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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike, joined by Pilot Gil from New Jersey and new Pilot Jason from Connecticut and many more on Pilotcast 64.
- Gil and Jason flew to Gastons from New York
- Garmin 496 - "A fine piece of machinery"
- Gaston's - the cabin looks out on the runway, oh and they have fish
- The poker run.
- Plane and pilots meet and great.
- Gil does a practice run in Kansas for "Cessnas to Oshkosh"
- Practicing subtle and precise control of your plane is mandatory.
- The Pilotcat and CFIcast pilots and friends will see you at the 2nd Oshkosh Podapolooza at 6 PM on Friday night August 1 in Forum pavillion #4, this year LIVE on EAA radio!
- Some pilot friends check in from Gaston's
- Jason gets multi-engine training in WHAT????
Recorded Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 01:27:01 - 40.2MB
Song:
"No More Summertime Blues" by Geoff
Smith
Music on the Pilotcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music
Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com
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Fri, 6 June 2008
Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike, joined by Pilot Will of the Pilot's Flight Podlog and CFI Tony Condon of the The CFIcast on Pilotcast 63.
- Tony tried to fly over Chicago. Denied!
- Pilot Will reports on his first vist to Sun n' Fun
- The Light Sport planes
- The new Cirrus feature: A panic button.
- Small planes in Florida taking fire.
- Florida sending tax bills to planes for visiting for too long.
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Thu, 1 May 2008 CFIcast #010 - Teaching off-airport landings - 2007.09.27 - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast
Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!
The CFIcast #10 CFI panel:
- Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
- Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
- Joe Zubay, CFI, from Northern Illinois who has been instructing since the 1960s.
Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:
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Teaching flight students about making off-airport landings.
- Tony: Every glider landing is off-airport
- Considerations when selecting a field for landing
- The crop? Beans vs. Corn vs. Wheat
- Land near a road or the house.
- Should you land on a road?
- How to spot obstructions
- Can you spot telephone poles?
- Power lines
- Trees
- Tony on landing considerations for glider pilots
- Plan your approach to clear the obstructions
- Glider pilots will choose to land at an airport rather than fly over dense wooded areas.
- Gliders will never land on a road.
- What spot in a field is the best to aim for?
- How about a river?
- Rick as a former crop duster...how to spot power lines
- How low can you be and change landing fields?
- What if you see power lines?
- DON'T STALL THE AIRPLANE
- Who owns the airplane once you light off?
- Doing an intentional ground loop
- The precautionary landing
- Don't make a power-off choice when you have power
- How to land in a field
- Use flaps or not?
- Fly a tight pattern
- Richard Bach's "A Gift of Wings" story "The School for Perfection"
Recorded Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 00:50:04 - 22.9MB
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Mon, 31 March 2008  Pilotcast #062 - The Adventures of Pilot Captain Henning - Aviation Podcast - 2008.03.04
Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike as they talk to Pilot Captain Henning about his flying and non-flying adventures.
- Student training in a Beech 18 Twin taildragger
- Pilot Henning's adventures as a commercial pilot:
- Air Dead Guy, and what can happen when the passenger does strange things
- Mile High flights
- Crop dusting
- Pipeline patrol
- Airplane repo
- Losing pilot friends.
- An ice encounter in a Travel Air
- Owning a crop duster
- Animal friends in a job on a glass-bottom boat
The web site of a recommended pilot and captain for hire: http://www.caphenning.com
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Tue, 11 March 2008
Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!
The CFIcast #9 CFI panel:
- Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI who just earned her multi-engine CFI rating. Kate is an instructor with Able Flight, a program that grants scholarships for challenged person to obtain Light Sport Pilot certificates
- Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
- Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
- Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:
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Teaching flight instruction to challenged student pilots and students who are a challenge to teach.
- Flying airplanes with hand controls
- Should the CFI become familiar with operating with hand controls?
- How hard is it to learn flying with and controls?
- How many hours can it take for an experienced pilot or instructor to re-learn to fly with hand controls?
- Obtaining an airmen's medical certificate for challenged private pilots
- The S.O.D.A. - Statement Of Demonstrated Ability
- The CFI's responsibily in regards to the medical requirements
- The medical with "Limited to student pilot privileges only"
- What the Aviation Medical Examiner has to decide before issuing a certificate
- Scheduling the S.O.D.A. check with an examiner from the local FSDO (Flight District Standards Office) before the pilot checkride
- Some examples of medical issues discussed and how they can dealt with
- Paraplegic and quadroplegic students
- Visually impaired
- Dyslexia
- ADD
- Other learning disabilities
- Sending the student on the Sport Pilot checkride
- What kind of help can the challenged student get?
- Will the FAA want the student demonstrate any special tasks (like escaping the airpla ne) or have specific requiremets?
- How should the CFI evaluate a challenged student?
- A challenged student is much more motivated.
- Should the CFI can try to simulate the disability?
- An active WW II pilot ace who had lost both legs
- Has a CFI ever had a student who the CFI thought should give it up?
- Other issues with flight students
- A student not fluent in English
- A student with poor judgement
- A student who had a way higher opinion of his abilities than his instructors did
- Students who can't meet performance standards and always have excuses.
- How the CFI could avoid such students
- How can the CFI deal with such students
Recorded Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 00:59:54 - 27.5MB
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Sat, 8 March 2008 Pilotcast Video report #4 from EAA Airventure 2007 in Oshkosh, WI, USA in July of 2007.
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Sun, 2 March 2008
Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike
- The Pilotcast pilots catch you up on what they've been doing.
- Pilot Dan is planning to do his BFR on a Yak
- Pilot Kent is thinking Swift
- Cessna is building the new Skycatcher light sport in China!
- While Airbus is going to build in the U.S
- The Light Sport market?
- Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson unveil White Knight 2 and SpaceShip 2
- From Airventure Oshkosh 2007 Pilot Kent talks to Johnny Vermillion in the WW II Devil Dog North American B-25
- The FAA has AD deals
- Winter flying
- Make sure you're prepared to survive in the cold.
Make sure you pack some survival gear
- Cellphone
- Extra blankets
- First Aid Kit
- Credit Card
- Personal Locator Beacon
- Handling the winter doldrums
- What to do during the winter when you can't fly
- Getting started in learning to fly.
Recorded Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 01:09:50 - 32.2MB
The Pilotcast pilots send sincere thanks to Pilot Will of the Pilot's Flight Podlog for production of Pilotcast #61. length: Direct download: Pilotcast_061_2008.01.24.mp3 Category: audio -- posted at: 1:15 AM |
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Sun, 24 February 2008 CFIcast #014 - CFIs on Ice! - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2008.02.21
Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!
The CFIcast #14 CFI panel:
- Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Special guest CFI Scott Dennstaedt, CFI, a former a NWS Meteorologist, creator of the "Ice is Not Ice" seminar on CD. Scott is an IFR magazine contributing editor, writer for Plane and Pilot, Pilot Journal and Twin and Turbine. FAA-certificated instrument flight instructor with about 3,500+ hours, currently teaching in technically advanced aircraft. Scott helped the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association develop a pilot proficiency program and helped the Columbia owner's association develop a recurrent training program. Scott also does one-on-one aviation weather training with pilots via WebEx.
- Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI who just earned her multi-engine CFI rating.
- Greg Bockelman, CFI. A 777 pilot for a major airline and owner of a Cessna 195.
- Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
- Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
- Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:
- Scott Dennstaedt on The Skew-T diagram to predict icing conditions
- Do CFIs teach flight in actual ice?
- Tools to evaluate icing conditions
- Should CFIs give student an exposure to actual ice?
- Should the CFI share a healthy respect and avoid ice with students?
- If the CFI demonstrates an ice encounter is the student likely to think an ice encounter is tolerable on try it on their own?
- If the student gets a scare from ice on a dual session
- Teaching a known ice capable aircraft.
- Appreciating students who do proper preparation.
- Teaching how to evaluate where the ice would be.
- What the CFI's ethical obligation to give students an exposure to ice?
- How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
- Teaching instrument students that they can't always expect to be able to fly.
- Can you teach the discipline and judgment required.
- Teaching the student what to do if they have an ice encounter.
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- Can the CFI just brief the student on what to do in an ice encounter without giving an actual experience?<
- Will the simulator work to simulate ice?
- The aircraft's performance in ice is hard to predict. They aren't required to tested in ice.
Recorded Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 01:07:00 - 30.7MB
Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward
Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com
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