Welcome back! This week Jeff and Mark talk about GoPros and mounts, more competition acro, the art of competition, some legends in the sport and so much more!

Mark and Jeff are back in the virtual studio for another episode. We talk about recording issues with an episode we attempted to record with AJ Wilder and Rob Holland, preflight technique and things we are concerned with during a flight, bailout considerations, the rumored Gamebird GB2 and much more!

Hey guys! Happy 2021! First episode of the new year and we started off with a bang. We have the South African Aerobatic wonder, Nigel Hopkins on today. We talk about South African aerobatics, and what the scene looks like, aerobatics in general, airshow flying, different aerobatic aircraft he has flown, and so much more! Most notable, we chat about his 2015 bailout involving his MX2, as he was practicing for WAC. We are so glad his egress was successful, and that he is here to share his story. Nigel is a phenomenal pilot and human being. I will throw links down below so you can follow him and his flying. Enjoy!

https://www.facebook.com/nigelhopkinsaerobatics

Instagram: @nigelhopkinsaerobatics

Welcome back! Jeff and I get together in the evening for me, and night for him, on Wednesday 12/30 to record. We both had some drinks at dinner which led to a fun podcast about complete randomness lol. We talk about ordering wine at dinner, what Santa brought us for Christmas, WAC, the MXS and so much other random stuff. We have some fun guests planned for 2021 so stay tuned and thanks for listening!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Mark and Jeff!!! We appreciate all the support and feedback we have received so far. We are having a blast with the podcast, and big things are coming in 2021. In this episode we really intended to talk about shoes and gloves. We covered shoes a bit but then wondered off like following a VOR as we lose signal. Oh well, we had fun, and hopefully something informative comes out of it lol. Enjoy the episode, have a fantastic holiday and go fly some cool shit and tell us about it!

Today we sit down with my buddy Robert Pinksten, whom we all affectionately call, Pinky. Many of you know Pinky as the Chief Pilot for Collings Foundation, an organization that flies a multitude of warbirds, including where we met, the Wings of Freedom tour. We talk about how we met, and he gives us a clinic on warbird flying. It was so much fun to pick his brain and and shoot the shit with him. Hope you all enjoy!

In this week’s episode, we talk to the amazing Justin Hickson. Justin is an IAC judge, competitor, airline pilot, Pitts owner, and super cool guy. He placed 4th in intermediate at the 2019 IAC Nationals in his gorgeous yellow and black Pitts S2B. We talk about all kinds of stuff, including why canopies trigger Mark. We talk judging versus competing, the pesky snap roll topic returns and we get into some of Justin’s aerobatic heroes, and his thoughts on the sport, and the future of IAC. It was a great time to talk to Justin, and we hope you enjoy it!

This episode the wonderful Petro and myself talk shop on helmets. We both wear helmets and believe in them as a piece of safety equipment. We talk different helmets, communication systems, looks, visors, weight etc. We get into some other stuff as well but we really tried to focus on helmets, and the pros of investing in a good helmet. We talk about why some people may not want to wear a helmet as well. We completely understand why one would not like a helmet (looks, weight) and we agree, but we also think that the safety elements outweigh the negatives. Enjoy!

Episode 11! Petro had his buddy over who happens to work for a certain 3 letter alphabet agency so we sat down and shot the shit for a bit. This was actually fun and casual, with no real agenda as far as what we wanted to talk about. We get into getting ramp checked, violations, noise complaints and a bunch of other stuff. We also get into the topic of safety gear and egress, a topic Petro and I plan on covering at length at at future episode. Enjoy!

We finally captured the unicorn! We sat down with the awesome Maciej Rogozinski, a fellow mid-wing Northern Lights Extra 300 owner, who basically bought a bunch of parts in boxes, put the plane back together the way he wanted, and the result is amazing. We talk about a bunch of random crap which was fun as always. The audio on this one was really tricky so I apologize in advance for some levels being off, as Petro and Maciej were using the same mic. We talk about GenAviation, and MX Aircraft being boutique aircraft builders, versus manufacturers like Extra and Gamebird, we jump on the IAC topic a bit, and we also talk about getting together a virtual competition, to which we are getting more serious about so stay tuned!

Oh also, the intro and outro lol… Those are not staying, but I had to include them in this episode just because its so freaking bad lol.