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SMAC053 – Aviation Accidents, How We Cope, What Keeps Us Flying

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Today’s show is on the more serious and sober side as we discuss aviation accidents and how they’ve affected us on a personal level. Recently, co-host Victoria Zajko came to learn that 2 of the aircraft she flew during her flight training had been involved in fatal crashes where the pilot and occupants did not survive. Not long after that Victoria also lost her friend and wing walker Jane Wicker in a tragic air show accident in Dayton, OH.

These events spurred a back stage conversation amongst the co-hosts and today we share with you our own experiences losing friends and family in fatal aviation related accidents including how we’ve dealt with each situation and what keeps us in the saddle, behind the yoke, still flying.

Have you ever lost someone close to you in an aviation related accident? How did that experience affect you or change your views on flying? Please share your story with us in the comment section below.

So settle in for Episode 53 sponsored by ForPilotsOnly.com.

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  • Favorite $100 Hamburger Joints – Continuing our online discussion about favorite $100 hamburger joints, we’d 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

After Landing Checklist

~ Picks of The Week ~

Victoria – Aviation Forecast Discussion

Rick – iPro Aviator iPad Kneeboard

Len – AviationUniverse.us – check out Len’s interview with the owners: Episode 51a

Carl – Aviation Week

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No Second Chances

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If you’ve ever wanted to learn about bush and back country flying then No Second Chances is the DVD for you!

Once again our awesome friends at CRAZEDpilot lent us this video so we could see what kind of crazy flying adventures exist outside of the airlines and cross country GA flying.

The DVD chronicles Loni Habersetzer, based out of Marabou Landing, Alaska, as he flies his Super Cub in search of the most audacious one-way airstrips. That’s his thing, he loves one ways.

See for yourself some of the awesomeness we’re talking about through the images below:

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From dragging the bush wheels in the water to landing in box canyons with no possibility of a go-around, Loni excites the senses and dazzles the eye through his unique, daring flying adventures in the Alaska Range.

The idea of this DVD is about learning to fly into difficult airstrips. Loni takes us into and out of strip after strip after strip, explaining the complexities of each landing area from the terrain to aircraft handling. Co-host Len Costa pretty much relived his entire experiences flying the Super Cub in Alaska while watching this video. Rumor has it he had to break out the plastic tarp to protect his floor from all the drool!

SO – if you’re interested in not only learning about off airport flying but also enjoying one pilots journey through Alaska, then we think No Second Chances is the DVD for you.

Additional details:

Focusing strictly on one-way airstrips, the true tests really begin. Cubdriver: No Second Chances is a high quality, multi-camera-angle film that truly documents not only the extreme talent of Loni Habersetzer, but the performance from a well maintained Supercub, and the unforgiving land of Wild Alaska.

There is no turning back on many of the strips Loni selects – and the ice glaciers take the cake along with ‘shelf’ landing strips only 200ft in length. Watch Loni as his Supercub 749er nearly slips away on the glacier, plus the exstreme skills required to make proper landing decisions from the air!  Over TWO HOURS of footage!

Order your copy if you dare.

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What’s In A Callsign?

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You’re out flying, you hear, “Satan Zero Three leaving three thousand, climbing to one zero thousand.” If you’re anything like us you’re thinking, “Who the heck is Satan Zero Three? In fact, you probably even wrote down the call sign on your kneeboard so you could search the interwebs when you got home.

Well look no further! As it turns out, Ron at MonitoringTimes.com has compiled a list of all MILITARY call signs as of 2011 (link to download text file).

Some of our personal favorites? Air Force 1, Ambush, Bandit, Demon, Devil (yea, we like the really odd, dark names), Doughboy, Hotdog, Jeckyl, Jedi, Nightstalker, Reaper, Savage, Scandal, Snoopy, Taco, Top Gun (dang right it’s real!), Voodoo, and Zombie – to name a few.

Pretty cool, we know. You can thank us later.

Clear Skies and Calm Winds,

SMAC

Mom, Where Do Airplanes Go When They Die?

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Sometimes we stumble upon some really cool aviation related articles while swimming through cyberspace. This one is no exception.

Titled, “The World’s Most Bizarre Aircraft Graveyards” it is what it sounds like – a collection of images of aircraft laid to rust around the world. From California to Arizona to New Mexico, Nigeria, Germany, and Ukraine to name a few. Enjoy this visual journey of retired airplanes.

Oh and be sure to grab a box of tissues. Don’t say we didn’t warn you…

Clear Skies and Calm Winds,

SMAC