Wednesday
10Mar2010

Interview with Captain David John USAF F-22 Raptor Pilot - Episode 7

Mike, Zyola and Nate interview Captain David John, USAF.  David answers our questions about flying the F-22, sprinkled in with his own experiences flying the F-15, T-37, and T-38.  David is currently stationed at Nellis AFB in a non-flying but very important role, and we appreciate him taking the time to talk with us on Sunday February 28th, 2010.  David jumps/storage/podcasts/Capt_David_John_F22_Pilot_Interview.mp3in and answers both some common questions, and also a few questions you may never have heard posed to an F-22 pilot.

Our host Doug, couldn't make it for the interview, but don't worry -- he'll be back!

Disclaimer: David's interview (as well as our whole podcast) are, as usual, our own personal opinions and he, like us, reserves his right to change his mind about anything he said at any time.  In this interview, he is not speaking officially for the U.S. Air Force, but we do thank his commanding Officer for sending him our way.

Episode 7

Thursday
18Feb2010

Cookies at the Crash Site - Episode 6

MHF Show Notes - Episode 6 
Recorded Sunday February 14th, 2010

Who's been or is going flying? What have we been up to?

Zyola has a new Nephew, Kanoa Alika - 10 lb 15.75 oz (11 lbs!) of baby boy!
79M still in the shop for Annual. Nate's going through airplane withdrawl.

No flying for Doug - Study for the Mission Scanner Course on 13 February, 2010.

Mike Flew piper Tomahawk Friday owned by his instructor. Birthday today
Farewell to N8959B, Next step?

 Shoutouts & Thank You's

  1. Bob Penkhus - Colorado Springs Pilot donates his Beechcraft Super King Air 350 & services to fly 4 doctors & supplies to Haiti
  2. Lynnda Meeks of Girls With Wings
  3. The Legend of Pancho Barnes - A Documentary Film
  4. Douglas Bader WWI Amputee Pilot- If he can do it so can I.
  5. Colorado Pilot Rhonda Doyle wins the King schools Sweepstakes Cessna Skyhawk
  6. Comments from the Forum - 
  7. Website format - Thanks for all the feedback. We will be making changes to the website.
Reaching Across the Fence

AOPA Pilot Blog - The Power of Small Conversation 
Centennial of Women Flying Challenge - March 8, 2010 - Sponsored by Gold Stripes Aviation, Young Eagles, WAASP, FAAST, Ninety-Nines, GWW
Learn to Fly Day - May 15, 2010 - Sponsored by EAA, Colorado Participation - Aspen Flying Club, Flights, Inc., Journey's Aviation, Taking Flight

Airshow/Conference News
OSH2010, July 26-August 1, 2010 in Oshkosh, WI
Women In Aviation, Int'l, Feb 25-27, 2010 in Orlando, FL
    Virtual Career Fair open to all
Ninety-Nines, Inc., July 5-9, 2010 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i

Cleared to Taxi to Parking

Doug @dhindmanjr on Twitter  www.twitter.com/dhindmanjr    
Zyola @Supovadea on Twitter, My Blog,  MyTransponder, Girls With Wings, just Google Supovadea
Mike @Mike_Flys on Twitter, MJD on MyTransponder
Nate @denverpilot on Twitter, MyTransponder, Facebook and the world

@MileHighFlyers on Twitter
email the crew at MHF@milehighflyers.com
MileHighFlyers.com
I-Tunes

Avionics Off
Always Check Density Altitude!

Episode 6 - Cookies at the Crash Site

Thursday
04Feb2010

Part Deux! - Episode 5 (Continues... 2 of 2)

Okay the show notes are REALLY late, but here they are.  Sorry folks! 

If you hear something on the podcast we missed in the notes here, let us know. 

Aviation News we've heard about

Birdstrike reports up

JFK Shut down, TSA Debacle,
Will the TSA instigate the downfall of commercial aviation?
Anyone wonder why there aren't TSA at GA gates (Anymore?) 
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/17/new.york.jfk.breach/index.html
          Diversions, Diversions, Diversions. Maybe "hub and spoke" to be replaced with "Wherever we divert to!"?

Fatal GA crash on O`ahu.

Episode5-2

Friday
29Jan2010

Bedazzled Swiss Army Knife Logbooks - Episode 5 (1 of 2)

MHF Show Notes - Episode5
Sunday Jan 24th 
Note from DenverPilot: DUE TO THE VERY LONG NATURE OF OUR RECORDING WE MADE, THIS EPISODE WILL BE POSTED IN TWO PARTS!  We are learning still, thanks for bearing with us!  Additionally I would have liked to have spent another hour editing and cleaning this up - we had some difficulties with Skype and the result you're hearing here is FAR better than how it really went. We had to redial everyone no less than 5 times!  Thanks for your understanding!  We'll keep making it better!
Intro music

Introductions including guests

Who's been or is going flying? What have we been up to?
Nate - no flying, airplane goes in for annual next week, breakfast with other members of 79M LLC this morning to discuss squawks, new vehicle/podcast withdrawl!
 (Note here: Haiti situation - DONATE! - 'nuff said.), CAP Squadron Meeting, not really 100% "engaged" there yet.  THANK YOU to new listeners, website statistics... WOW! Bailed on #AcroCamp. Too fat! LOL!
Doug - no flying - EAA301 annual dinner last friday. EAA 301 YE ralley yesterday, 1/23.   39 Kids flown, 14 pilots\planes. 
CAP Level one training complete.   
Zyola - Got New Airman's Certificate with name & address change (Girl Power!) Blog Post: http://supovadea.viviti.com/entries/flygirl/is-it-really-just-a-name
Mike - Flew today 67L and back Can he fly with non pilots yet or not? (Also Mike's working on a LiveATC node. Quick note about that and how to do it from Nate who's running the KAPA TWR feed.)
Special Guests: The Sheble Aviation Gang! http://shebleaviation.com/
Mike (of course)! 
 
Trevor Smith @TrevJSmith 
  • Flies out of Chandler (CHD) - 
  • Student at ASU and I just changed my degree from Areo mangt to ATC - 
  • member of CAP transport Pilot, scanner working to mission pilot - 
  • Went to Sheble Aviation to finish off Comm Land and Sea ratings (therefore got my CAP 1LT), Mike also at Sheble and his wife joined them later in the week. - and had dinner.
 (We'll get to more about this in Part 2.)
Elisabeth D @LVMoxieGirl (Mike's SO)
Wasn't really training through Sheble, but she joined the "gang" late in the week, and did something really cool...
Questions for the gang: 
- Why Sheble?
- Stories from the week.
- Lovely weather (wind), eh?!
- Anything... 
Mile High Aviation
KAPA WX today - WHOA! Wind!
FAAST - "Colorado Springs Pilot Briefing" Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Topic: Updated aviation information for local pilots in the Colorado Springs area.
Location: Colorado Springs Airport East Terminal, 7770 Milton E. Proby Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO

Nexgen Briefing, Denver Class B RNAV Routes, Runway Safety, COS Airport Construction / Activities, Front Range Airspace Workgroup.

The event will last 3 - 4 hours.

WINGS/AMT credit(s) are available: KEB 1.00

THANK YOU TO OUR VERY SPECIAL GUESTS!!

More show notes will be posted when we get Episode 5 (Part 2 of 2) posted!

MHF-Episode5-1

Thursday
14Jan2010

Who Needs Show Notes? - Episode 4

MHF Show Notes - Episode 4
Recorded 1/10/2010
Alternate Titles: "An Hour of Outtakes" or "Moose Drool and Sheep Dip at Oshkosh"

Intro music

*We need a disclaimer... we're working on it.
 (We still need to record a disclaimer. In a nutshell: We're not responsible for YOU!)

Introductions
Zyola Mix (@Supovadea and the meaning of it!), Mike Daniels (@Mike_Flys), Doug Hindman (@dhindmanjr), and Nate Duehr (@DenverPilot)
E-mail: mhf@milehighflyers.com anytime!

Aviation News we've heard about
Wings over the Rockies Wing Over the Rockies Museum - Summer Camp for Kids (June 22nd, July 13th & 20th) 
Steve Tupper's article about reaching outside the airport fence at the AOPA Let's Go Flying Blog
     Discussion about airport viewing areas, including a desire to have one at KAPA, the one at KVNY in the movie 16 Right, and HNL.
     Driving to airports just to watch airplanes anywhere you go when you travel.
     Mike drove over to Oshkosh on a business trip just to have some KOSH flight time. (Can't blame him!)
Oshkosh 2010 Talk - Planning in January
     - Nate and one of the other 79M people is thinking about arriving via air.
     - Doug's planning to drive the mighty Ford F-150
     - Leinies isn't "real beer". Neither is Coors.
     - MHF is bringing "Moose Drool" to OSH and "Sheep Dip" to OSH10!
LSA Spin Article - Preliminary NTSB Report
    - Discussion of whether or not we're going to see more of this in LSA's, and how LSA's are spin tested.
    - Talk of how Spin training/Spin Awareness training has changed over the years.
    - Nate asks if it seems like CFIs don't always seem to have as much Spin experience today as in years past?
    - Everyone agrees we all have/want Spin Training in OUR personal training, whether its required or not.
Wired article on Florida fly-in community - Spruce Creek Airpark - "The Rarified Air of Spruce Creek"
     - Cool to see a pro-airport article in a non-aviation magazine! Yay!
Mention of Everitt Airpark here in Denver (oops, goofed the name - it's actually Rocky Mountain Airpark)
     - Nice to see a "new" airport pop up, and not going away!
     - Maybe we can get Pete Vinton on the show sometime.  
       Full disclosure: Nate knows some people who have helped with the Marketing/Website/Photos...
       (There's even a photo of the mighty C-182, N1279M in their brochure at http://www.rockymountainairpark.net/4web-front.pdf)
Mike the Mustang Cartoon from AirShow Buzz
     - Wondering if there's going to be more episodes, how they'll be released, etc.
     - Doug asks Zyola if her daughter has seen it.
EAA Sport Pilot magazine... New format, Cost to coast article for Sky Catcher
     - Nate gets his standard verbal whipping by the crew for not being an EAA Member (yet!)
Mike & Nate discuss ForeFlight vs Other Stuff on the iPhone
     ForeFlight iPhone Apps, etc. - http://www.foreflight.com/
     AccuWeather iPhone App - http://www.accuweather.com/iphone.asp
     LogTen Pro & Mobile - http://coradine.com/logten-mobile/
     Etc.. etc... etc...
     (Not mentioned on the podcast, but someone mentioned http://www.aviatorapps.com/ on Twitter recently as a place to find Aviation Apps for iPhone.  Cool site.)
Shoutouts & Thank You's - Special Podcast Segment this week!
Special Shoutout Section today - All the Aviation Podcasts we listen to and why:
(Okay so these were supposed to be in alphabetical order, but we got them OUT of order in the podcast... so... well, here they are in WHATEVER order!)
Aero News Network - http://www.aero-news.net/
Airplane Geeks Podcast - http://www.airplanegeeks.com/
Desert Pilot Podcast - http://desertpilot.blogspot.com/
We stopped here for a moment to shout-out to Rick Felty, @rfelty on Twitter, and http://www.youtube.com/user/rdfelty 
     (Great videos on YouTube and help and discussion about more than just video! Thanks Rick!)
The Finer Points - http://thefinerpoints.net/
The Pilot's Flight PodLog - http://pilotwill.libsyn.com/
Stopped again for another shout-out to the FlyAbout movie!  Way cool! http://www.flyaboutmovie.com/
     - Monika Petrillo http://www.flyaboutmovie.com/, On Twitter @flyabout 
The Pilot's Journey PodCast - http://www.pilotsjourneypodcast.com/
   (We're all behind on this one, and dang it... I forgot to mention there was a new episode on Aircraft Ownership! I wanted to do that! I'm listening to it as I post this! Great job! --Nate)
Plane Crazy Down Under - http://www.planecrazydownunder.com/
The New Pilot Podblog - http://thenewpilotpodblog.blogspot.com/ - NEW PODCAST! WHOO! Go Robert! We're all signing up!
Uncontrolled Airspace - http://www.uncontrolledairspace.com/ GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL! 
     - Mike says, "If you're not listening to UCAP, you're probably not listening to ANY podcasts!"
Disturbance in the force or a Disturbance CAUSED by a Force: "Unusual Attitudes" 
    - ANOTHER NEW PODCAST WHOO! 
    - Warning: EXPLICIT (Adult content) tag on iTunes!  But of course, that's why we like it!
    - Nate found the official UA Study Guide: 
    - "A bunch of fly-boys sittin' around, drinkin' and swearin' and pretty hilarious actually!" - Zyola's Critique
And we finished up with almost forgetting that... MIKE IS GOING FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECKRIDE SOMETIME SOON!  STAY TUNED!
(As of 1/12/2010 Mike's checkride was delayed.  He needs another 1.2 hours of X-C time and is working on that right now. He's already hiding out somewhere in a hotel near http://shebleaviation.com/ with bad Internet bandwidth, and he's wearing his MyTransponder T-Shirt for good luck!)
Oh yeah, we also did a quick shout-out to MyTransponder! Go check it out! It's not a podcast, but it's REALLY cool! - http://www.mytransponder.com
And one more... We missed this one completely on theshow due to Nate blowing away our show notes, but ... if you like aviation news with a little "attitude", the folks over at http://blindvector.com/blog/ have that covered!  Plus I promised Roy on Twitter that we'd give him a plug!)
--
From all of us here at MHF... 
Zyola Mix (@Supovadea on Twitter)
Mike Daniels (@Mike_Flys)
Doug Hindman (@dhindmanjr)
Nate Duehr (@DenverPilot)
"We're out!"  See ya next episode!

 

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Episode 4