Pilot's Journey Podcast

PIREPS: • Stew recounts his second and third "events" with a student's Censsna 182 - The same 182 that shut down an airport in the Mayhem episode. He had a partial engine failure on takeoff and later loses the vacume pump shortly after completing 6 hours of IFR flight. • Mike describes crosswind landing practice in the Cub with a 28 knot, 50 degree crosswind.

SPECIAL GUEST: Our guest this time is Chris Findley - host of the MyFlightCoach.com podcast, author and creator of a unique checkride prep tool. Chris discusses the phases students go through during training, things he's seen in checkrides, ways to prepare and challenges he has getting students in the right frame of mind for a practical test.

CHIRSTMAS POEM:

• Pilots Journey Listener Line: 330-3JOURNEY (330-356-8763)
• http://www.facebook.com/PilotsJourney Pilot's Journey Facebook Page
• http://ussportaircraft.com US Sport Aircraft
• http://MyFlightCoach.com My Flight Coach web site
• http://http://www.mZeroA.com Jason Schapperts's M Zero A site
• http://thevoicesinyourhead.com The Aviation Media Network

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PIREPS: • Stu describes the odd feelings flying an Ercoupe. This classic 1946 bird has no rudder pedals. It steers on the ground with the yoke like your grandfather's Buick. • The Stews also discuss some new aircraft including a Decathlon and perhaps a Cesnna 310 light twin. • Cavanaugh Flight Museum offers flight training in a Stearman, T6 Texan, or for the real adventurist, a P51 Mustang for a bargain price of $1,250 per hour. • Mike relates his recent exercise in flight planning where his most valuable tools were highway web cams. • Mike also discusses an FAA Safety course he took with which he disagreed on some of the "best" answers. The crew discusses personal minimums and the best approach to marginal weather that bumps against personal or approach minimums.

FEATURED SITE: PilotGetaways.com A great resource for places you can fly to for picnics, camping or outdoor activities. Membership includes access to a database compiled by American Air Campers. They also publish a great magazine and donate a portion of proceeds to the Recreational Aviation Foundation.

• Pilots Journey Listener Line: 330-3JOURNEY (330-356-8763)
• http://www.facebook.com/PilotsJourney Pilot's Journey Facebook Page
• http://ussportaircraft.com US Sport Aircraft
• http://faasafety.gov FAASTeam
• http://thevoicesinyourhead.com The Aviation Media Network
• http://http://www.savvyaviator.com Mike Busch - The Savvy Aviator
• http://theraf.org Recreational Aviation Foundation

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Snowbirds in tight formation PIREPS: Stu does some formation flight as part of a high school aeronautics program. Mikes faces IFR currency issues Mike takes on spins in the Cub. Videos: http://vimeo.com/m/51730309 and http://vimeo.com/m/51730309 Stew describes his adventures at the Alliance Air Show in Fort Worth, Texas Stu laments his lack currency for both IFR and log book updates Stew comments on improvements in General Aviation Safety http://tiny.cc/gasafe

FEATURED SITE: USAirNet.com USAirNet.com graphically presents aviation weather information in three hour blocks for the next 63 hours. It provides sky conditions, temperatures, wind vectors and velocity, cloud bases, visibility, precipitation, dew point and temperature/dew point spread for each time period. Everything is easy to read at a quick glance. If you're on their home page, it can be a bit tricky to find the key weather page. Choose Aviation Weather from the Weather main menu choice. On the next page, enter the location or ICAO airport code for the location you're interested in. Bookmark your favorites for easy, quick, weather forecasts.

EAAVideo.org We're also featuring EAAVideo.org, a rich site of great videos published by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). You can find videos on almost any aviation related topic in this treasure chest of videos.

PRODUCT REVIEW: Nall Report This episode we're reviewing the Nall report, published by the Aviation Safety Foundation, part of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ("AOPA"). This report is published annually and studies the causes and trends in aviation accidents.

• Pilots Journey Listener Line: 330-3JOURNEY (330-356-8763)
• http://www.facebook.com/PilotsJourney Pilot's Journey Facebook Page
• http://ussportaircraft.com US Sport Aircraft
• http://tiny.cc/mckinneyav McKinney ISD Aviation Program
• http://thevoicesinyourhead.com The Aviation Media Network
• http://tiny.cc/bobjones General Aviation News Story on Bob Jones
• http://www.allianceairshow.com Alliance Airshow
• http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/snowbirds Canadian Snowbirds
• http://www.afthunderbirds.com USAF Thunderbirds
• http://coradine.com Coradine - the makers of LogTen Pro
• http://www.savvyaviator.com SavvyAviator.com
• http://www.aviationcareerspodcast.com Aviation Careers Podcast

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PIREPS: Stu has been busy at work as a CFI. Mikes flight in a SR-22T http://vimeo.com/41263187 Mike took a 30 hour cross country flight in his J3 Cub Stew went to Oshkosh 2012 Airventure Tiger going back into production with new systems and engine options Redbird Simulators with ATRC in Carrolton TX http://atrcsim.com TouchTrainer simulators start at $3,500. http://www.flythissim.com/touchtrainer.aspx Sonex Jet videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gZsXvyxjQ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w85sDPiCGKQ Stinson 108 crash video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDu0jYiz-v8

FEATURED SITE: LightspeedAviationFoundation.org The Lightspeed Aviation Foundation strives to promote a vibrant and growing pilot community, support education that will preserve and extend the future of aviation and use thier gifts within the aviation community to serve others for the betterment of our world. Each year, the foundation recognizes and selects a group of deserving aviation non-profit organizations nominated from members of the aviation community. The foundation administers gifts through Pilot's Choice Awards (foundation grants) and Customer Choice Awards (designated gifts). Every purchaser of a Lightspeed headset can designate $50 of thier purchase to support one of these organizations.

PRODUCT REVIEW: Garmin My Pilot App for iPhone/iPod/iPad - 3.5 Stars Garmin GDL 39 ADS/B Receiver

• Pilots Journey Listener Line: 330-3JOURNEY (330-356-8763)
• http://ussportaircraft.com US Sport Aircraft
• http://thevoicesinyourhead.com The Aviation Media Network

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PIREPS: In this episode we hear about Stu's puker on a discovery flight. The crew discusses ways to counter act and "dequeazify" flying. Stu also describes a "failure to communicate" with another discovery flight student.

Mike introduces the topic of maintaining currency and the challenges that go with that, as well as a CFIT incident captured on video. In the video, a pilot gets lured into an impossible turn in rising terrain. There is also a short version here.

The AOPA Air Safety Institute has some great resources to help educate pilots about these CFIT risks. A video entitled 178 Seconds To Live gives us all something to think about. There is also a blog discussion on the video that's adds more insight. The Institue also provides an excellent, free Mountain Flying Course online. It's well worth the time for anyone who does or may fly in mountainous areas. It could save your life.

• Pilots Journey Listener Line: 330-3JOURNEY (330-356-8763)
• http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSMN Salmon, ID Airport on AirNav
• http://americanflyers.net American Flyers
• http://ussportaircraft.com US Sport Aircraft
• http://www.sun-n-fun.org Sun n' Fun Fly-in - Lakeland FL
• http://thevoicesinyourhead.com The Aviation Media Network

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