Mile High Flyers

MHF Hosts: Nate, Zyola, Doug, Mike

Doug:

• Doug in N2477J - C172S - 1.2 hours and yes I can still land an airplane. 
• I am now a proud member of JEFA - Jeppesen Employee Flying Association. 

Mike:

• Tomahawk N9916T is back online and I flew her this morning
• Was a guest on the Airspeed podcast live EAA radio show
• Lost my mind while listening to Sun n Fun radio, and in a moment of temporary insanity bought last minute red eye tickets for me and the wife and flew to Florida for the weekend for Sun n Fun.
• We sat in a CH 750, had a hard time getting anywhere from all the distractions.  
• Then we did our first tweet up of SnF with Marin Bushcaddy on twitter, and his wife
• we were invited to be on the pilots flight pod log on Sun n Fun radio as guests. We had a lot of fun hanging with Will and Dave, other people we knew from twitter, but yet were meeting face to face for the first time. Rod, from my transponder, Marty "@pilot2b  on twitter, Dave from copter cast @DavidThurlow on twitter, Julie vessigault @JulieVessigault on twitter, Phil @mdNomad on twitter
• Met Jack from UCAp came over to meet us, and then later we met Dave, and Jeb as well.
• We all went to dinner, including Daves wife and kids, and Rico from Wilco Films. 
• Sunday we Interviewed John of the RAF - Recreational Aviation Foundation
• Thursday Night I was in MA and had a tweet up dinner with Rick, @rfelty  on twitter, & Jeff Ward @scofreyjet on twitter
• Tuesday I'm at the Zenith Factory in Mexico MO, hopefully flying in a CH750

 Nate

• Busy with CAP stuff. Mission Radio Officer completed, need one more flight for Mission Scanner. SAREX this weekend, but had to work overnight Saturday into Sunday, so didn't go.
• Loved watching the Tweets and listening to SnF Radio via LiveATC. And the photos. Nice! Missed Mike's appearance on the NotAtSnF Podcast.
• LiveATC node here at the house locked up last week. Problem with wireless router. Fixed it. Sorry to listeners!
• Talked to the President of the Colorado Pilots Association about doing a quick interview. We haven't been able to sync up our schedules, but fly-ins and activities have started!

Regional/National Aviation News

• Aspen Flying Club 2nd Annual Fly-In to Limon, CO - BBQ! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113528308680427&ref=mf
• Vance Brand (KLMO - Longmont) may be expanding it's runway 
• Colorado Pilot's Association Calendar of Events - upcoming, May 15th, Pagosa Springs, CO fly-in, and CPA Fly-In on May 22-23 to Moab, UT! 

Aviation News we've heard about

• Plane & Pilot article on LSA's at Sun&Fun. -Doug
• Changes to Sport Pilot Rule -  AOPA article - Doug
• Cessna to speed up its Skycatcher deliveries - Can you say "Competition" or "PiperSport" - Doug