Stuck Mic AvCast

Pre-Flight Ooooooooweeeee, what a great show we’ve got lined up for you today! Carl and Len report on their exploits and tomfoolery from Sun N Fun 2012, Rick updates us on the happenings with our friends at Terrafugia and their roadable aircraft, Len shares a story about telling air traffic control to piss off, Victoria gives us some pointers on special considerations when flying with your f...

Pre-Flight In this episode of the Stuck Mic AvCast , we talked about a quick recap of the Women Fly It Forward event back on March 10th, 2012. Carl was attending the Planes, Trains, & Automobiles event at Plant City Airport, Florida during recording so you’ll enjoy a fun airplane sound seeing tour as airplanes takeoff in the background. Then Len finally got to share his Super Cub Alaska...

Pre-Flight In this episode of the Stuck Mic AvCast, we took a slight deviation from the normal show format once again as we interviewed a very special aviator about her first novel, an aviation thriller involving airline accidents, conspiracy, and more. Join us in meeting Karlene Petitt , author of Flight For Control, as we learn about the 8 airlines she’s worked for in her flying career inc...

This is Episode 19 of the Stuck Mic AvCast , an aviation podcast about Learning To Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly! Today’s show is all about Personal Pilot Limitations, Flying With A CFI, First Impressions of the Cirrus SR22, Single Pilot Resource Management, Red Tails the Movie, and more! Pre-Flight This is the part of the show where we share our announcements. First on the list toda...

Both Carl and Len are airline pilots and go through a great deal of recurrent flight and ground training each year. As an airline Captain, Carl has recurrent ground training once a year and recurrent simulator every six months. As an airline First Office, Len has has the same except his simulator training is only once every 12 months. As general aviation pilots, we’re only required to have a...

Pre-Flight In Episode 17 we announced that our Stuck Mic AvCast co-host Carl Valeri would be in attendance at the 2012 US Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, FL. After 3 days of visiting with venders, watching speakers, and most importantly meeting you folks in the field, we’ve compiled an entire show around his Sebring interviews. Cruise Flight Interviews with: Amy Laboda of Aviation For Women...

Today’s show was spurred by a listener email that had to do with the pros and cons of flying for fun versus flying for work. There’s a lot of opinions out there on the Internet and aviation forums, some from disgruntled airline pilots, other from passionate aviators looking to fly heavy iron. Since Carl and Len are both airline pilots and Rick and Victoria fly for pleasure, what not a...

First and foremost a Happy New Year to you and yours! From all of us at the Stuck Mic AvCast, we wish you health and prosperity in 2012 and look forward to more episodes together. Pre-Flight 1. A few episodes back we were proud to announce our state-of-the-art Stuck Mic AvCast mobile app for Android, iPhone, & iPad. That application was FREE for download because it is supported by advertising...

Pre-Flight Carl interviewed Todd Castro about starting and becoming involved with flying clubs. In error, Len mentioned it would be released as Episode #15a. But as timing would have it, the Flying Clubs Explained audio was released ahead of schedule as Episode #14a. Sorry for the confusion! Cruise Flight Flying Couples Charles & Ann Lindbergh Martin & Osa Johnson John & Martha King Cr...

One of the best ways to decrease the cost of flying and increase your time in the air is to join a flying club. Recently I spoke with Todd Castro, former President of The Blue Sky Aviation Association , one of the most successful flying clubs in the United States. Todd shared many aspects of starting and running a flying club. In this in depth interview you will learn: Why you should consider join...

Pre-Flight In this episode we interviewed a special guest from Terrafugia Roadable Aircraft , aka the flying car company. Our guest John Telfeyan , Senior Engineering Technician, comes from the high-performance competitive boating industry. He worked his way through a world-renowned sailboat design and fabrication house over the course of a 30 year career developing significant expertise in carbon...

Mastering the art of flying is a continuos journey along a path towards an elusive and worthy destination. Mastering the art of flying is a worthy goal which has a positive affect on of those who we fly with and those we fly over. Our journey towards mastering the art of flying leads us to our ultimate goal of realizing our individual potential. The Journey Begins The most difficult aspects of our...

Pre-Flight The Stuck Mic AvCast  Mobile Apps are NOW AVAILABLE for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android . Download them today! You’ve probably noticed some extra content in the feed. These extra episodes are interviews from out in the field and other special feature content above and beyond our bi-monthly episodes. You’ll be able to distinguish the feature content from our legacy conte...

Only a few years ago the birthplace of scheduled airline service and the home of National Airlines was considered for demolition. Local politicians and a small but powerful group wanted to turn the airport into a park ending the life of this historic and vibrant airfield overlooking Tampa Bay. The Albert Whitted Airport Preservation Society along with local advocates were instrumental in winning t...

Pre-Flight NOW AVAILABLE – Stuck Mic AvCast gear like coffee mugs, magnets, buttons, women’s and men’s shirts (long sleeve, short sleeve, hoodies), and more at StuckMicAvCast.com/buy Cruise Flight Haunted Airports – an undoubtedly interesting review of haunted airports both in the USA and internationally. You’ll be surprised to hear about your local airport on the lis...

Episode 11 in the house! For those of you have been with us since the very beginning, you’ll recall that Episode 1 was an interview Len conducted with test pilot Mark Jones Jr. We decided if was time to interview another interesting aviator and our special guest during Episode 11 was Patrick Smith of TailwindsOverFrederick.com . Tune in to learn all about getting started in hot air balloonin...

Our second LIVE broadcast in our behind the scenes look at recording Episode 10 of the Stuck Mic AvCast. Below, for your listening pleasure, is the final product with all the trimmings! Enjoy Pre-Flight Reminder – we have a “Classic” non-interactive MP3 ONLY version of the podcast: Stuck Mic AvCast MP3 Feed Double digit episodes Cruise Flight Landing in gusty winds Gusty wind tec...

Raise your headphones to your ears and listen like you have no cares, Stuck Mic AvCast Episode 9 is here! Pre-Flight Reminder – we now have a “Classic” non-interactive MP3 ONLY version of the podcast that you can subscribe to: Stuck Mic AvCast MP3 Feed Listen email regarding autopilot babies and over reliance on cockpit automation Reference: Colgan Air 3407 accident Reference: Ai...

Episode 8 is LIVE and ready for your listening delight! Pre-Flight Reminder – we now have a “Classic” non-interactive MP3 ONLY feed you can subscribe to: Stuck Mic AvCast MP3 Feed Cruise Flight Over Reliance on Automation and Technology in the Cockpit Using the autopilot as a crutch vs as a tool Losing “touch” with the aircraft controls A case for hand flying “A...

Here it is – Episode #7 of the Stuck Mic AvCast ! My gosh we’re having soooo much fun recording and sharing these podcasts with you all. Today’s episode has some particularly great gold nuggets of information and some pretty hilarious moments of tomfoolery, too. So let’s get started! Pre-Flight *Review of the joint UCAP & Stuck Mic AvCast brunch meet up at the Midfield...

Thanks for tuning in to the Stuck Mic AvCast for Episode #6! In this episode, Victoria explains how she hired a flight instructor and aircraft on a daily rate in order to complete her Commercial Certificate flight training, Rick did his very first flight review and shares the full story in detail, Carl tells us how you can avoid doing a flight review ever again by substituting other training and p...

Episode #5 was all about you, an entire episode of answering listener mail. We had some great questions and submissions and really enjoyed taking time to answer them. Please continue to submit your questions and feedback via blog comments, Twitter , and email and we’ll be sure to answer them on the air! And remember we have 2 flight instructors that can answer your flying questions, too. In...

Victoria returns from her 2 week long adventure to obtain her Commercial Pilot certificate to join us on Episode 4. Tune in to hear about her intensive flight training, how she contracted a flight instructor on a daily rate, and flew her bottom off to reach that Commercial ticket on her 7th day of training. Other topics include: 1. Navigating thunderstorms 2. Thunderstorm avoidance 3. What to expe...

There were a lot of topics covered in Episode #3 and the show ran about 1hr 20min in length. BUT, it’s chock full of golden nuggets about Staying Safe in the Traffic Pattern, Class C Airspace, Pilots With Disabilities, and a whole bunch more! So stay tuned to the whole episode because it’s worth it. The full topic list includes: 1. Believe What You See, Not What You Here – Stayin...

In Episode #2 we started out discussing the findings of the Air France 447 black box. Air France 447 disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1, 2009 killing all on board. After years of extensive searching for the aircraft black boxes, they were recently found. Read the findings here – Black Box Reveals Last Minutes Other podcast topics includ...