The Pilotcast
The podcast by pilots, for pilots.
"Talking about flying is a very pleasant mental disease"
Hear The Pilotcast Now!
(Click the )

Pilotcast posts

ALL audio
general
podcasts
video

Subscribe to The Pilotcast

Subscribe to get the new Pilotcast shows automatically for FREE!

Feed:

http://pilotcast.com/rss

Subscribe to The Pilotcast in iTunes

Subscribe to The Pilotcast on Yahoo! Podcasts

Subscribe to The Pilotcast Odeo Channel

Contact The Pilotcast

Email:


Voice:
312-233-2SKY (312-233-2759)

Join the discussions at the Pilotcast forums

Support the Pilotcast

Pilotcast Tip Jar
Please make a donation
  • $1 buys a day of site hosting
  • $2 buys Pilot Mike a donut so he shuts up for a minute
  • $5 buys Mike 4 minutes worth of avgas (a gallon)
  • $10 gets Dan 2% of a handheld radio
  • $20 gets Kent 0.7% of a Garmin 496
  • $50 buys Dan one round trip by car to New England
  • $75 buys soundproofing foam so you won't hear Kent's neighbors in the truck stop
  • $100 buys an audio headset for regular guests
  • $200 buys an audio mixer so we can have more guests on
  • $500 will hire a real webmaster to fix this mess
Donate to the Pilotcast

Please VOTE for the Pilotcast on

The Pilotcast is

The Pilotcast is Made on a Mac. GET ONE for yourself!

Archives

October 2007
S M T W T F S
     
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031

2009
January
September

2008
January
February
March
May
June
July
August
September

2007
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
September
October
December

2006
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2005
July
August
September
October
November
December

Listeners to The Pilotcast

Join the discussions at the Pilotcast forums

Check out the Pilotcast Frappr Map!

The Pilotcast pilots, Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike report from Hartford, CT after the first full day of AOPA Expo 2007 on Thursday October 4, 2007.

  • Dan talks to Doug Priestley of DTC Duat about DUAT and the new Duat Mobile at http://www.duat.com/mobile
  • Pilot Kent has more show news.
    • Fitting in the Cirrus Jet
    • The Piper Malibu Matrix
    • The new Diamond Diamond Star aircraft


Photo: Diamond Aircraft President Peter Maurer tries out the Cirrus Jet (mockup).
Click on the photo to see the higher resolution version.
00:15:27 - 7.3 MB

 

Stay tuned to The Pilotcast for our AOPA Expo 2007 reports!

Song: "Flying Away" by Empyrion from the State of Washington. 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://wwww.pilotcast.com

Copyright © 2007 The Pilotcast

length:
Direct download: Pilotcast_AOPA07-2007.10.04.mp3
Category: audio -- posted at: 11:20 PM
Comments[1]

The Pilotcast pilots, Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike are joined in the Hangar Flying at AOPA Expo 2007 in Hartford, Connecticut on Wednesday October 3, 2007 for journalist and aviation author Rinker Buck and CFI Kate.


Photo: Left to right, Kent, Rinker Buck, Mike, and Dan.

  • Pilot Kent has a pre-show news update.
  • Rinker has a message for Patty.

00:04:31 - 2.3 MB

 

See the earlier post for pictures and more the news updates from Expo day -1. Click on the photos see the higher resolution versions.

Stay tuned to The Pilotcast for our AOPA Expo 2007 reports!

Song: "Flying Away" by Empyrion from the State of Washington. 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://wwww.pilotcast.com

Copyright © 2007 The Pilotcast

length:
Direct download: Pilotcast_AOPA07-2007.10.03.mp3
Category: audio -- posted at: 11:47 PM
Comments[0]

The Pilotcast pilots are joining the Hangar Flying at AOPA Expo 2007 in Hartford, Connecticut through Saturday October 6. If you will be attending please say hello to the Pilotcast pilots or send us an email.

Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike with CFI Kate flew from Northern Illinois in Mike's Piper Cherokee 235. Pilot Dan greeted the Pilotcast flight as it landed Tuesday night in Connecticut.




.

Preliminary pre-show open news:

Kent got the scoop the new Diamond Star XLS, which features a higher canopy and several more features over the regular Diamond Star. Kent was VERY grateful for the increased headroom.

 



 


Cessna is showing a Diesel powered 172 Skyhawk! You'll be able to fuel your Skyhawk with Jet A right there with the big boys.

 


Cirrus is displaying the mockup of The Jet.

 


We have it on good authority that Piper aircraft will be making an unveiling of a "secret" project at AOPA Expo on Thursday...

EXCLUSIVE SPY PICS! Piper Aircraft is showing the Malibu Matrix, which appears to be a non-pressurized piston Malibu.


Click on the photos above to see the higher resolution versions.


Stay tuned to The Pilotcast for our AOPA Expo 2007 reports!

Copyright © 2007 The Pilotcast

length:
Category: general -- posted at: 7:50 PM
Comments[0]

All Content herein Copyright © 2006, 2007,2008 All Rights Reserved