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Win FREE @Scheyden Sunglasses at #SnF13 from Heaven’s Angels!

April 12, 2013 by Stuck Mic AvCast Leave a Comment

When pilots demand precision from their eyewear in the cockpit they trust Scheyden. And thanks to Chris at AviationJunkie.net we’re going to raffle off ONE pair of Scheyden Panorama sunglasses at SUN n FUN!

Panoroma’s Features

“The largest style in the fleet, the Panorama offers full wrap protection in a resilient Cedar Rolled Composite frame. 100% UV protected lenses include crystal clear clarity with an Anti-Reflective coating.” – Scheyden website.

These lenses provide up to 6x scratch resistance, unmatched optical quality, provide the lowest distortion rate, and are both oil and water resistant. Don’t miss this opportunity to win!

How to Enter

We’ve placed a box at SUN n FUN Radio marked “Stuck Mic AvCast” where you can submit your name or business card for an opportunity to win these Scheyden sunglasses valued at $309!

ONLY one entry per person and you MUST be present to win.

Drawing Saturday, April 13th at 2:oo PM

The drawing will be held on Saturday, April 13th at 2:00 PM on the deck of SUN n FUN Radio located next to the Sunset Grill as noted in block D3 of the SUN n FUN Convention Map.

Names will drawn by the beautiful angels from Heaven’s Landing who’ve so graciously agreed to join us in presenting this par of precision Sheyden eyewear to our lucky winner.

What Are You Waiting For?

Run, don’t walk, over to the SUN n FUN Radio station and enter to win!

SMAC034 – First Solos & How to Maximize Flight Training

October 15, 2012 by Stuck Mic AvCast 6 Comments

Thanks for joining us again on this edition of the Stuck Mic AvCast! Before we get started today an apology and best wishes to us all from co-host Carl Valeri as he was not able to be with us on today’s show. We did, however, find a stunt double to step in with our VERY FIRST guest co-host, one Mr Larry Overstreet. For those of you not familiar with Larry, Len interviewed him for Episode #31a – Learning to Glide with Larry Overstreet which we highly recommend you have a listen to not only to meet Larry but to also to learn more about soaring.

Pre-Flight

First of the show announcements is the Meet Us in Mohave event on October 19th through October 21st. This meetup is the 2012 CalPilot Annual Meeting and features next generation space pioneers, sailplane rides in high-performance gliders, static aircraft displays and a bunch more.

For those of you looking to get your kids or younger family members into flying, there’s an upcoming Young Eagles day at Robinsville, IL on October 20th at the Crawford County Airport. The Young Eagles program is put on by volunteer pilots for the purposes of taking children ages 8-17 for their first airplane ride, for FREE. There’s also going to be hamburgers, brats, car show, and raffles to name a few.

There’s a new non-profit in town, the Institute for Women of Aviation Worldwide and our very own co-host Victoria Neuville is the Director so make sure to congratulate her! The purpose of iWOAW is bring businesses and organizations together to foster the diversity and growth in the air and space industries by outreach and educational programs aimed towards men and women working together in harmony.

Lastly, there’s our “What’s Great About Greenland?” segment. Today’s fun fact about Greenland, besides it’s hard to pronounce names, are it’s costal waterways. With over 1,300 km of waterway from north to south you can enjoy a journey from town to town much like that of a cruise ship.

Cruise Flight

After Landing Checklist

~ Picks of The Week ~

Victoria – Sportys First Solo Trophy

Larry – Cub Air Flight School and My First Solo

Rick – FAR/AIM iOS App

Len – UND Aerospace Podcast

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Episode #32a – Flying Tailwheel with Paul Santopietro

September 23, 2012 by Stuck Mic AvCast 7 Comments

Recently co-host Rick Felty had a chance to fly with and simultaneously interview Paul Santopietro, a 13,000 hour pilot, ATP, CFII, MEI, Commercial Glider, Commercial Single Engine Sea and 8,000 hour tailwheel pilot. The interview was conducted during cruise flight at about 2000 feet above southeastern Massachusetts while flying in a Cessna L-19 Bird Dog. With an old-school stick and rudder approach to flying and his affable manner, Paul discusses the unique challenges of tailwheel flying, the history of the Bird Dog itself, with a few other fun stories thrown in.

For part of the year, Paul is based on the east coast of Florida, but spends his summers teaching tailwheel flying at 1B2, Katama’s grass field on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Paul can be reached mainly via email at birdogdrivr@aol.com or visit his web site at LearnTailwheel.com (currently being renovated).

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Episode #29 – Porpoising, Flying in Canada, & OpenAirplane

August 1, 2012 by Stuck Mic AvCast 12 Comments

Welcome home for another episode of the Stuck Mic AvCast! Rick shares a story about a flight where he experienced some porpoising which led to a group discussion on tips and techniques to help reduce porpoising and ideas for recovery. We also speak about flying into Canada from the United States which stemmed from a flight Carl did where a crew member got detained in customs. This led Carl into some research about Canadian flying where he discovered some helpful information to minimize your time with Customs in addition to some real world experience shared by Len from a flight he did to London, Ontario in a Piper Seminole. And then we wrap up the show with the co-hosts Picks of the Week and share our thoughts about the ever-so-cool OpenAirplane.

Pre-Flight

The Albert Whitted Airport Preservation Society is hosting a cookout and lunch for fundraising to help keep the airport open both at 11:30AM on August 4th, 2012 and again on September 1, 2012. Located in St. Petersburg, FL, the Albert Whitted Airport holds a historical value in the American aviation books when on January 1, 1914, the FIRST regularly schedule airline flight departed. These cookouts help the airport raise funds to remain open to the public.

Cruise Flight