Stuck Mic AvCast

Pre-Flight In this episode of the Stuck Mic AvCast, we talked about a quick recap of the Women Fly It Forward event back on March 10th, 2012. Carl was attending the Planes, Trains, & Automobiles event at Plant City Airport, Florida during recording so you’ll enjoy a fun airplane sound seeing tour as airplanes takeoff … Continue reading Episode #21 – Fly It Forward Recap, Planes-Trains-Automobiles, Alaskan Ski-Plane Adventures

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Pre-Flight In this episode of the Stuck Mic AvCast, we took a slight deviation from the normal show format once again as we interviewed a very special aviator about her first novel, an aviation thriller involving airline accidents, conspiracy, and more. Join us in meeting Karlene Petitt, author of Flight For Control, as we learn … Continue reading Episode #20 – Airline Crashes, Conspiracy, & Flight For Control

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This is Episode 19 of the Stuck Mic AvCast, an aviation podcast about Learning To Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly! Today’s show is all about Personal Pilot Limitations, Flying With A CFI, First Impressions of the Cirrus SR22, Single Pilot Resource Management, Red Tails the Movie, and more! Pre-Flight This is the … Continue reading Episode #19 – Personal Pilot Limitations, Flying With A CFI, & First Impressions of Cirrus SR22

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Both Carl and Len are airline pilots and go through a great deal of recurrent flight and ground training each year. As an airline Captain, Carl has recurrent ground training once a year and recurrent simulator every six months. As an airline First Office, Len has has the same except his simulator training is only … Continue reading Episode #18 – Aircraft Accidents, Recurrent Training, & Pilot Proficiency

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Pre-Flight In Episode 17 we announced that our Stuck Mic AvCast co-host Carl Valeri would be in attendance at the 2012 US Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, FL. After 3 days of visiting with venders, watching speakers, and most importantly meeting you folks in the field, we’ve compiled an entire show around his Sebring interviews. … Continue reading Episode #17a – A Sebring Sport Aviation Expo Special Edition

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Today’s show was spurred by a listener email that had to do with the pros and cons of flying for fun versus flying for work. There’s a lot of opinions out there on the Internet and aviation forums, some from disgruntled airline pilots, other from passionate aviators looking to fly heavy iron. Since Carl and … Continue reading Episode #17 – Flying For Fun Vs Flying Hire

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First and foremost a Happy New Year to you and yours! From all of us at the Stuck Mic AvCast, we wish you health and prosperity in 2012 and look forward to more episodes together. Pre-Flight 1. A few episodes back we were proud to announce our state-of-the-art Stuck Mic AvCast mobile app for Android, … Continue reading Episode #16 – Pilot Eye Health, FAA Vision Tests, & History of Checklists

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Pre-Flight Carl interviewed Todd Castro about starting and becoming involved with flying clubs. In error, Len mentioned it would be released as Episode #15a. But as timing would have it, the Flying Clubs Explained audio was released ahead of schedule as Episode #14a. Sorry for the confusion! Cruise Flight Flying Couples Charles & Ann Lindbergh … Continue reading Episode #15 – Flying Couples, Nantucket Traffic Pattern, & Preventing Pilot Fatigue

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One of the best ways to decrease the cost of flying and increase your time in the air is to join a flying club. Recently I spoke with Todd Castro, former President of The Blue Sky Aviation Association, one of the most successful flying clubs in the United States. Todd shared many aspects of starting … Continue reading Episode #14a – Flying Clubs Explained

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Pre-Flight In this episode we interviewed a special guest from Terrafugia Roadable Aircraft, aka the flying car company. Our guest John Telfeyan, Senior Engineering Technician, comes from the high-performance competitive boating industry. He worked his way through a world-renowned sailboat design and fabrication house over the course of a 30 year career developing significant expertise in carbon … Continue reading Episode #14 – Flying Cars, Sport Pilots, & Composite Airplanes

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