My comment on the TSA's Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP).  Listen soon and either concur with me at www.airspeedonline.com or e-mail me at [email protected] or, better yet, put in your own comment.  But get it in by mid-morning 27 February 2009.

The third installment of what I'm listening to in the cockpit and otherwise.

A spin (or, rather, a spiral) in the FAA's spatial disorientation simulator at the Great Lakes Aviation Conference and Expo.

Part 1 of my initial taildragger training from April or May of last year.  Features instructor Barry Sutton.

Talking aerobatics with airshow performer and instructor Greg Koontz.  www.gkairshows.com.

The 2008 holiday episode with a new take on O. Henry's classic story, The Gifts of the Magi.  Happy holidays, everybody!

We talk to Paul Freeman, curator of www.airfields-freeman.com, a wonderful web resource that covers abandoned airfields across the country.

Aistin "Farve" May, creator of web comic Air Force Blues, joins Stephen Force for an update abotu what's happened with the comic in the 18 months since his first appearance on Airspeed.  See www.afblues.com for more Air Force Blues.

The full production version of my ride on 4 July 2008 with USAF Thunderbird 8, Tony Mulhare.