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Pre-Flight Checklist The comment period for proposed rule making related to what can be stored in airport hangers has been extended until October 6th. You can find more details about this in Episode 079 as well as the link to comment. Aviation Careers Podcast is hosting another webinar September 30th, this one titled Should You Become an Airline … Continue reading SMAC080 – Flying Around Volcanoes, Oxygen Deprivation and Pressurization

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Pre-Flight Checklist The Plymouth Air Show is Saturday, September 27th in Plymouth, Massachusetts 10-3 at the Plymouth Airport. The featured attraction is an acrobatics show with Mike Goulian. The event is free and Rick will be there. The Stuart Air Show in Stuart, Florida is November 1st & 2nd, with a special night show and Halloween festivities … Continue reading SMAC079 – What’s in your hangar? The Government wants to know.

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Pre-Flight Checklist Everyone is here tonight except for Sean, starting the discussion with airplane shaped foods. Cruise Flight Victoria kicks us off with a discussion of getting her Instrument Flight Rating and keeping your rating. This leads into a discussion of best practices for training, and how to handle communicating with the tower and keeping … Continue reading SMAC078 Obtaining Your Instrument Rating

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Pre-Flight Checklist We have a surprise guest host this week! Also this week is the AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Cruise Flight This week’s main discussion is on getting current in single engine after a long hiatus. Practice techniques to keep current or “knock the rust off” Finding the time and money to afford practice Len discusses … Continue reading SMAC077 Regaining your Currency And A Surprise Guest

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Pre-Flight Checklist The crew is here along with special guest Bill English, Lead Accident Investigator on Asiana Flight 214. Mr. English is an Investigator-in-Charge for the Major Investigations Division for the National Transportation Safety Board headquartered in Washington, D.C. Mr. English also worked for the FAA and has a background in navigation. Cruise Flight This week’s … Continue reading SMAC076 What We Can Learn from Asiana Flight 214

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Pre-Flight Checklist The crew is here except for Victoria who had to take the night off. It’s hot hot hot!! Shout outs from Rick for Andrew Blanchard getting his CFI at Purdue and Sam Debartolo who passed his written for his Private and possibly did his long cross-country! Cruise Flight Carl made his first flight … Continue reading SMAC075 A first flight to Colombia, Flying the P2006T Tecnam and more.

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Pre-Flight Checklist The whole crew is here with a special guest, discussing the wonders of air shows Cruise Flight Tonight’s show is a discussion of air shows, with special guest Rob Reider. You can also find Rob on Facebook. Pilot since 1982 Announcing Air Shows since 1978 Announced at 146 air shows all over the country … Continue reading SMAC074 Interview With Air Show Announcer Rob Reider

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Pre Flight Checklist Everybody is really happy this week! Not only did Carl get to see the highest mountain in Peru, but even better, he got to touch a single engine airplane this week! Eric is beginning the summer semester at Polk State College in Florida. Rick is off this week trying to get his … Continue reading SMAC073 Drones, Toilet Paper Cutting, and Other Aviation Happiness

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This episode features an interview with Eric Crump, Aerospace Director at Polk State University, on the innovations taking place in aviation training. Pre-Flight Rick is from Ft. Lauderdale! Cruise Flight Eric Crump is Aerospace Director for Polk State University’s Aerospace Program and our special guest tonight. Previously he worked for 8 years as Director of … Continue reading SMAC072 – Innovations In Aviation Training with Eric Crump Of Polk State College

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It’s a bumpy one! The gang is back this week to discuss turbulence. Turbulence affects everyone who flies and so most pilots have developed their own ways of dealing with it. Join us for episode 71 of the Stuck Mic AvCast! Announcements Women Air Service Pilots reunion Sweetwater, TX May 24 Cruise Flight Dealing with … Continue reading SMAC071 Dealing With Turbulence

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