The state of Oklahoma has gotten serious about aviation, STEM education, and the whole aeronautics industry. I talk here briefly with Grayson Ardies, Director of the Oklahoma Aeronautical Commision, about what the state is doing to further aviation education and aeronautics in general in the state. This is the audio version of podcast episode 62, but there is a video version as well in the video feed as episode 6B.

The video can also (and at higher quality) be found on our YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/FhNjxBVpZU4

The State of Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission website is here: https://oac.ok.gov/

The state of Oklahoma has gotten serious about aviation, STEM education, and the whole aeronautics industry. I caught up with a High School teacher in Oklahoma, Chris Eckler, to talk about what he’s doing in his school district with regard to Aviation Education and how he fell in love with Aviation in the process. He caught the bug and trained to be a pilot himself just ahead of his students.

This is the video version of the audio podcast episode 61 which can be found here: https://studentpilotcast.com/spc61/

This video episode can be found on our new YouTube channel in higher resolution here: https://youtu.be/wJN44tWHDto

The State of Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission website is here: https://oac.ok.gov/

You can find out more about the Student Pilot Cast here:

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The state of Oklahoma has gotten serious about aviation, STEM education, and the whole aeronautics industry. I caught up with a High School teacher in Oklahoma, Chris Eckler, to talk about what he’s doing in his school district with regard to Aviation Education and how he fell in love with Aviation in the process. He caught the bug and trained to be a pilot himself just ahead of his students.

More information on the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission can be found here: https://oac.ok.gov/

There is also a video edition of this episode that can be found in the video RSS feed as well as on our new YouTube Channel! Here is a link to the video for this episode: https://youtu.be/wJN44tWHDto

In this episode I have an impromptu conversation with Celia Oakley of Opener. We had been hearing about their electric STOL aircraft but hadn’t planned on doing a feature on it until my crew took a spin in their 3D simulator and we found the evolution and the atypical flight characteristics of the BlackFly interesting…so we started asking some questions, and with the permission of Celia, got a bit of the conversation here.

This is the video episode, but you can find the audio version which is almost the same but in audio only, in the audio podcast feed (our main feed). This video can also be found in higher resolution on our brand-new YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/cijxyS4E1HE

More information on Opener and the BlackFly aircraft can be found here: https://opener.aero.

You can find out more about the Student Pilot Cast here:

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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/billwil
• Audio RSS Feed: https://studentpilotcast.org/rss
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In this episode I have an impromptu conversation with Celia Oakley of Opener. We had been hearing about their electric STOL aircraft but hadn’t planned on doing a feature on it until my crew took a spin in their 3D simulator and we found the evolution and the atypical flight characteristics of the BlackFly interesting…so we started asking some questions, and with the permission of Celia, got a bit of the conversation here.

This is also a video episode should you find that interesting. The video can be found in the video podcast feed or on our brand-new YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/cijxyS4E1HE

More information on Opener and the BlackFly aircraft can be found here: https://opener.aero.

You can find out more about the Student Pilot Cast here:

• Web: https://studentpilotcast.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/billwil
• Audio RSS Feed: https://studentpilotcast.org/rss
• Video RSS Feed: https://studentpilotcast.com/video-rss

In this episode I catch up with Laura and Jay of Infinite Flight to talk about their flight simulator. We cover what it is, how it started, is it a tool or a game, and what’s coming next. This is a fun discussion about something I hadn’t really been keeping up on the last decade or so; the flight sim world, and what I love about Infinite Flight is how easy it is to get started and use it wherever you might be. It’s a far cry from the traditional desktop sims which require big, expensive computers and big, expensive accessories. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

The video can also be found on our brand new YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/cijxyS4E1HE

The Audio version of this episode is here: SPC #59 – OSH22 – Infinite Flight – The Student Pilot Cast

Infinite Flight can be found in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for your tablets and phones.

Also, more information on Infinite Flight here:

• Web: https://infiniteflight.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/infiniteflight
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/infiniteflight
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/infiniteflight
• YouTube: https://youtube.com/infiniteflight

You can find out more about the Student Pilot Cast here:

• Web: https://studentpilotcast.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/billwil
• Audio RSS Feed: https://studentpilotcast.org/rss
• Video RSS Feed: https://studentpilotcast.com/video-rss

In this episode I catch up with Laura and Jay of Infinite Flight to talk about their flight simulator. We cover what it is, how it started, is it a tool or a game, and what’s coming next. This is a fun discussion about something I hadn’t really been keeping up on the last decade or so; the flight sim world, and what I love about Infinite Flight is how easy it is to get started and use it wherever you might be. It’s a far cry from the traditional desktop sims which require big, expensive computers and big, expensive accessories. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

This is also a video episode. The video can be found in the video podcast feed or on our brand new YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/cijxyS4E1HE

Infinite Flight can be found in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for your tablets and phones.

Also, more information on Infinite Flight here:

• Web: https://infiniteflight.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/infiniteflight
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/infiniteflight
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/infiniteflight
• YouTube: https://youtube.com/infiniteflight

You can find out more about the Student Pilot Cast here:

• Web: https://studentpilotcast.com
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/billwil
• Audio RSS Feed: https://studentpilotcast.org/rss
• Video RSS Feed: https://studentpilotcast.com/video-rss

We finally make it to Showlow the morning after our diversion to Payson. I categorized this flight as a grateful nod to aviation and I dive into how I was feeling at this point in my flying career. I hope you enjoy this flight.

This one is awesome for me. I got to take my wife on our first mission together to the high country of Arizona for a weekend away with friends. Being the PIC on these flights was teaching me a lot, and on this day I had some weather decisions to make. Follow along as we have this flying adventure together.

CORRECTION and UPDATE: I had published the episode 55 audio as episode 56 in error. On July 6th, 2022, I realized the mistake, and have updated this episode release with the correct file. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Episode Description: Back to a cockpit audio episode this week, but you may be asking what it is since I finished my primary training episodes. Well, this is an Oshkosh arrival, the part two to the departure we did last week in episode 55. More explanation when we get into the episode…but I hope you enjoy.