Stuck Mic AvCast

Pre-Flight: Rick, Larry, Tom, Victoria, and Carl are all here for this episode! Russ will be joining in a bit later in the show. Announcements: The Affordable Aircraft Expo (also knows as the Sebring US Sport Aviation Expo) is January 20-23 2016 and Carl is trying to make it there with SMAC. and Sun N Fun … Continue reading SMAC110 The Disappearing CFI and Why We Need Stall Training

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Preflight: Welcome to Episode 109 and Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode, we discuss reinstating your CFI and Flying Drones. Carl, Rick, Tom, Larry and Eric are here on a warm November day. Carl just finished his annual recurrent training. If you have recently finished some training or rating please let us know so we can … Continue reading SMAC109 Reinstating your CFI and Flying Drones

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Preflight: Welcome to Episode 108. In this episode we discuss  the proposed drone registration and airplane parachutes. The Cirrus Ballistic Recovery system saves another life and we discuss this incident.  We also have some cool flying videos to discuss. Drone registration is proposed to increase safety and promote education on the safe use of drones. This episode … Continue reading SMAC108 Drone Registration and Airplane Parachutes

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Pre-flight Checklist: Welcome to Episode 107 of The Stuck Mic AvCast, an aviation podcast about Learning To Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly! Sharing the magic of aviation is a joy flight instructors experience every day. Occasionally, instructors have a student which changes our lives and perspective on life. Today we discuss flying with ALS (Lou … Continue reading SMAC107 Flying With ALS – Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Flying a Maule, and More

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Pre-Flight Checklist: Carl, Sean, and Tom are here to interview Jason Schappert of MZeroA, which is an online training site for pilots which includes online ground school, books, videos and more. They work with pilots of all levels from brand new pilots in training, to current pilots, and even “rusty” pilots that have not flown … Continue reading SMAC106-Interview with Jason Schappert of MZeroA

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Pre-Flight Checklist Carl, Rick, Larry, Eric, and Sean are here, as well as a special guest Tom Frick. Carl realized recently that he is an “AV Geek,” or Aviation Geek. Announcements Eric had a big signing ceremony today with ExpressJet, as Polk State’s Aerospace program entered into Expressjet’s Airline Pilot Pathway Program, which gives their … Continue reading SMAC105 Preparing for a Real In-Flight Emergency

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Pre-Flight Checklist: Carl, Sean, and Victoria are here with our special guest Owen Zupp from Australia! Owen loves to fly for the airlines and is also passionate about General Aviation. Thank you to Plane Crazy Down Under for hooking up Carl and Owen. Cruise Flight: Owen’s parents both served in the Australian Air Force, introducing … Continue reading SMAC104 Owen Zupp, Inspirational Aviator from Down Under

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Pre-Flight Checklist:  Carl is flying today, but Rick, Tom Frick, and Victoria are here to interview Jessica Cox and Nick Spark about Jessica’s inspiring story. Cruise Flight: During Air Venture Victoria got to sneak away from her booth to view the movie “Right Footed,” the documentary about Jessica’s life as the first armless pilot She … Continue reading SMAC103 Jessica Cox First Armless Pilot

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Pre-Flight Checklist: This is a special edition of the show, featuring interviews from Air Venture! Sitting in with Carl is Rick, Victoria, and special guests Larry Overstreet and Tom Frick. Victoria, Larry, and Tom were all at the show and shared their experiences. Victoria was there promoting aviation insurance, as well as promote the Turbo the … Continue reading SMAC102 Live from AirVenture 2015

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Pre-Flight Checklist The whole gang is here for a special interview with Matt VanDervort and discuss his crossing the Continental Divide in a vintage aircraft. Victoria just got back from AirVenture and gave a little report and preview of the upcoming report in episode 102. Also, Turbo Learns to Fly is out and for sale! … Continue reading SMAC101 Crossing the Continental Divide In A Vintage Aircraft with No Electricity

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