Pilotcast #074 - A Rooster, a Sheep, and a Duck: Kentipedia Aviation Trivia Smackdown

Feb 8, 2010

We bring David Allen (from the Pilot's Flight PodLog) and Steve Tupper (from Airspeed) into the studio for a game of Aviation Trivia.  We're not talking arcane FAR/AIM minutiae—we're talking the kind of cool aviation history knowledge that any self-respecting hangar dweller should have roosting in their mental rafters!

Flight Crew:

Pilot Kent (kent *at* pilotcast *dot* com) Twitter: @flyingcheezhead

Pilot Bill (bill *at* pilotcast *dot* com) Twitter: @billwil

Pilot Tiffany (tiffany *at* pilotcast *dot* com) Twitter: @tiffanykwolf

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Ground Crew: Every flight requires a good support crew, and ours is GREAT! The Pilotcast would not be back without their help:

Audio Editor: Pilot Stu Stevenson, (stu *at* thevoicesinyourhead *dot* com), @PilotStu, http://www.pilotsjourney.com/

Webmaster: Pilot Jason Wilkinson, (jason *at* pilotcast *dot* com), @jawilk

Music: Pilot Steve Tupper, (steve *at* airspeedonline *dot* com), @StephenForce, http://www.airspeedonline.com/

Announcer: Pilot Troy Whistman, (troy *at* whistman *dot* com), @TJWhiskey, http://www.whistman.com/

  Show Links:  

• Wilbur Wright NY Harbor Flight, Red Canoe, 10/4/1909
• AirCam, a.k.a. "The Flying Banana"
• Airspeed of an unladen swallow, aka European vs. African swallows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWS8Mg-JWSg)
• Ships Logs (measuring speed)
• Star Trek fans pressure NASA to name the Space Shuttle Enterprise, not Constitution
• Marking downed aircraft with a cross <<  you win if you can tweet us a reference link
• Rod Rakic, MyTransponder.com pilot social network
• Rhapsody in Glue (Cessna T-50 Bobcat) and Wooden Wanderer (DeHavilland Mosquito)
• Dogfights on the History Channel
• Douglas DC-3
• Zeppo Marx, Inventor of the Marman Clamp
• Denver International (34,000 acres) vs. Dallas-Fort Worth International (18,000 acres)
• Denver Omelets (the yolk's on Steve)
• Commercial airports named after U.S. Presidents
• Kenosha, WI
• Missing man formation
• Cindy McCain, pilot (and more)
• Unusual Attitudes podcast -- or is it this?  ;-)
• First President to get a pilot's license (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
• Historical EAA event locations (Oshkosh, AirVenture)
• First hot air balloon launch & passengers
• Windsock colors
• METAR ABBRV $
• Travel Air - Walter Beech, Lloyd Stearman, and Clyde Cessna  history
• Clyde Cessna
• Boeing B-9 Bomber, aka the Death Angel (those in other space-time continuums call it the Flying Panatela)
• Lear Jet 23, 1963
• Aircraft production in Kansas
• Kent's Mustard Incident
• Source of this episode's questions, Senior Pilots of Central Colorado

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

Recorded Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 57:58 - 54.4 MB Copyright © 2010 The Pilotcast