The gang is all back together for the first time in a few episodes and we have a lot to talk about!

This is our official one year Anniversary Episode! THANK YOU TO OUR LISTENERS!

Topics: 

  • Doug is officially a PRIVATE PILOT!  Congratulations Doug!
  • New Year’s Resolutions
  • Doug’s Private Pilot checkride!
  • Mike and Elisabeth witnessed an off-airport landing at North Las Vegas Airport
  • Doug shares a story about a CAP pilot who busted a TFR
  • Zyola is starting school at Metro State College of Denver in the Aviation Department
  • Rommie had an accident with a stick and visited the ER! Ouch!
  • Every Private Pilot has their own theme music?
  • Mike likes a nice hard slip.
  • Doug has a cookie problem. He’s not planning on getting help for it, though.
  • Mike talks about the iFly 700 GPS from AdventurePilot
  • We talk about iPads and external GPS add-ons a bit
  • Mike took his youngest daughter up for a flight, and had to cancel.
  • Then took another flight over New Years to go visit his mom in California.
  • Mike and Elisabeth talk about Crew Coordination
  • We pick on the AOPA Wine Club (again) and lament that there doesn’t seem to be an official AOPA PinchHitter course anymore.
  • Nate talks about what airshows he’s going to put on the calendar for 2011.
  • Wisconsin was rated the drunkest city in the U.S.?!
  • Nate’s going to try to head out to the 182 tech seminar at Cessna Pilot’s Assn.
  • Talked about the guys trying to set the record for time aloft in a Skyhawk.
  • Elisabeth has questions about snowshoeing.
  • We talk about Mile High Flyers T-Shirts and we’re open to ideas!

Shout-Outs:

  • Bart Whitehouse, Professor - Metro State University
  • @SoCalMichael - Pilot and ATC guy at North Las Vegas Airport
  • @ShotGunF15E - Darren is Deploying to Afghanistan for another tour. Be safe, friend!
  • Doug’s CFI’s, especially CFI Gabe for getting him ready for the checkride.
  • @LarryOverstreet - Larry’s great! 
  • @cholubaz - Chris in AZ, first solo Dec 26th 2010!

 

Direct download: A_Good_Hard_Slip_EP29.mp3
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