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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike with Aviation Podcasters from around the country at Aviation Podapalooza 2009 at EAA AirVenture 2009 in Oshkosh, WI.

Recorded Friday, July 31, 2009 - 01:14:30 - 34.2MB

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com Contact us at by email:   pilotcast (AT) g mail (dot) com

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Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #12 CFI panel:

  • Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Rick hosts a panel of female CFIs:
  • Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI. Kate is developing a new Light Sport Pilot training program and is an instructor with Able Flight, a program that grants scholarships for challenged person to obtain Light Sport Pilot certificates.
  • Dr. Judith Parrish-Jones, PhD., CFI, Professor of Geology and past Dean of Science at the University of Idaho in Moscow.
  • Terri Watson, CFI, a pioneering U.S. Army veteran pilot, Commercial Fixed and Rotor wing pilot from Santa Rosa, CA.

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:
  • Teaching female flight students.
  • The different typical student learning styles of women vs. men.
  • Should the CFI use different techniques for men vs. women?
  • Women and men require different motivations to fly.
  • Encouraging a lapsed student or student that has a bad experience.
  • Working out the match with the student and CFI.
  • How male instructors can avoid talking down to female students
  • How women students and pilots can deal with discrimination.
  • How woman pilots can socialize.
  • Marketing aviation to the public.
    • Building and marketing a new Light Sport Pilot school.
    • How to recruit more women CFIs.
    • How to encourage kids to get excited about aviation.
    • Elders too? They will want to get the brain exercise
Recorded Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 00:57:21 - 26.3MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike as they talk about AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, WI, catch up with Dan, and Kent talks about his planned ultimate cross country adventure.

    Topics discussed on Pilotcast #068
  • Dan's adventure on his BFR flight
  • Mike had the engine quit on his first full day as a pilot
  • Kent had a rough engine on a cold day
  • Are we seeing a lot less activty at the airport?
  • Are high fuel prices scaring pilots?
  • Kent suggests one way to slightly ease the pain of high fuel prices
    • Kent plans his flight across the country
    • Buying two shopping bags full of charts
    • Wall Drug
    • 16R an Van Nuys
    • Bryce canyon
    • Leadville, CO - the highest public use airport in the US
    • Lincoln, NE

Recorded Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 00:53:28 - 24.5MB

Song: "Texas Sky" by Val Davis   Please support the Hurricane Relief efforts in the Texas Gulf Region.
Music on the Pilotcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com Contact us at by email:   pilotcast (AT) g mail (dot) com

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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike at the 2nd Oshkosh Podapollooza at 6 PM on Friday night August 1 in Forum pavillion #4, this year LIVE on EAA radio at AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, WI.

The Podapalooza 2008 part 2

A story about Podpalooza 2008 with Pilot Kent appeared in AirVenture today
Recorded Friday, August 1, 2008 - 01:10:26 - 32.5MB

Song: "If This Geek Ruled the World" by Geoff Smith  Music on the Pilotcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com Contact us at by email:   pilotcast (AT) g mail (dot) com

Copyright © 2008 The Pilotcast
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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike at the 2nd Oshkosh Podapollooza at 6 PM on Friday night August 1 in Forum pavillion #4, this year LIVE on EAA radio at AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, WI.

The Podapalooza 2008 part 1

A story about Podpalooza 2008 with Pilot Kent appeared in AirVenture today
Recorded Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:58:00 - 26.6MB

Song: "Not on the Radio" by Geoff Smith  Music on the Pilotcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com Contact us at by email:   pilotcast (AT) g mail (dot) com

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Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #11 CFI panel:

Topics discussed on CFIcast #11:

    Training students on emergencies

  • The CFIs discuss a mid-air collision that occurred in the pattern at the Republic airport on Long Island on October 21, 2007.
  • Even airline crews have been known not to respond and coordinate properly.
  • How the military trains on emergency egress.
  • How should CFIs train students on handling emergencies?

    How to deal with students who drop out of training.

  • Contact the student to discuss the situation.
  • The importance of following up with students.
  • The importance of community at the airport.
  • Find out and address the student's problem.
  • The starving CFI's dilemma...
  • For some, solo was the goal
  • Students who get frustrated with how many hours it's taking.
Recorded Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 00:47:00 - 21.6MB

The CFIcast and Pilotcast pilots send sincere thanks to Pilot Will of the Pilot's Flight Podlog for his help with the production of CFIcast #11.

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike and they plan the Pilotcast visit to EAA AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, WI.

Recorded Saturday, July 29, 2008 - 00:32:51 - 15.1MB

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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike, joined by Pilot Gil from New Jersey and new Pilot Jason from Connecticut and many more on Pilotcast 64.

  • Gil and Jason flew to Gastons from New York
  • Garmin 496 - "A fine piece of machinery"
  • Gaston's - the cabin looks out on the runway, oh and they have fish
  • The poker run.
  • Plane and pilots meet and great.
  • Gil does a practice run in Kansas for "Cessnas to Oshkosh"
  • Practicing subtle and precise control of your plane is mandatory.
  • The Pilotcat and CFIcast pilots and friends will see you at the 2nd Oshkosh Podapolooza at 6 PM on Friday night August 1 in Forum pavillion #4, this year LIVE on EAA radio!
  • Some pilot friends check in from Gaston's
  • Jason gets multi-engine training in WHAT????
Recorded Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 01:27:01 - 40.2MB

Song: "No More Summertime Blues" by Geoff Smith

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