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 place to maiden the Bison. Join the guys as they discuss the different events and flying the bison!. Lots of fun and a few tense moments but overall a great time.

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 encountered. AK Mike talks about taking his planes out to the field and trying to fly with Sarge.

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 cut wires. Shannon takes us through what it takes to compete in Gun Smoke 2023 a Scale Masters Qualifier. This one will be held at the end of this month at Shannons field in Mesa AZ.

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 event and wound up hanging out with us for a little bit Saturday night. Sunday morning they once again came by the field and AZ Mike gets to test fly the volantex micro planes from Amazon and get it trimmed out and set up. Having new folks get interested in flying RC is always exciting and this is no exception.

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 weekend with a night fly and look forward to next year.

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 festival and we are lucky to have Steve from FrSky on the podcast. With such great weather we were able to fly lots of planes and meet lots of new folks...

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 safety moment. When working around RC Planes there is always an opportunity to have something go wrong and thanks to Murphys Law it usually does. Special tip, always keep a First Aid kit handy in the shop just in case....

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 here in sunny Phoenix, AZ. Followed by the AZEF first week in February. But to start off the year AK Mike and Jay decided to tackle the new landing gear on the fun cub. Jays Fun Cub has had the original landing gear on it and boy has it been through the ringer. He has tried everything to fix it up but over time they still give him problems. AK Mike heads down to visit and the two of them decide to really dig into a solution. After several hours of trouble shooting and cyphering and designing they finally came up with a viable solution. This episode recounts the efforts the two of them went through and what was a success and what needed to be changed....

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 his addition to the turbine gear installed on the L39. Then they discuss working with Carbon fiber plates. Make sure you wear protective gear when doing that so you don't wind up with lung problems....Merry Christmas from the Parkflyer Podcast Staff and we will see you in 2023

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 sure you go register for the event to be in February 2023. Stop by and see Michael and Jay as they are usually podcasting from the event or on the flight line trying out new planes.