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Guns, Handcuffs and John and Martha King
Think it can't happen to you? John and Martha King (of King Schools) beg to differ. Aviation's best-known couple were the subject of a bizarre case of mistaken identity on Aug. 28 that resulted in them having guns drawn on them, being handcuffed and held for about 30 minutes. As always, there are lessons to be learned from Martha King as she goes through the bizarre event at the Santa Barbara Airport in this unedited and, at 15 minutes, longer-than-usual AVweb podcast.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Edwards AFB General Aviation Fly-In
The dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in California has seen lots of aviation history in the making, and on Oct. 1 another first will take place there — a fly-in for 100 general aviation aircraft. Flight safety representative Bill Koukourikos and public affairs officer Meredith Mingledorff talked with AVweb's Mary Grady about this unique event and the unique challenges of flying at the site.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
30,000 Hours on Gravel
Yute Air Alaska serves dozens of remote Alaskan villages with a fleet of 12 Cessna 207s and a single Cessna 172, and every trip involves at least one gravel strip landing. Three of the 207s will reach 30,000 hours in the next few months. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Matt Sullivan, the airline's assistant director of flight operations, about tough airplanes and the tough people who keep them going.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Disaster from the Air Show Announcer's Point of View
Click for photos & videoFor the most part, being an air show announcer is all about entertainment and educating people about aviation. But, as Roy Hafeli of Hafeli and Hildebrandt Air Show Announcers can attest, there's a serious side to the job sometimes. Hafeli spoke with AVweb's Russ Niles about how his training kicked into gear when a CF-18 fighter exploded in front of him at the Alberta International Air Show on July 23 in Lethbridge.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Filmmaker Paul Glenshaw and Pilot Andrew King at AirVenture 2010
(l.-r.) Andrew King, Paul GlenshawPaul Glenshaw created Barnstorming, a documentary film about barnstorming pilots and their impact on a Midwest farming community. AVweb's Mary Grady talked with Glenshaw and one of the pilots, Andrew King, at Oshkosh.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Yukon to Québec by Cub
Samuel DaigleWhile many 18-year-old boys are concentrating on the beach, girls, and cars as summer winds down, Samuel Daigle is taking it low and slow. The Laval, Québec commercial pilot is ferrying a 1946 J3 Cub from Whitehorse, Yukon to Montreal. AVweb's Russ Niles found him at the Camrose Flight Centre in Camrose, Alberta as he waited out weather for his next leg.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
What You Care About May Predict If You'll Crash
Bill Rhodes is a philosopher who studies moral psychology. He's also a pilot who's leading a research study that's turned up some striking data on why some pilots are more likely to wreck airplanes than others. It turns out what you care about may be more important than what you know or how skilled you are in the cockpit.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Tim Archer on Superior Air Parts' Beijing-Backed Comeback
Superior Air Parts is gearing up for a return, with a new Chinese parent company (Superior Aviaiton Beijing). Aviation Consumer editor-in-chief Paul Bertorelli asks Tim Archer what this means for their Vantage and XP engines as well as the company's other services.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation.
Osprey Pilot Buck Kozlowski at EAA AirVenture
U.S. Air Force pilot Buck Kozlowski, who flies the CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor, explains what it's like to fly the aircraft, which is "not the best airplane and not the best helicopter in the world," he says, but has unique qualities that make it valuable to the armed forces.This podcast is brought to you by Bose Corporation and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather.
An LSA Flight School Success Story
We met up with AVweb reader Lukasz Shaded at Oshkosh, where he was shopping for new aircraft for his Atlanta-based LSA flight school. Paul Bertorelli asked Shaded how he's made a successful go of it in a tough economy.This podcast is brought to you by Conoco-Phillips and Lightspeed Aviation.
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