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Tuesday, 29 Jun 2010

PJP #017 - Cozy in a C150

Pireps:
In this episode Mike relates lessons learned from his instrument checkride and Stew describes watching an FAA King Air land gear-up.

FAA King Air N20

Jason Schapper

Special Guest:
We hear from Jason Schappert of Flying Across America, where Jason and Vincent Lambercy will pilot Jason's Cessna 150, N512R from Daytona Beach, Florida to Catalina Island, California and back.

Flying Across America

FlightGear.org - an open-source flight simulator.

Featured Site:
www.flightgear.org

The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. Source code for the entire project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as an end-user application.

Apple iPad and Foreflight Mobile HD

Product Review:
Mike describes his first experiences using his new Apple iPad 3G and ForeFlight Mobile HD software.

Email, Shoutouts and Other Links:

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Saturday, 19 Jun 2010

PJP #016 - The Ballet of Flight Training

Pireps:
In this episode the crew talks about the ins and out of flight training from

Picking a Flight Instructor - http://www.aopa.org/learntofly/findcfi
Changing Flight Instructors - http://www.ehow.com/how_5187393_change-flight-instructors-graciously.html

and Studying for the IFR Test using

Gleim Study Aids - http://www.gleim.com/aviation/instrument
Sporty's Study Buddy test prep - http://sportys.com/faatest
and CFI Stew's choice Exams4Pilots.org - http://www.exams4pilots.org

Finding the Right flight instructor for YOU is important.

Kent Shook (center) during Podapalooza 2009

Podapalooza 2010 is coming to Oshkosh on Friday July 30, 2010 from 5:30 - 8:15 at the 007 Honda Forums Mainstage 7 - http://www.eaaapps.org/presenterinfo.aspx?id=402

Hosted by Kent Shook of the Pilotcast, this year's forum will be bigger than ever due to the expansion that has taken place in aviation podcasting. To keep up with, checkout or suggest new podcasts, visit the Aviation Podcasts Network at www.aviationpodcasts.net or www.thevoicesinyourhead.com. Many of these voices will appear in their corporeal bodies at Oshkosh.

Special Guest:
This show's feature interview is with Michael Combs of Flight for the Human Spirit - www.FlightHS.com - Twitter @CombsCoach - Facebook http://www.facebook.com/flighths

Since talking with Michael nearly a year ago in episode 5 (PJP005), Michael has made it halfway through his historic journey in a Remos Light Sport Aircraft.

Michael Combs

ShortField.com - Land here, before you land out there!

Featured Site:
www.shortfield.com

Shortfield.com is a free online community of backcountry aviation and airplane camping enthusiasts working together to create a comprehensive database of information related to backcountry airstrips and seldom used landing sites.

The website is built around an FAA database of United States landing facilities, supplemented by a growing library of backcountry airstrip information contributed by users, inluding airport descriptions, pilot reports, photographs, approach videos, sectional maps, and more! Please set-up a free user account and share your knowledge of backcountry airstrips.

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