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Recorded on August 8, 2006 - 01:09:30 - 37.3MB

The crew have all made it back to their respective home base after a grueling week at Oshkosh. They saw a showing of the wonderful aviation movie, One Six Right, on a new high definition theatrical projection system. The movie tells the history of the Van Nuys Airport, but is really a take off point for any discussion of general aviation.

Next, Kent does an interview with Alan Klapmeier, co-founder and president of Cirrus Design. There is also a link to the vidcast version of the interview available in the Show Links section. Afterwards, they engage in a bit of a rant about Cessna's vaporware showing at Oshkosh. Dan then talks about his experience of attending his first Oshkosh Airventure. The conversation shifts to a discussion of Very Light Jets, and how they could revolutionize corporate air travel and air taxi services. We end our Oshkosh chat with Dan giving a big shout out to "Simple Green" for the new aircraft cleaner samples he managed to wrangle.

Dan bids adieu as he is called back to a late night session at he day job but Kent and Mike continue the chat in the hangar. Kent tells of his second excellent flying adventure with Rick Durden and his friends at KCAD in Cadillac, MI, this time flying Cubs on floats! Kent describes what it's like landing on water. Kent also got to fly a Stearman biplane.

Then Kent tells of the great time had by all as he joined our buddy, "EdFred" for the grand reopening of Prickett-Grooms Airfield in Sidnaw, MI. Ed bought the airport from the state of Michigan and then put in many long days of work on the runway and property and in getting a new license for the airport. Just about the whole town showed up in appreciation to celebrate and greet the planes. Congratulations, and a Pilotcast THANKS to Ed!

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• One Six Right movie site
• Flyboys movie site
• Van Nuys airport, the subject of One Six Right
• Vidcast interview with Alan Klapmeier, co-founder and president of Cirrus Design
• The Cirrus VK30 kitplane
• The Diamond D-Jet VLJ
• The Eclipse 500, the first VLJ to receive FAA certification
• The HondaJet VLJ
• The Toyota TAA-1
• DayJet in Florida is the GA alternative to airline hassles.
• KCAD Wexford County airport in Cadillac, MI where kent flew the Cub on floats.
• Kent reported on flying the Cubs on skis on Pilotcast #26
• Prickett-Grooms Airfield, 6Y9, in Sidnaw, MI
• Simple Green aircraft cleaner
• The Zuluworks Mini-Z kneeboard.

Song: "Once Upon a Summer Day" by Monika Herzig
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• Alan Klapmeier always thought he would run an airplane company He has realized his life's dream.
• The Cirrus SR-22 is #1 largest selling single model airplane in the world
• The history of Cirrus Design
  • Designed the first airplane in 1979
  • Cirrus Design incorporated in 1984
  • Its roots are with a kit homebuilt
  • Designed and sold
    • A kit aircraft
    • A pressurized turboprop
    • A UAV for the U.S. military
  • The Cirrus VK30
  • "...it should have been a jet."
  • Sold about 40 kits
  • A flying VK30 is featured in the "One Six Right" movie
  • Was high performance but tricky to fly.
  • After the VK30 experience, Cirrus decided to focus on an easy to fly, safe design.

• Q: "Will you be producing a jet?"
  A: "Yes. Someday!"
• "We now believe we can make a personal jet that is virtually as easy to fly as this airplane."
• "We don't have any plans in the Light Sport area."

Other topics discussed:
The new turbocharged SR-22.
What is Cirrus doing to make it easier to obtain insurance coverage for a Cirrus product?
The story behind Cirrus aircraft being equipped with a ballistic parachute.
Why does Cirrus have the Avidyne glass cockpit vs. the more popular ones from Garmin?
The new Cirrus Access training program for new Cirrus owners with no flying experience.
New Cirrus financial, warranty and used airplane programs.

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• Burt Rutan forum highlights
• Cessna finally gets it?
• New airplanes used to be affordable and why they aren't now.
• There is no true hybrid electric car
• Mike Melville's first SpaceShipOne flight into space.
• Why can't the FAA give Mike an Astronaut rating?
• A peek behind the scenes at the Pilotcast
• Pilotcast farewell from Oshkosh.

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com