
After Landing Checklist
~ Picks of The Week ~
- Sean – Aviation Museum of Kentucky
- Victoria – Airfare America
- Carl – Coconut Flyers Group
- Len – myRadar iOS app
- Rick – Breitling Reno Air Race iOS game