By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host
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Second Hand Planes This week join the guys as they discuss purchasing second hand airplanes. Everyone has a story about buying a used plane but this week the guys take you through some of the items to watch for when...
Gunsmoke 2024 This week we recount Shannons trip to Gunsmoke 2024. Shannon takes us through getting his airplane ready and what it took to compete in this years event. The event was hosted by Arizona Model Aviators in Mesa,...
Warbirds and Classics AZ This week we join AZ Mike and Shannon at the warbirds and classics 2024 held here in Phoenix, AZ. We are joined by special guest Scott Berryman from Boulder, CO. This is Scotts...
Happy Birthday Jay Last week our Host Jay from the Hills of Texas had a birthday, join the guys as they discuss the package that arrived at his door. Jay walks us through his gift from AZ Mike and...
RedBeard Reviews RC - Shawn Lang During this years Arizona Electric Festival the ParkFlyer Podcast Staff had the wonderful pleasure of hanging out with Shawn Lang, who has a you tube channel called Red Beard Reviews RC. Shawn tells us his...
AZEF 2024 - Part 2 Join the guys as they wrap up this years AZEF. This week was fantastic and lots of flying by the guys. Shannon wraps up the AZEF and touches on the highlights of the...
AZEF 2024 - Part 1 Welcome to the AZEF. This is the 20th year of this event and we are excited to be a part of the festivities. Day one was spent setting up and dodging winds...
Avanti S V2 This week we discuss the upgrades to the Avanti S version 2. One of our listeners, Scott, purchased an Avanti S from motion RC and had it shipped to AZ Mikes place for a quick build...
Welcome to 2024 Welcome to 2024 everyone! As we launch into our 9th season here at the Parkflyer Podcast we cover the first quarter events of the new year. First up is Winter Warbirds followed by the AZEF 20th year....
Merry Christmas 2023 Merry Christmas from the hosts of the Parkflyer Podcast! Join the guys as they discuss the early Christmas presents and the upcoming year. Thanks to everyone who has reached out to us over the year letting us know...
Mesa Jet Rally 2023 This week join the guys as they discuss the Mesa Jet Rally. Shannon and Michael attended the Jet Rally this year and both had lots of fun and lots of flying. Shannon recounts thursday and...
AZEF Preview 2024 Join us this week as we make a request for any Black Friday sales items that you might know about and make sure to check our Facebook page for sale items that come up as we post them...
Scale Masters II HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week join the guys as they discuss Shannons trip to Scale Masters again. Last episode we mentioned that Shannon had completed again in the scale masters and this week we get...
Best In the West 2023 Join Michael and Shannon as they discuss the best in the west Jet rally for 2023. Michael and Barry headed out early to Buttonwillow, CA to attend this years event. Fun was had by...
How do I get a FRIA This week we join the guys with Special Guest Gary J Porter.. Join Shannon and Gary as they discuss how they got their FRIA and the application and approval process. Remote ID is...
Flying the Dolphin This week we join the guys as they discuss Jim's new Dolphin gas airplane. As you may know version one of the Dolphin met its demise a few months ago and Jim has been looking for a new...
Shannon in Hawaii This week join the guys as they discuss Shannons trip to Hawaii. We want to reach out to all the victims on Maui that have lost their homes and to those that have lost loved ones and...
AZ Mike In Texas AZ Mike gets lucky as work brings him into Austin. Jay oversleeps and leaves Mike at the airport waiting but recovers in time to get hm back for some fun. Mike looks over the Ultra Mini Stick...
Jay's Day at the field Join the guys as they discuss Jays day at the field. Jay gets to fly the Sopwith Camel again and with no wind has a great time puttering around the sky. Flying the camel proves...
The VIsit II Join the guys as they follow up on AK Mikes second visit down to Jays field. Jay and Jim fly some gas airplanes and Jim brings out the WWI airplane. Jay takes a turn on the sticks...
The Visit AK Mike takes a road trip down to Jays place to have him help out with he Birthday present. Join the guys as they discuss the repairs of the ZOHD plane and the re-maiden. Things were set to...
BIG Jolt II Join the guys as Shannon discusses his trip out to california to the Big Jolt 2 Electric EDF event. Shannon heads out on an all electric weekend complete with electric transportation. AZ Mike informs the guys...
Shannon's Maiden In this episode join the guys as they discuss Shannon's maiden of the Big turbo Duster he just picked up. Shannon heads to the field to put it through its paces but the airplane had other ideas. ...
Happy BDay AK Mike As we continue the Birthday episodes Join the guys as they discuss AK Mikes new gift from the guys. AK Mike gets a big brown box for his birthday and his only clue is the return...
Happy Bday AZ Mike Well its that time of year again where the Mike's have birthdays. In this episode Join the guys as they discuss AZ Mike's gift. Looks like the guys got tired of producing products for AZ...
Shannon at Gunsmoke Shannon G heads off to the Gunsmoke contest and submits his aircraft for judging and flight. He takes us through what it takes to make it through the day of Judging. Jay and Jim head out to...
Mike maidens the Bison Shannon joins us again after getting bamboozled into the Gunsmoke qualifier, and takes us through how that happened. AZ Mike and Shannon recount the weekend at AZ warbirds and classics. Finally AZ Mike swings by Jay's...
Happy Birthday Jay Jay from the hills of Texas has a birthday and a coffin sized box showed up on his doorstep. Jay takes us through the new airframe he got on his birthday and some of the building struggles he...
Gun Smoke 2023 Join the guys this week as they bring back Shannon G and discuss the safety tip of the week. Always look over your planes before you fly something is always either loose or disconnected or in this case...
AEF 2023 Review Join the guys as they review the weekend fun at the AZEF 2023 with Jay and discuss meeting some new friends at the field. During the night fly Montana and Rochelle showed up looking for the...
Arizona Electric Festival Part 2 Join the guys as they discuss Saturdays events at the AEF 2023. Saturday was nice weather and good flying had by all. Pilot raffle was fantastic and everyone received something. We wrap up the...
AEF 2023 Once again we attend the AEF here in Mesa Arizona. Join Michael and AK Mike as they enjoy the great weather and good friends and meet some new people. This episode covers Friday the first day of the...
Winter Warbirds This week Join the guys as they discuss getting prepped for the Winter Warbirds at Sun Valley Flyers club in Phoenix AZ. AZ Mike is working tirelessly to get the L-39 ready but in his haste creates a...
HELLO 2023 Welcome to 2023 everyone. This year we have set New Years resolutions to build more airplanes and fly more at our fields. We have several events coming up....First up is Winter Warbirds held at Sun Valley Flyers club...
SO Long 2022 Well the year has come an gone and the guys say goodby to 2022. Michael and Jay discuss the fact that the years are clipping along at a faster pace as they get older. Michael shows off...
SECIAL GUEST -AZEF 2023 Join the guys as they have special guest Shannon Gallagher on the show to discuss the upcoming AZEF2023. This is Shannon's last year as the club president and being in charge of the event. Make...
Black Friday Sale Join Michael and Jay as they give a few suggestions for Black Friday. Every year the guys look around for the best sales during the Thanksgiving season and this year batteries were on the list. Several companies...
DID IT WORK This week AK Mike returns to the podcast from the Hills of Texas. Seems AK Mike is down visiting his daughter and dropped by Jays to hang out and catch up. The guys discuss Jims Electric...
ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIR Join the guys as they discuss flying with Jim and having his electric motor failing. Jim asks all the right questions and with help from everyone he decides to take on the repair of his electric motor....
OCTOBER SAFETY TIPS Join Michael and Jay as they discuss safety tips for the RC Flyer. This week Michael recounts an article from his clubs newsletter "slow roll" which covers the use of preflights. Doing correct preflights at...
LABOR PLAY 2 Join the guys as they continue to discuss the fun had by all on Labor Day. AZ Mike describes his plane flying through the fence and Jay discusses flying Jims gas airplane. We hope everyone had a...
Join the guys as they discuss the Labor Day weekend of Play. AZ Mike builds a custom wire harness for the L-39 and Jay and AK Mike get together to fly planes with Jim. Fun is had by all...
CA to the Rescue After several successful maiden flights on the Infinity Wing Mini, Michael and Jay tried to take flight once again. Much to our chagrin the exact same thing happened on both of the guys launches and the wings...
AZ Mike and Jay continue the discussion of a new 3D printed airplane called the Infinity wing and other planes by 3d Aeroventures!
AZ Mike and Jay discuss the maiden of a new 3D printed airplane called the Infinity wing by 3d Aeroventures!
Mods Mods Mods In this episode we continue AK Mikes visit to Arizona and fly the fun racer at the field. We also meat a club member Jeff McCarthy who has done some incredible Modifications on his PBY and...
rans TRANSMORGIFY TRANSMORGIFY Transmorgify is the term that Jay used to address adding all the new functions on Jims radio. We originally thought that Jay was making up words as he is prone to do but Thanks to AK Mike he informed...
The second half of the guys discussing proper thumb etiquette in a strong crosswind.
Flip flopping crosswinds made for an exciting day at the RC field! Jay's flying partner had a few mishaps that day. The boys discuss techniques on training for better crosswind landings and pattern work.
Part II to "how do I chose the right Electric motor for a Glow plane?" AK Mike poses some follow questions to clarify the starting points when narrowing your Plane-Motor-Battery choices.
