• Prickett-Grooms Airfield, 6Y9, in Sidnaw, MI
• Door County, Wisconsin airports:
  • 3D2, Ephraim-Fish Creek airport
  
  • 2P2, Washington Island airport off the northeast tip of the Door County peninsula
  with a grass runway that has slope.
  • KSUE, Door County Cherryland airport in Sturgeon Bay, WI has longer asphalt runways for the less adventurous.
• 40D, Three Lakes Municipal Airport in Three Lakes, WI has a grass strip in great condition immediately next to a lake and across the street from the Sunset Grill.
• 68C, Central County airport in Iola, WI has a friendly bunch of pilots who have a BBQ every Friday afternoon and the best slogan on the hangar barn.

The Pilotcast pilots also talked to Tony Bill, producer and interviewed an actor pilot from the new thrilling. Flyboys movie. Look for the "Flyboys" interviews on the Pilotcast soon.

Pilot Kent interviews Christian Dries, CEO of Diamond Aircraft from EAA Airventure 2006 Oshkosh

Available as iPod-compatible Quicktime Video on Pilotcast #044 OSH Videocast #2

The pilots discuss the position of the Diamond D-Jet and Javelin"personal jet" vs. the other "VLJ," Very Light Jets like the Eclipse 500. The D-Jet is designed to be simpler to fly and owner flown.

Pilot Kent managed to talk to Mr. Dries in front of the the Diamond D-Jet prototype just minutes before the D-Jet was towed out for the flight back to Germany!

• Diamond Aircraft
• Diamond planes discussed:
  • The Diamond D-Jet personal jet
  • Designed for the owner-pilot
  • Business jet
  • Seats 5
  • Roomy interior
  • The Diamond D-42 Twin
  • First owner flown D-42 shown at Oshkosh
  • First D-42 flown around the world,
    • with 3 on board
    • using less than 1000 gallons of fuel.
    • Flew non-stop Hawaii to California.
  
  • The Diamond D-40 XL
  • Can cruise 160 knots
  • 150 knots at 10 GPH

This is a QuickTime format video that is compatible with the "video iPod" but can be played with the free Apple QuickTime player on most computers.

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

Recorded on September 1, 2006 - 01:14:55 - 34.4MB

Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike are joined by Pilot Nick from New Mexico and CFI Chip from Arkansas. Nick and Chip have founded the Con US Challenge, which challenges pilots to land at every airport in the United States in one year. Nick tells how the idea came about from personal target to land at every airport in New Mexico. Chip built the great web site on the challenge at http://www.goflyamerica.org

In the news:

• The new AIM specifically bans the phrase "any traffic in the area please advise."  Nick figured out why pilots can't agree on the phrase being a problem.
• A Cirrus passenger deploys the BRS parachute when the pilot is incapacitated saving three at Eagle Creek near Indianapolis.
• The crash of a Comair commuter jet talking off of the wrong runway at Lexington, KY.

Chip tells about taking Pilot Kent up in his Extra for another session of aerobatics fun. Chip talks about the lessons and the fun he has giving aerobatic training to pilots and instructors.

• The Con Us Challenge at http://goflyamerica.org
• Contact CFI Chip Gibbons via email at chip (AT) gibmail (dot) net

Song: "Astronauts and Angels" by The Blue Alarm
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