Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike as they talk about AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, WI, catch up with Dan, and Kent talks about his planned ultimate cross country adventure.

Song: "Texas Sky" by Val Davis   Please support the Hurricane Relief efforts in the Texas Gulf Region.
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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike and they plan the Pilotcast visit to EAA AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, WI.

• EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 preview
• Lambert's Cafe at KSIK Sikeston. MO.
• The Pilotcast and CFIcast pilots and friends will see you at the 2nd Oshkosh Podapollooza at 6 PM on Friday night August 1 in Forum pavillion #4, this year LIVE on EAA radio!http://airventure.org/radio
• Thanks to LiveATC net for the AirVenture Oshkosh ATC excerpts. Listen live at http://www.liveatc.net

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com

• Gil and Jason flew to Gastons from New York
• Garmin 496 - "A fine piece of machinery"
• Gaston's - the cabin looks out on the runway, oh and they have fish
• The poker run.
• Plane and pilots meet and great.
• Gil does a practice run in Kansas for "Cessnas to Oshkosh"
• Practicing subtle and precise control of your plane is mandatory.
• The Pilotcat and CFIcast pilots and friends will see you at the 2nd Oshkosh Podapolooza at 6 PM on Friday night August 1 in Forum pavillion #4, this year LIVE on EAA radio!
• Some pilot friends check in from Gaston's
• Jason gets multi-engine training in WHAT????

Song: "No More Summertime Blues" by Geoff Smith

• Tony tried to fly over Chicago. Denied!
• Pilot Will reports on his first vist to Sun n' Fun
• The Light Sport planes
• The new Cirrus feature: A panic button.
• Small planes in Florida taking fire.
• Florida sending tax bills to planes for visiting for too long.

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #10 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
• Joe Zubay, CFI, from Northern Illinois who has been instructing since the 1960s.

Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike as they talk to Pilot Captain Henning about his flying and non-flying adventures.

• Student training in a Beech 18 Twin taildragger
• Pilot Henning's adventures as a commercial pilot:
• Air Dead Guy, and what can happen when the passenger does strange things
• Mile High flights
• Crop dusting
• Pipeline patrol
• Airplane repo
• Losing pilot friends.
• An ice encounter in a Travel Air
• Owning a crop duster
• Animal friends in a job on a glass-bottom boat

The CFIcast #9 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI who just earned her multi-engine CFI rating. Kate is an instructor with Able Flight, a program that grants scholarships for challenged person to obtain Light Sport Pilot certificates
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland

• The The Devil Dog Squadron
• The Commemorative Air Force.

 

 

Recorded on July 25 2007 - 00:09:40 - 54.8MB

This is a QuickTime format video that is compatible with "video iPods" but can be played with the free Apple QuickTime player on most computers.

• The Pilotcast pilots catch you up on what they've been doing.
• Pilot Dan is planning to do his BFR on a Yak
• Pilot Kent is thinking Swift
• Cessna is building the new Skycatcher light sport in China!
• While Airbus is going to build in the U.S
• The Light Sport market?
• Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson unveil White Knight 2 and SpaceShip 2

• From Airventure Oshkosh 2007 Pilot Kent talks to Johnny Vermillion in the WW II Devil Dog North American B-25
  • The The Devil Dog Squadron
  • The Commemorative Air Force.

• The FAA has AD deals
• Winter flying
• Make sure you're prepared to survive in the cold.
Make sure you pack some survival gear
• Cellphone
• Extra blankets
• First Aid Kit
• Credit Card
• Personal Locator Beacon
• Handling the winter doldrums
• What to do during the winter when you can't fly
• Getting started in learning to fly.

Recorded Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 01:09:50 - 32.2MB

The Pilotcast pilots send sincere thanks to Pilot Will of the Pilot's Flight Podlog for production of Pilotcast #61.

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com

Copyright © 2008 The Pilotcast

]]> audio Sun, 2 Mar 2008 06:15:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=312800# 01:09:50 Flying,aviation,Fly in,Fly-in,Oshkosh,Airventure,Cessna,B-25,Cirrus,Warbird,pilot,airplane,airport,weather,Swift Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=310821# CFIcast #014 - CFIs on Ice! - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2008.02.21

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #14 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Special guest CFI Scott Dennstaedt, CFI, a former a NWS Meteorologist, creator of the "Ice is Not Ice" seminar on CD. Scott is an IFR magazine contributing editor, writer for Plane and Pilot, Pilot Journal and Twin and Turbine. FAA-certificated instrument flight instructor with about 3,500+ hours, currently teaching in technically advanced aircraft. Scott helped the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association develop a pilot proficiency program and helped the Columbia owner's association develop a recurrent training program. Scott also does one-on-one aviation weather training with pilots via WebEx.
• Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI who just earned her multi-engine CFI rating.
• Greg Bockelman, CFI. A 777 pilot for a major airline and owner of a Cessna 195.
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland

 

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

• Scott Dennstaedt on The Skew-T diagram to predict icing conditions
• Do CFIs teach flight in actual ice?
• Tools to evaluate icing conditions
• Should CFIs give student an exposure to actual ice?
• Should the CFI share a healthy respect and avoid ice with students?
• If the CFI demonstrates an ice encounter is the student likely to think an ice encounter is tolerable on try it on their own?
• If the student gets a scare from ice on a dual session
• Teaching a known ice capable aircraft.
• Appreciating students who do proper preparation.
• Teaching how to evaluate where the ice would be.
• Using weather products tools to find the ice.
• ADDS
• Recognize that the tools only give snapshots.
• The Skew-T diagram
• http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov
• What the CFI's ethical obligation to give students an exposure to ice?
• How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
• Teaching instrument students that they can't always expect to be able to fly.
• Can you teach the discipline and judgment required.
• Teaching the student what to do if they have an ice encounter.
• Can the CFI just brief the student on what to do in an ice encounter without giving an actual experience?<
• Will the simulator work to simulate ice?
• The aircraft's performance in ice is hard to predict. They aren't required to tested in ice.

Recorded Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 01:07:00 - 30.7MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Copyright  2008 The Pilotcast]]> audio Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:36:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=310821# 01:07:00 CFI,Flying,aviation,teaching,Ice,airplane,FAA,winter,weather,flight,instructor,fly.learn,training,NWS cficast@gmail.com Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=305800# CFIcast #008 - CFIs on Flight reviews, check rides, and IPCs - CFIs on Pilot Examiners - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2007.07.19

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #8 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
• Dr. Judy Parrish-Jones, Ph.D., CFI professor of Geological Sciences and former Dean of Sciences at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho

 

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

• CFIs on what to expect on a flight review
• FAA Advisory Circular 61.98A
• How CFIs evaluate a pilot
• Make the review match the kind of flying the pilot does
• Evaluate the pilot's knowledge of new issues on regulations like stadium TFRs
• Ask the pilot what they would like to review
• How long does a flight review take?
• Do a pre-review interview
• Common problem areas that should be covered
• Maintaining control on landing
• Landings and takeoffs on short, narrow, and/or grass fields
• Using too much runway
• Even flying straight and level
• How many flight reviews end in one session?
• How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
• Pilots who try to intimidate the CFI

• The instrument Practical Test Standards
• Ron: The flight review is a training event. The IPC is a check ride.
• Tony: Crank up the stress on the IPC
• Rick: The FAA regulations are only the minimum standards. Should we have tougher standards?
• FAA FAR 61.57 on the Instrument Proficiency Check

• CFIs get to know the DPEs
• Does the CFI talk to DPE before the checkride?
• Pick a DPE that is nearby?
• Should the CFI brief the student on what the DPE asks?
• CFIs sharing DPE evaluations
• DPEs who don't do checkrides "by the book"
• The CFI keeping tabs on the applicant's practical test
• "Maverick" DPEs -Are there active DPEs who should be disciplined?
• Should the CFI be concerned if the DPE doesn't seem to cover everything?

Recorded Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 01:02:13 - 28.5MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward
Song: "Flying Away" by Empyrion from the State of Washington Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Copyright  2007, 2008 The Pilotcast ]]> audio Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:52:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=305800# 01:02:13 Flying,pilot,aviation,instructor,instruction,flight,examiner,CFI,FAA,learn,fly,review cfcast@gmail.com Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=303891# Pilotcast Video report #3 from EAA Airventure 2007 in Oshkosh, WI, USA in July of 2007.

Some hangar flying after the User Fees panel with Phil Boyer, President of the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA with some discussion about the user fees issue in the US.

Pilot Kent talks again to Alan Klapmieir, co-founder and CEO of Cirrus Design

• The Cirrus SRS Light Sport Aircraft
• The Cirrus Jet
• The Cirrus Access owner training program
• Cirrus Encore trade-up program
• The top-secret plans for the new Cirrus plane

 

Recorded on July 25 and July 28 2007 - 00:18:41 - 110.4MB

Copyright  2007, 2008 Pilotcast ]]> video Tue, 5 Feb 2008 02:13:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=303891# pilotcast@gmail.com 00:18:41 Flying,Klapmeier,aviation,CFI,Cirrus,flight,airplane,,Jet,light,sport,LSA,AOPA,Boyer Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=299503# This time for sure!

The Pilotcast has a NEW, PERMANENT Voicemail phone number, 312-233-2759. That's 312-BED2SKY....or something. (Let us know if you can make up a better sentence.)

GIVE THE PILOTCAST A CALL! 312-233-2759. Let us hear from you!

This time we know the number won't get reassigned or go away. We're paying for it. Thanks to all of our supporters for the financial help!

]]> general Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:36:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=299503# Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike No http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=294638# CFIcast #4 - Teaching students about Winter Operations. FAAST. Teaching proper CTAF announcements - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast.

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #4 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the The AMECast
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Tom Gilmore, CFI, from Florida, owner of an FBO, Gilmore Aviation Services author of articles for NAFI and IFR magazines.
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland

 

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

Operating the aircraft in the winter
• Know the temperature you MUST pre-heat the engine
• Use an engine preheater like the
  • Red Dragon
  • Tanis
  • Reiff
• Keeping the mixture as rich as possible.
• Good advice for renters
• Removing frost from the wings
• Taking care of the battery
• Don't pump the throttle

A great resource: Doug Ritter's Equipped to Survive

Where you want to keep the plane on the taxiway or the runway

Being aware of the risk of CO when using the airplane heater. Carry an electronics CO detector.

• The FAA FAAST - Safety Team program
• Aviation Safety Counselors
• What can you do when you see somebody doing something dumb?
• Doing an "intervention."
The CFIs tell some "war stories:"
• Leaving the engine running and walking away
• A twin pilot tries does a hand prop with his wife at the controls
• Tony's gear-up landing incident may result in an AD
• Airworthiness Directive (AD) vs. Service Bulletin (SB)
• How to kill off "Any traffic please advise?"
• Teaching making good CTAF calls

Recorded Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 01:09:54 - 32.1MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward
Song: "Flying Away" by Empyrion from the State of Washington Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Copyright  2007, 2008 The Pilotcast ]]> audio Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:04:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=294638# cficast@gmail.com 01:09:54 CFI,Flying,aviation,teaching,airport,airplane,FAA,winter,weather,flight,instructor,fly.learn,training cficast@gmail.com Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=294280# CFIcast #5 - First flights. Signing off solos. Keeping interest in flight training over winter.

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #5 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the The AMECast
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland

 

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

• What should be the first lesson for a new student.
• Evaluating a new student<./li>
• What is a good first flight for a new student?
• What if the student's first visit to the FBO is a bad experience?
• What percentage of discovery flight students come back for lessons?
• When the student expects to solo
• Those who think they should solo in x number of hours
• When do you release a student for solo?
• What solo sign-offs make the CFI nervous?
• How to sign off and track a student on a solo cross country
• Evaluating a new-to-you student who is well along in training
• How do you keep students interested in flight training during the winter?
• Sharing the experiences during the winter

Recorded Thursday, March 8, 2007 - 00:59:57 - 27.5MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward

Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Copyright  2007,2008 The Pilotcast ]]> audio Mon, 7 Jan 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=294280# 00:59:57 CFI,Flying,aviation,airport,airplane,winter,weather,flight,instructor,instruction cficast@gmail.com Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=293175# Join the Hangar Flying update after AOPA Expo 2007 in Hartford, CT with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike

The news update from Hartford:

• The Eclipse Concept Jet
• The Cirrus Jet.
• The Cirrus SRS Light Sport Aircraft
• The Piper Meridian Matrix. Why?
• The new FAA Administrator.
• The aerial fire fighters in California.
• The Pilotcast pilots' experience with the new Lockheed-Martin AFSS system
• About that Lockheed-Martin outsourcing...
• Antique aircraft pilots fail to get TFR NOTAM from L-M
• Wellsboro Johnston airportin Wellsboro, PA
• A surprise conversation with Chicago ATC

 

Recorded Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 01:00:42 - 28.1MB

Song: Sky Mall by Jonathon Coulton. Music on the Pilotcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com

Copyright © 2007 The Pilotcast

]]> audio Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:32:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=293175# pilotcast@gmail.com 01:00:42 Aviation,AOPA,Hartford,Flying,airplane,aircraft,pilot,talk,Cessna,Piper,FSS,Lockheed,Martin Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=292347# CFIcast #7 - Flight Instructing in marginal weather conditions, cancellations, best training planes

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on a great Hangar Flying conversation session with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #7 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Chip Gibbons, CFI, aerobatic pilot from Rogers, Arkansas
• Dr. Judy Parrish-Jones, Ph.D., CFI professor of Geological Sciences and former Dean of Sciences at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho
• and a bit of commentary from Pilot Mike of The Pilotcast

• When should a flight intructor cancel the scheduled lesson due to weather conditions?
• Should you work with the student pilot to make the go/no go decision?
• Is there a danger that the student will learn the wrong lesson on decision making?
• Is the cancellation of flight itself a great lesson?
• What are the best airplanes for training?
• What are the issues with giving flight training in airplanes with glass cockpits?

 

Recorded Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 01:21:38 - 37.4MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward

Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Copyright © 2007,2008 The Pilotcast]]> audio Tue, 1 Jan 2008 04:32:00 GMT http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=292347# cficast@gmail.com 01:21:38 CFI,Flying,aviation,aerobatics,weather,airplane,extra,flight,instructor,FAA,education,electronics,training cficast@gmail.com Clean http://pilotcast.libsyn.org/index.php?post_id=287351# Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike talk to Mike McConnell - Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Eclipse Aviation about the Eclipse Concept Jet and the Eclipse 500.

Opening: Some hangar flying and joking with two legendary NASA astronauts, Capt. Eugene Cernan who walked on the moon as Commander of the Apollo 17 mission and Capt. James Lovell, Commander of the Apollo 13 "Lost Moon" mission.

Recorded on July 27, 2007 - 00:07:52 - 46.2MB

Show Links:

• Eclipse Aviation
• NASA's Apollo Missions

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com

Copyright © 2007 The Pilotcast

The Pilotcast pilots, Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike report from Hartford, CT after the first full day of AOPA Expo 2007 on Thursday October 4, 2007.

• Dan talks to Doug Priestley of DTC Duat about DUAT and the new Duat Mobile at http://www.duat.com/mobile
• Pilot Kent has more show news.
• Fitting in the Cirrus Jet
• The Piper Malibu Matrix
• The new Diamond Diamond Star aircraft

Photo: Diamond Aircraft President Peter Maurer tries out the Cirrus Jet (mockup).
Click on the photo to see the higher resolution version.

Stay tuned to The Pilotcast for our AOPA Expo 2007 reports!

Copyright © 2007 The Pilotcast

The Pilotcast pilots, Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike are joined in the Hangar Flying at AOPA Expo 2007 in Hartford, Connecticut on Wednesday October 3, 2007 for journalist and aviation author Rinker Buck and CFI Kate.

Photo: Left to right, Kent, Rinker Buck, Mike, and Dan.

• Pilot Kent has a pre-show news update.
• Rinker has a message for Patty.

The Pilotcast pilots are joining the Hangar Flying at AOPA Expo 2007 in Hartford, Connecticut through Saturday October 6. If you will be attending please say hello to the Pilotcast pilots or send us an email.

Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike with CFI Kate flew from Northern Illinois in Mike's Piper Cherokee 235. Pilot Dan greeted the Pilotcast flight as it landed Tuesday night in Connecticut.

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Preliminary pre-show open news:

Kent got the scoop the new Diamond Star XLS, which features a higher canopy and several more features over the regular Diamond Star. Kent was VERY grateful for the increased headroom.

 

 

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Cessna is showing a Diesel powered 172 Skyhawk! You'll be able to fuel your Skyhawk with Jet A right there with the big boys.

 

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Cirrus is displaying the mockup of The Jet.

 

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We have it on good authority that Piper aircraft will be making an unveiling of a "secret" project at AOPA Expo on Thursday...

EXCLUSIVE SPY PICS! Piper Aircraft is showing the Malibu Matrix, which appears to be a non-pressurized piston Malibu.

Click on the photos above to see the higher resolution versions.

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Stay tuned to The Pilotcast for our AOPA Expo 2007 reports!

Copyright  2007 The Pilotcast

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #6 CFI panel:

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward

Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

• Steven "Force" Tupper from Airspeed
• Tony Condon, CFI, from The CFIcast
• Jason Miller, CFI from The Finer Points, On the Flightline Productions and The CFIcast.
• Captain Len Robinson from The Flying Pilot
• Pilot Will Hawkins from The Student Pilot Podlog
• Jim Sweeney from Ultraflight Radio
• Dave, Jack, and Jeb from Uncontrolled Airspace

Topics discussed include:

• The Eclipse V-tailed single engine jet prototype, the Eclipse Concept Jet.
• The Cessna Light Sport Aircraft "The Skycatcher".
• The Cirrus Design Light Sport Aircraft
• The Terrafugia "Flying Car"
• Kate Bernard, CFI guides paraplegic student pilot Sean O'Donnell to a Light Sport Pilot certificate with the Able Flight organization.

Join in and listen to Kent and Dan in the cockpit of the Cessna 182 as they fly in to Oshkosh on the evening of Sunday, July 22. Edited for time

Kent delivers the early news update from Oshkosh:

• Eclipse surprises everyone by flying in a V-tailed single engine jet prototype, the Eclipse Concept Jet.
• Cessna shows the Cessna Light Sport Aircraft "The Skycatcher".
• Cirrus "unveils" the Cirrus Light Sport Aircraft but there's a catch.

Song: Fly Away to Summer Sun by Albert Forssell. Music on the Pilotcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike talking about plans for Oshkosh and an Oshkosh meetup as the Pilotcast hosts the Aviation Podcast-A-Palooza at the GAMA Pavilion, #2, 5:30PM Friday July 27.

Correcting our first guess, it's not the Cirrus Jet, but it sure looks a like like the Cirrus Jet mockup and conceptual photos.

Join Pilot Kent, Pilot Dan, and Pilot Mike along with aviation podcast buddies CFI Jason Miller of The Finer Points, Steve Force of Airspeed Online, Captain Len of The Flying Pilot, the pilots of The Uncontrolled Airspace, Pilot Will of The Student Pilot Podlog and many more!

Join us for the Ultimate Pilotcast Hangar Flying session!

The Pilotcast will publish the session as soon as possible after the event.

Jesse Angell put together a terrific video at http://www.jesseangell.com/gastons07.html. Great job, Jesse!

Joe Areeda created a Gaston's 2007 photo gallery at http://www.areeda.com/gallery/Gastons-IV.

Dean Davis made another great video of the flying fun over the Gaston's turf runway. http://www.gastonsflyin.com/video/dean_2007.wmv.

• "Out Of The Blue", editorial commentary about Lt. Cmdr. Kevin J. Davis by Patrick Raycraft in The Hartford Courant with a photo gallery with some photgraphs by Pat Raycraft.
• The The Pilotcast #33 Video Aviation Podcast of Pat Raycraft's ride in Blue Angel #7 piloted by Lt. Cdr. Kevin J. "Kojack" Davis from an in-cockpit camera.
  The Pilotcast #33 Aviation Video Podcast on YouTube with some comments from military pilots.
  The show ends with complete, unedited audio of Pat's flight with Lt. Cdr. Davis.
• The Pilotcast #33 Audio Aviation Podcast with guests Pat Raycraft and his friend Cdr. "Axel" Stephen "Boss" Foley, Blue Angels Commanding Officer and Blue Angel #1.
• The official U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team site

Kent gives an update on beginning flight training for his next goal.

01:29:30 - 41.3MB Recorded 2007.04.28

Note: You didn't miss any Pilotcast shows. We're still out of sequence. Pilotcast #53 and #55 will be published soon.

Songs:

• "Sailors Requiem" by John Miles from New York
• "star fly" by d fast from Finland

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com

Copyright © 2007 The Pilotcast

• Teaching use of flaps
• How the recommendations in the Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH) came to be.
• When should you use partial flaps?>/li>

• The CFIs answer a question from CFIcast listener and instrument student, Bill from New York:
• Under IFR, how do you handle entering a holding pattern on a parallel entry?
• When is the phrase "Clearance on request used?"

• What can student do when they have a low time CFI?
• How do CFIs get experience?
• Is it good if the CFI has recent experience in getting your own pilot certificate?
• What would happen if instruction did not count as PIC time?
• One phenominal young and low time CFI who became a Blue Angel<.li>

The CFIcast #3 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Ron Levy, CFI, a P.I.C. 10 day course instructor from Maryland
• Chip Gibbons, CFI, aerobatic pilot from Arkansas
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward

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• Twin & Turbine magazine
• Contact the author Twin & Turbine Editor Ken Ibold email: kibold@villagepress.com
• The Gaston's Fly-in site
• Gaston's White River Resort, Lakeview, Arkansas

• Flying a Diamond.
• Grant and Leslie's cross country flying adventures.
• Grant and Leslie's New Zealand flying vacation.
• Pilot Mike learns what carb ice does.
• Leslie's long road to earning her instrument rating.

01:17:31 - 35.8MB Recorded 2007.01.11

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01:17:31 - 35.8MB Recorded 2007.01.11

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RIP, "Kojack," indeed.

• Comments on the new Pilotcast videos from Oshkosh and Kent's skiplane trip.
• Dr. Silberman of the FAA's comments on SSRI and other medications. Pilots getting treatment and what the story about one astronaut shows us about the pressure and not being able to get help.
• • Herb Kelleher, CEO of Southwest Airlines, testifies in congress AGAINST the FAA user fees
  • Pilot and Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma also testifies in congress against the FAA user fees
  • The User Fee threat response campaign by
    • AOPA
    • NBAA, the National Business Aviation Association.
    • EAA

00:22:12 - 10.5MB Recorded 2007.03.11

You can have a wonderful vacation by renting The Captain's Retreat vacation home on Martha's Vineyard

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00:16:07 - 94.8MB Recorded 2006.07.27

Product vendors mentioned:
• eFLYBook from My Airplane.com
• LP Aero Plastics
• Zuluworks

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• Electric Reiff "Hot band" vs. plug heaters vs. oil sump heaters.
• Issues with installation and required approvals.
• Control systems and thermal switches.
• Tanis Aircraft Systems' unique engine dehumidifier prototype.
• Cabin heaters.
• Using a 26 lb. Honda generator when you don't have access to conventional power and the method for safely taking the gasoline-powered generator along in flight.

00:19:09 - 112.8MB Recorded 2006.07.28

• Reiff Preheat Systems
• Tanis Aircraft Services
• Honda Generators

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Pilot Kent, CFI Rick Durden of the CFICast and friends enjoy another Skiplane weekend in on the snow and in the air over Cadillac, Michigan.

• You can rent and get your seaplane rating in 65HP Piper J3 Cub or a 150HP Super Cub ski plane or seaplanes at Northwoods Aviation at KCAD in Cadillac, MI. In the summer they are equipped with floats.
• Pilot Kent's story of first his adventure in 2006 is on Pilotcast #026

00:07:18 - 45.1MB Recorded 2007.02.18

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Songs:

• "Cold as Ice" by Edwin Derricutt
• "Snow's No Fun at All" by the Danny Daughtridge Trio
  

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• The new online medical certificate application system
• The efforts to gain approval for medications including SSRIs and ADD and ADHD medications

00:06:10 - 35.8MB Recorded 2006.07.27

• FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI)
• FAA Medical Certification

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• Corneal hole
• Corneal infections
• Eye surgery
• Corneal transplants
• Medical Certification with monocular vision

00:04:18 - 3.1MB

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Copyright © 2007

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

• The CFIs comment on the Cirrus Access program as described by Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier on Pilotcast #51
• What technique will work when teaching "Type A" students?
• When the flight service station doesn't give you the NOTAMs you need. Types of NOTAMs and how to ask for them.
• How to instruct and practice emergencies.
• The ICAO prohibits CFIs from simulating engine failures.
• Simulators are preferred.
• Can't pull the mixture.
• "Practicing bleeding."
• Doing realistic simulation of failures.

The CFIcast #2 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Ron Levy, CFI, a P.I.C. 10 day course instructor from Maryland
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Peoria, Illinois from the The AMEcast Aviation Medicine podcast.
• Jason Miller, CFI, from Oakland, California from The Finer Points aviation podcast.
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot from Ames, Iowa

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward

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Cirrus' plans to respond to accidents and improve safety for Cirrus Owner/Pilots.

Alan Klapmeier's letter to Cirrus Owners (PDF) urging a focus on safety.

• COPA - The Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association
• The Jet
• The Cirrus Access Program
• A new career path for instructors
• Avoiding traffic and airspace.
• Getting the word out that General Aviation is the not the problem of the airlines.
• Disengenuous arguments

01:11:50 - 33.1MB Recorded 2006.12.05

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When a pilot should self-certify and self-ground.

00:04:52 - 3.4MB

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Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast panel tells some "war stories" about their experiences with incidents and emergency while flying with students.

The CFIcast #1 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Ron Levy, CFI, a P.I.C. 10 day course instructor from Maryland
• Jason Miller, CFI, from Oakland, California from The Finer Points aviation podcast.
• Chip Gibbons, CFI, Extra pilot and aerobatics instructor, from Rogers, Arkansas
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot from Ames, Iowa

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Copyright © 2006

• Atenolol
• warfarin (Coumadin)

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