Flying Pilot Podcast

Okay, okay, it’s about time…

Len — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:45 +0000

Now that I’ve been promoted on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code episode 727 (about 10 minutes into the show), it’s time to start producing more episodes of the FPP.

Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback

Len — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:44:21 +0000

It’s going into full production, although it’s a design introduced 18 years ago, before the fall of the Soviet Union. It is going to be a direct replacement for the Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer.

And, for comparison purposes, here is the USA’s Lockheed F-22 Raptor:

TWA Lockheed Constellation

Len — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:34:37 +0000

You all know how much I like aviation history… especially airline history. Enjoy!

Oshkosh Pod-A-Palooza with the Pilotcast.

Len — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:42:22 +0000

Okay, you may be able to hear our baby boy, Alan, trying to podcast from the audience. Anyway, here is the Pilotcast roundtable hangar flying from the EAA Fly In in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. See the next post for my blog entry, and photos.

You can download the mp3 file directly here:

Back from Oshkosh!

Len — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:07:55 +0000

To pilots here in North America, Oshkosh is the pilgrimage of the flier. For one week each year, around the end of July/beginning of August, Wittman Field (KOSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin becomes the busiest airport in the world. Here are the details of my visit:

My family drove to Bedford, Massachusetts to borrow my mother’s Class B Motorhome. It was in need of a lot of attention, as the routine maintenance had been neglected, and it had a pretty nasty water leak. We did some work on it in Mom’s driveway, and took off back home, with a quick stop to see Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water house in Pennsylvania.

After returning home and working on the water problem, we sent our daughter off with some friends to Colorado (for some reason, our 15 year old didn’t want to go to the airshow), and departed the house on Tuesday, late afternoon. Tuesday night we spent freelance camping en route in the van, and Wednesday stopped in Beloit, WI to get a LP gas problem fixed and to buy a pair of new RV batteries. We arrived in Oshkosh later that afternoon. We paid our $19 per night to stay in Camp Scholler, and found a spot in the pet area. So, it was me, Inna, Alan and Sima (our Yorkie) staying in the miniature motorhome.

Thursday morning, we rose, used the community showers, and made our way out to Airventure, where we took in the static displays, and listened to separate forums hosted by Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover. We watched the aerial shows, heard a violin concert in the Theater in the Woods, and returned to the van to a nice meal of beef stew. As with last year, we arrived in Oshkosh at about the same time that the rain did, so the shows were abbreviated.

Traveling with our 5 month old was difficult, but it seems that the EAA has families in mind. We found diaper changing stations in a couple of places, fully stocked with all sizes of disposable diapers, as well as a “Mother/Baby Hanger” where mothers and babies can do what they do, with an outdoor waiting area for the dads.

Friday, we had some more fun watching the dogs from the US Customs and Border Protection agency sniff out drugs and contraband from suitcases on stage. I watched forums on GPS and WAAS, and flying cars, while Inna watched the airshow again. Tragically, this was the afternoon when two P-51 Mustangs collided with each other on landing, killing pilot Gerald S. Beck, 58, of Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Pilotcast Podcast-Palooza

At 5:30, in the GAMA pavillion (#2) I was invited by the Pilotcast guys to join them and representatives of Uncontrolled Airspace, Airspeed Online, Ultraflight Radio, The Finer Points, the CFIcast, and the Student Pilot Flight Podlog in a round-table discussion/hangar flying talk which will be available soon on the Pilotcast site. I may also put the mp3 in the Flying Pilot podcast feed.

After this, Inna and I took a walk around all of the airplane tie-downs to see what we want to buy or build.

Saturday morning, I took a workshop in composite construction, where we took a flat square of foam, filled it in with epoxy mixed with microballoons, covered it with fiberglass cloth, and coated the whole thing with epoxy resin. Afterword, the whole thing was covered with a dacron sheet. It turned out pretty well. I was pretty tired when I attended the briefing for the fabric covering workshop, so I ended up skipping the practical portion, but learned a lot in the presentation.

World War II Bombers

In the Saturday airshow, there was a formation of WWII bombers, a B-17, a B-24, and three B-25s. Also, there was the highly anticipated demonstration of the F-22 Raptor. It astonishes me each time I see it fly straight up, run out of speed, and simply nose over and accelerate again perfectly horizontally. Oh the technology of vectored thrust!

3 Generations of Air Force Fighters

Later, the F22 was joined by a P-38 and F-86 in an Air Force Heritage formation flight.

Saturday night, we saw the 1942 John Wayne movie The Flying Tigers at the fly-in theater. Inna and I both enjoyed it, and Alan seemed to enjoy it as well, at least during the times that he was awake.

Oh, I’m not going to talk about all of the commercial displays. You can read about them in many other places, with new VLJs, (Very Light Jets), LSAs (Light Sport Aircraft), and flying cars. Just visit Airventure.org to see them for yourself. I did pick up the book about Captain Jeppessen, and will talk about him and his little black book on a future podcast.

Flying Pilot Podcast #19 Todd talks about Hurricane Katrina relief flying.

Len — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:16:15 +0000

Today we listen to a conversation that I had with my first officer on a recent flight. Todd, in his spare time, flies for an organization called “Freedom Flight” in the Dallas Fort Worth Texas region. He talks about the organization, and his flights in support of Hurricane Katrina relief.

The podcast is here:

Freedom Flight website.

Lufthansa Airbus 380 Sweepstakes

Len — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:37:24 +0000

Sorry about the short time notice, but Lufthansa is having a sweepstakes to win a VIP tour of the A-380 when it makes its U.S. debut on the 19th. The deadline is tomorrow to enter, and you must answer some technical questions about Lufthansa’s Airbus 380 fleet. You must enter by midnight on March 12th.

Lufthansa Sweepstakes

Folks, This Stuff is Unforgivable…

Len — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:46:42 +0000

An American Airlines captain declares a fuel emergency, and doesn’t receive the priority that he needs.

ABC News Story.

The first unforgivable part is that Air Traffic Control wouldn’t give the captain what he asked. The second unforgivable part is the captain not reasserting what he needed to do. Perhaps the captain should have “told” instead of asking.

Listener’s Podcast

Len — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:05:07 +0000

Listener Martin is now a podcaster! Check out his podcast at:
The Private Pilot

Flying Pilot Podcast #18 A Day at the Saint Louis County Fair and Airshow!

Len — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:22:09 +0000

We talk to a few of the exhibitors at the Saint Louis County Fair and Air Show. You can download the episode’s mp-3 here:

2006 Saint Louis County Fair & Air Show

My photos are on this Picasa page.
The Prairie Aviation Museum and their Douglas DC-3
The Deutsche Luftwaffe (German Air Force) Panavia Tornado and English Translation
Ozark Airlines Museum
The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation
Lt Gail Halvorsen — The Berlin “Candy Bomber” — (Beware, there is loud background music on this page)
“Uncle Wiggly Wings”

New Episodes Coming Soon

Len — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:17:03 +0000

A few have emailed me to ask if I have given up podcasting. Well, the answer is no, but I do apologize for being absent the last two months. Hopefully, soon I will publish an episode of conversations from the Saint Louis Air Show, and later this month, a full episode, talking about winter flying, the “day the music died”, and the British aircraft of World War 1.

Stay tuned, and in the mean time, you may find some amusement in this:

Flying Pilot Podcast #17 Catch Frank Abagnale If You Can!

Len — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:59:50 +0000

As pilots, we have probably all heard of Mr Frank W. Abagnale, whose life inspired the hit movie and book, Catch Me If You Can. I had the opportunity to meet him on one of my flights. To our good fortune, he graciously agreed to talk to the Flying Pilot Podcast listeners. So, in this episode we hear a speech given by Mr. Abagnale about his life, and then I ask him a few questions in a short interview over Skype about his earlier years, and about what he is doing now. We also talk about some things that pilots should do to help secure themselves from identy theft.
It is a very interesting show, and can be downloaded here:

Abagnale and Associates
Court TV Crime Library
Catch Me If You Can on the Internet Movie Database
The “To Tell The Truth” segment on ifilm.com

In the spirit of Mr Abagnale offering to let us listen to his speech, and not asking for a fee for the interview, all Amazon Associate commissions collected through these links will be donated to charity.

Flying Pilot Podcast #16 — The Flight Surgeon comes back for a Second Opinion…

Len — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:19:13 +0000

“No Show,” the former Air Force Flight Surgeon joins us again, with the planned second interview. Here, he talks about “naughty pilots” and the things that we do to ourselves that can affect our flying. You can download the podcast here:

The previous flight surgeon episode, with interesting links, is located here.

Oxygen Hemogloben Saturation Curve

Percentage of the maximum amount of oxygen that the blood can carry.

Flying Pilot Podcast #15 Oshkosh Tenerife Taxiing and Anthony Fokker

Len — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:22:13 +0000

This episode talks about our time in Oshkosh, the Tenerife Disaster, tips on safe taxiing and runway incursions, and the history of Anthony Fokker, “The Flying Dutchman”. You can download it directly here:.

Fokker’s “Die Spinne” (Spider)

Anthony Fokker

Podsafe Music - Joe Campbell Crack the Sky

Podshow Link
Joe Campbell’s Website

Podcasters Len, Pilot Kent of The Pilotcast, and Jason Miller of The Finer Points at Oshkosh

Flying Pilot Podcast #14 SwissAir 111, Smoke and Fire Emergencies and Final French History Segment

Len — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:48:32 +0000

This episode gives my take on the SwissAir Flight 111 accident, a little talk about handling fire and smoke emergencies in flight, and Philippe’s final segment on the Golden Age of French Aviation from the Wright Brothers to World War 1. You can download the podcast directly here:. Adam Curry’s Podfinder can be found here, and episode 8 of the Flying Pilot Podcast is here.

SwissAir 111

Canadian TSB Accident Report

Inflight Fire and Smoke Emergencies

Golden Age of French Aviation

Philippe’s Podcast: Aviapod

Podsafe Music

Flying Pilot Podcast #13 A Visit From the Flight Surgeon!

Len — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:23:46 +0000

Today, we have a special podcast, with a doctor who was recently an Air Force flight surgeon. He talks about his experiences, as well as the physiological and medical aspects of flying — and how the human body was not designed for this.

Download the podcast directly here:

The Doctor’s Fighter Upgrade Training Patch

The Air Force Flight Surgeon

USAF Flight Surgeon’s Guide
Spatial Disorientation Seeing is Not Believing (This is a .pdf file)
Aerospace Physiology Training
FAA Pilot Safety Brochures
Flight Surgeon Badges

Add yourself to the Frappr Map! Vote for the show on Podcast Alley.

Flying Pilot Podcast #12 Concorde Revisited, and Even More French History!

Len — Fri, 12 May 2006 05:56:17 +0000

Today, we revisit the Concorde Crash from another perspective. Also, more French aviation history from Philippe, and podsafe music.

Direct link to the mp3 here:

La Grande Semaine d’Aviation
The Reims Air Meet

Concorde Revisited

Guardian Observer Article
Looking for Link to “Concorde:Anatomy of a Disaster”
Podcast #10 Concorde Links

Even More French Aviation History

Podsafe Music

Fly by Dusty Hughes on the Podsafe Music Network
Dusty Hughes’ Website

Here is Cyrille’s e-mail address as I talked about. For my crude spam reduction technique, please change the (at) for @: cfaubry(at)wanadoo.fr

Flying Pilot Podcast #11 Aaliyah, Airspeed and More French History!

Len — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:19:59 +0000

This is a mobile edition, uploaded from my hotel room near SFO. We discuss the news, Aaliyah’s crash in the Bahamas, Basic anemometers and airspeed measurement (IAS,CAS,EAS,TAS,GS), and more French aviation history. You can download the show directly here:

Bleriot’s Landing in England

Aviation News

Accident Report: Aaliyah

Aviation Science

Henri Pitot
FAA Pilot’s Handbook — Go to Chapter 6, Page 6

Aviation History

Podsafe Music

Flying Pilot Podcast #10 French Aviation History and Concorde Crash Report

Len — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:19:41 +0000

Here it is, Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 10. We discuss the news, examine the 2000 Concorde Paris Crash. You can download the MP3 directly here:

Santos Dumont’s 14 bis

Aviation News

Delta Pilots
updateDelta Pilots Negotiate Tentative Agreement
LSP Light Sport Plane

Accident Report Air France Concorde

English Translation of BEA Accident Report
Photos of F-BTSC on Airliners.net
History of F-BTSC on concordesst.com
All of the “Airport” movies on Amazon.com
Article about the Captain
Sabotage??? Conspiracy???

Aviation History — French Aviation before World War I — Part 1

Music

Paul Lack sings ‘L’aviateur rigolo’ from 1903!

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 9, John Kennedy Jr. Blimps Graf Zeppelin

Len — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:06:24 +0000

Episode 9 covers the NTSB report of John F Kennedy Jr’s Saratoga crash, a science section on blimps, history section on Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, podsafe music by Bret Philips, and a contest! Download the mp3 directly here:

Zeppelin Number 1

The e-mail address for contest entries is contest@flyingpilot.com please put the word “contest” in the subject line.

News

Accident Report

Aviation Science

Aviation History

Podsafe Music

Bret Philips Pacific Western Jetstream Home

Wikiair

Len — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:12:31 +0000

A fellow airline pilot has started this interesting wiki. It deals with layover cities and what to do there. Check it out and add to it as you can!

Colorado Aviation News Radio

Len — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:43:22 +0000

The Flying Pilot Podcast is now featured on the Colorado Aviation News internet radio.

This is a good source for pilot information, especially if you are flying in Colorado!

My Trivia Podcast

Len — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:36:06 +0000

If you enjoy trivia, then you should check out the My Trivia Podcast

Will, Amanda and Olivia host, and in their latest show, they invited me to ask some questions. Do you think you know the answers????

Flying Pilot Podcast #8 John Denver, Wake Turbulence and Glenn H. Curtiss

Len — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:50:06 +0000

Episode 8 includes news items about the Grand Canyon, Lasers, Shooting down hijackers in Germany, and Flying Cars. In the Accident Report, we explore John Denver’s Long-EZ accident. The Science section deals with wake turbulence. The History section covers the life of Glenn H. Curtiss. The Podsafe Music is “Magic Carpet” by Newleaf.

The Junebug - July 4, 1908

Get the podcast directly here:

Add yourself to the Frappr map!

News

Accident Report

Science

History

Podsafe Music

Magic Carpet by Newleaf

FPP Sound Seeing Tour of National Museum of the US Air Force

Len — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:09:14 +0000

This is a special podcast, recorded on my Cowon iAudio X5 as my co-pilot and I toured the National Museum of the United States Air Force, otherwise known as the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base just outside of Dayton Ohio.

National Museum of the United States Air Force

The first segment, is in the podcast feed, and available here:

The other segments are here

Interesting Video…

Len — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:31:23 +0000

from an American Airlines pilot, showing a complete flight from Boston to Paris and back. Enjoy!

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 7

Len — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:15:50 +0000

Here it is, episode 7. Now in the new and improved re-edited form, to take out the out-takes that were left in the original version. . We talk about the news, Thurmon Munson’s Citation Crash, Aerobatics, Part 3 of the Wright Brothers, and Music from the Phenomenauts. I was a guest quizmaster on episode 50 of Podquiz. Thanks to Quizmaster James for this opportunity. Try your trivia knowledge!

The Vin Fiz

The News

Accident Report

Thurmon Munson’s NTSB Report

Aviation Science

Aerobatic Maneuvers

Aviation History

Music

The Phenomenauts - Mission

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 6

Len — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:29:25 +0000

Here it is, episode 6:

The Wright Flyer 3 over Huffman Prairie

Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code — look for episode 315
Thirty Thousand Feet Blog

News

Science

History
The Wright Brothers’ Timeline

Media
Flying with Arthur Godfrey

Podsafe Music
I Fly by Tresa Street

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 5

Len — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:58:24 +0000

This time with my new microphone! We talk about blended flight controls, slips and skids, crosswind landings and takeoffs, and the Wright Brothers. You can download the mp3 directly here:

News

Science

Blended Flight Controls
Fouga Magister
Beechcraft V-Tailed Bonanza
F-106
Concorde
Slips and Skids
Crosswind Landings

History

The Wright Brothers

Podsafe Music

“Fly Away” Paula Toledo

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 4

Len — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:45:37 +0000

Episode 4 covers the three axis of airplane rotation, and powered flight before the Wright Brothers. You can download the mp3 here:

Show Notes:

News

Aviation Science

Three Axis of Rotation

Aviation History

Podsafe Music:

Flying Heroes ï¿½Aerodromeï¿½

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 3

Len — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:47:00 +0000

We talk about the news, the science of stalls, and historic gliders (the men and the machines). Here is a direct link to the mp3:

Shownotes:

Listener Louieï¿½s Baby
Miami Herald Article on Air Marshals
Chicago Tribune on Midway Crash
USA Today Article on Virgin America
Flight Stall on Wikipedia
Sir George Cayley
Otto Lilienthal Museum
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Podsafe Music: Blackout Pilot “Fly Me Home”

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 2

Len — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:36:24 +0000

Today’s pilot essential knowledge involves the four forces on an airplane, Leonardo DaVinci, and the Balloonists. You can download it here:

Thanks to Steve from Boston for pointing out the editing problem with the podcast. I re-uploaded the repaired file.

Shownotes:

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 1

Len — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:44:30 +0000

Well, it’s finally out, episode 1. You can find it in iTunes, or you can directly download it here:

Shownotes:

Flying Pilot Podcast Intro/Promo

Len — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:49:25 +0000

I decided to do it. The microphone isn’t ideal, and there are probably too many “uh”s and “ah”s, but I promise that I will get better as time goes by. You can download the Flying Pilot Podcast directly here. You can subscribe here:

Please let me know what you think.

Flying Pilot Podcast

Okay, okay, it’s about time…

Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback

TWA Lockheed Constellation

Oshkosh Pod-A-Palooza with the Pilotcast.

Back from Oshkosh!

Pilotcast Podcast-Palooza

World War II Bombers

3 Generations of Air Force Fighters

Flying Pilot Podcast #19 Todd talks about Hurricane Katrina relief flying.

Lufthansa Airbus 380 Sweepstakes

Folks, This Stuff is Unforgivable…

Listener’s Podcast

Flying Pilot Podcast #18 A Day at the Saint Louis County Fair and Airshow!

2006 Saint Louis County Fair & Air Show

New Episodes Coming Soon

Flying Pilot Podcast #17 Catch Frank Abagnale If You Can!

In the spirit of Mr Abagnale offering to let us listen to his speech, and not asking for a fee for the interview, all Amazon Associate commissions collected through these links will be donated to charity.

Flying Pilot Podcast #16 — The Flight Surgeon comes back for a Second Opinion…

Oxygen Hemogloben Saturation Curve

Flying Pilot Podcast #15 Oshkosh Tenerife Taxiing and Anthony Fokker

Fokker’s “Die Spinne” (Spider)

Intro Notes

The Disaster at Tenerife

Runway Incursions

Anthony Fokker

Podsafe Music - Joe Campbell Crack the Sky

Flying Pilot Podcast #14 SwissAir 111, Smoke and Fire Emergencies and Final French History Segment

SwissAir 111

Inflight Fire and Smoke Emergencies

Golden Age of French Aviation

Podsafe Music

Flying Pilot Podcast #13 A Visit From the Flight Surgeon!

The Doctor’s Fighter Upgrade Training Patch

The Air Force Flight Surgeon

Flying Pilot Podcast #12 Concorde Revisited, and Even More French History!

La Grande Semaine d’Aviation The Reims Air Meet

Concorde Revisited

Even More French Aviation History

Podsafe Music

Flying Pilot Podcast #11 Aaliyah, Airspeed and More French History!

Bleriot’s Landing in England

Aviation News

Accident Report: Aaliyah

Aviation Science

Aviation History

Podsafe Music

Flying Pilot Podcast #10 French Aviation History and Concorde Crash Report

Santos Dumont’s 14 bis

Aviation News

Accident Report Air France Concorde

Aviation History — French Aviation before World War I — Part 1

Music

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 9, John Kennedy Jr. Blimps Graf Zeppelin

Zeppelin Number 1

News

Accident Report

Aviation Science

Aviation History

Podsafe Music

Wikiair

Colorado Aviation News Radio

My Trivia Podcast

Flying Pilot Podcast #8 John Denver, Wake Turbulence and Glenn H. Curtiss

News

Accident Report

Science

History

Podsafe Music

FPP Sound Seeing Tour of National Museum of the US Air Force

National Museum of the United States Air Force

Interesting Video…

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 7

The News

Accident Report

Aviation Science

Aviation History

Music

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 6

Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 5

La Grande Semaine d’Aviation
The Reims Air Meet