By Bill Williams
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The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.
From the folks at the Student Pilot Cast, here is a demo of AOPA’s Flight Training Advantage, or AFTA. This is video episode 9 of the Student Pilot Cast. This episode is also published in higher resolution on our YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg5YQ6CoeUM
In audio episode 65 I had a chat with Dan Justman from AOPA at Oshkosh 2022 about AFTA and some of the details of the product. Here is the SPC audio episode 65 with more information about AFTA from the interview with Dan Justman: https://studentpilotcast.com/spc65
AOPA is trying to tackle what is likely part of the reason so many people quit pilot training before achieving their certificate by organizing the flight training process and making it more transparent and predictable, even in a part 61 setting. With their AOPA Flight Training Advantage program, or AFTA, they are hoping to make flight training more enjoyable for both the student and the CFI, and make the process a little bit easier, more predictable, and more streamlined…thus saving time, money, and hopefully helping a few additional people earn their certificate. I hope you enjoy this one.
More information about AFTA can be found here: AOPA Flight Training Advantage – AOPA
The famous Bell 47 helicopter ride at Oshkosh brought to you in its full, 4-minute glory by the folks at the Student Pilot Cast. Here’s a quick bonus feature from OSH22. This is video episode 8 of the Student Pilot Cast. This episode is also published in 4K on our YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/3L31zewMx7U
For this episode I got a chance to talk to Nick Smith from Part Time Pilot, an online private pilot ground school that packs a lot of personalized value into a rather inexpensive service. Learn about how he’s taking a more personal approach to online training and also learn how to get a discounted price on Part Time Pilot which will last a lifetime.
For the tricks on discounts check this out from Nick:
This is the video version of the audio podcast episode 64 which can be found here: https://studentpilotcast.com/spc64
A higher resolution version of this video can be found on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/6GCDOrB7cwY
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In this episode we get a quick demo of Infinite Flight from Jay during our chat at Airventure 2022.
The video can also be found in higher resolution on our brand-new YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/qK2fmjvJdxo
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:
You can find out more about the Student Pilot Cast here:
This is the video version of the Student Pilot Cast Audio Episode 63 which can be found here: https://studentpilotcast.com/spc63/. A high-resolution version can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/-GhDPNoQcj4
In this episode I get to talk to Mark Palm, the CEO and Co-Founder of Samaritan Aviation, a humanitarian organization who help people out in Papua New Guinea. Mark gives us a bit of the history or the org, the operations, and a quick tour of the aircraft they are using.
Samaritan Aviation can be found on the web here: https://samaritanaviation.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samaritanaviation
Instagram: https://instagram.com/samaritanaviation/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SamaritanAviation_
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
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 video version of the audio podcast episode 62 which can be found here: https://studentpilotcast.com/spc62/
This video can also 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:
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:
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:
You can find out more about the Student Pilot Cast here:
Okay everyone. I’m finally releasing a quick video covering how I record cockpit audio. This is my most frequently asked question. The video does not tell the whole story, so I’m doing that here on the website as well in this post. I may make it a permanent feature on the site as well.
So take a look at the video, but here are some more details. The first thing to understand is that what you record to doesn’t really matter. I use a digital audio recorder, but recording to a video camera, an mp3 player, or even an old fashioned tape recorder is the same thing. The trick is getting the audio from the plane to a level that can be recorded by one of these devices correctly.
The Levels. Whatever your method of recording, you will likely be using the Microphone (Mic) input jack of some sort of recorder. The levels that a Microphone puts out are much lower than the levels that are needed to drive headset speakers, which is why just plugging a headphone output directly into the Mic input on a recorder will likely not work well. The audio will be overdriven and garbled. So, the first issue is to reduce the levels coming out of the plane’s audio system to a mic level that can be recorded. There are several ways to do this, but we’ll get to that in a moment.
The Jacks: The other issue is much more straightforward; you have to use adapters and cables that allow the different jacks for headsets and recording devices to be connected. This is a simple physical plug problem which can be addressed with various adapters.
The Solutions: There are probably many more ways to do this, and I welcome comments from readers/listeners for more ideas, but I’ll likely cover most of the common ways to accomplish the same thing; record audio in the cockpit. Here are various solutions in no particular order. I will list pros and cons for each solution.
Okay…there’s the rundown. For what I personally do, as I mentioned, most of the time a use the Barnstormer purpose-built cable for audio. As I record video, though, I’m trying different things, including splitting the audio coming from the cable to my audio recording device AND the video camera, or using the splitter cable for the audio only device, and using the lav mic solution for the video camera. This gives me the best of both worlds as far as audio goes (more organic audio with the video and more pristine audio with my audio recorder). This is an especially useful scenario if I have a passenger who is willing to put the lav mic in their earcup, that way it keeps the extra cable away from me and reduces the chance of it interfering with my PIC duties. The Barnstormer cable and other solutions like it are absolutely bullet-proof…I’ve never had a failure or forgotten anything, etc. There are no batteries to change, no extra cables into my earcups to deal with, etc. I just leave the splitter cable attached to my headset and carry it in my headset bag as if it were part of the headset. Works out well.
Hopefully this post and video answers this question for everyone. I’ve tried to be as comprehensive as I could, but I’ve missed anything or made any mistakes, please let me know through the comments (so others can see as well). Happy flying (and recording). Can’t wait to hear everyone’s cockpit audio.
The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.