Hangar flying with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike. Kent's blimp pilot interview and Pilot Ron from California.

• NTSB report of Citabria practicing "the impossible turn" (NTSB Identification: LAX06FA005)
  http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20051013X01647&key=1
• Comments on some celebrity accidents.
• Email from pilot Mike Moss says you should call ahead to the FBO to tell them you're coming.
• Raffle of Cirrus SR-20 by Concerns of Police Survivors http://www.cops-cirrus.com
• "Mr. Discount Airline Pilot Guy" http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2005/10/mr_discount_air.html
• "Stump the Pilots"

• Hangar Flying with Pilot Dan and Pilot Mike
• In the news:
  
• First fatality on a Young Eagles flight.
  http://www.youngeagles.org
• Mid air takes Mark Schaden, webmaster of flightinfo.com
• Plane down in AR gets help by using SMS messages.
• Dago Red, "The World's Fastest P-51" up for bid on eBay.
  Update: The bidding hit $1.2Million but the reserve was not met.
• Insurance companies add 25% surcharge for planes over 30 years old?

REMINDER! LAST CHANCE! SEND YOUR COMMENTS on the Washington DC ADIZ!

• How to handle sending your comments on the DOT web site
• Goto the FAA Docket Sheet
  http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=341297&docketid=17005
• How to send your comments from the AOPA:
  http://www.aopa.org/adizalert
• See Pilotcast #7 below for more.

Show notes are on http://www.pilotcast.com

• Concerns on getting your tailwheel endorsement.
• CFI of the year Doug Stewart - Flying the NYC Hudson VFR corridor and 'Narly New England
  http://www.dsflight.com
• Kent's interview with a blimp pilot coming soon.
• Kent flies an Angel Flight mission!
  http://www.angelflightcentral.org

• In the news:
• Mode S transponders mandated for part 121 and part 135.
  How Mode C and Mode S work.
• Information on Transponders and TCAS:
  http://yarchive.net/air/airliners/tcas.html
• TIS, Traffic Information Service:
• TIS AIM Entry from Avionics West
  http://www.avionicswest.com/articles/tisaim.htm#TIS
• From the FAA: http://www.tc.faa.gov/act310/projects/modes/tis.htm
• Chicago gets the FAA's OK and $300M for expanding O'Hare. Didn't they once have another runway on the lakefront? Mayor Daley cites airports as reason for business to locate in Chicago.
• The Javelin has its test flight
  http://www.avtechgroup.com


• REMINDER! Send your comments on the Washington DC ADIZ!
• How to handle sending your comments on the DOT web site
• Goto the FAA Docket Sheet
  http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=341297&docketid=17005
• How to send your comments from the AOPA:
  http://www.aopa.org/adizalert
• See Pilotcast #7 below (September) for more.


• See Serenity for flying fun!
• Movie site:
  http://www.serenitymovie.com
• Trailer:
  http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/serenity
• Get up to speed on the story:
  http://centripetalnotion.com/2005/10/10/07:37:41/

• IT IS KATANA! The Diamond Katana Xtreme
  http://www.diamondair.com/contentc/xtmain.htm

Show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com

WRITE the FAA and your congressperson to oppose a permanent ADIZ for Washington, DC! http://www.aopa.org/adizalert
Direct links are in Pilotcast #7 below (September)

• In the news:
• Millville, NJ FSS closed
• FSS outsourced to Lockheed.
• Cessna planning a "Cirrus Killer?"
• New Piper has new CEO
• Dr. Peter Diamandis, X PRIZE chairman, and NASCAR owner Granger Whitelaw, are planning the Rocket Racing League. http://rocketracingleague.org
• J. Roy Shoffer goes west. http://thelostsquadron.com
  The Story of the Lost Squadron from Pat Epps and Richard Taylor http://www.eppsaviation.com/lostsq.html

• Jason tells us about virtual Air Traffic Control for Microsoft Flight Simulator
• http://www.vatsim.net
• http://liveatc.net
• Email from Embry-Riddle student Ben

Show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com