Sun, 21 December 2008
The 2008 holiday episode with a new take on O. Henry's classic story, The Gifts of the Magi. Happy holidays, everybody!
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Fri, 5 December 2008
We talk to Paul Freeman, curator of www.airfields-freeman.com, a wonderful web resource that covers abandoned airfields across the country.
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Sat, 22 November 2008
Aistin "Farve" May, creator of web comic Air Force Blues, joins Stephen Force for an update abotu what's happened with the comic in the 18 months since his first appearance on Airspeed. See www.afblues.com for more Air Force Blues.
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Sat, 15 November 2008
Nuggets collected from all parts of the aether, including the Twitterverse. |
Sat, 25 October 2008
The full production version of my ride on 4 July 2008 with USAF Thunderbird 8, Tony Mulhare.
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Sat, 18 October 2008
Interview with composer and sound designer David Kneupper, who composed the music that you hear as you experience the Apollo/Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, among lots of other things.
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Sun, 12 October 2008
Interview with Will and Rico about their new independent film, A Pilot's Story.
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Fri, 3 October 2008
Interview on the ramp at OSH with F-22 pilot Maj Paul "Max" Moga, USAF.
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Wed, 24 September 2008
The first Airspeed Virtual Airshow. Noisy and sudden high-speed passes! Seating at the edge of the runway! Cheap food! No traffic at the exits (not that you'll want to leave)! Enjoy! |
Tue, 16 September 2008
Here it is! Airspeed's first video episode. And it's a biggie. The sounds and sights in the back seat of a USAF Thunderbird F-16. Many thanks to Will Hawkins of Wilco Films for his video-fu!
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Sun, 7 September 2008
Got the CAP Form 5 ride done, training in the Citabria, a chance to taxi the kids around, and Thunderbird Groove nears completion.
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Sat, 23 August 2008
Flying right seat in the EAA's 1929 TriMotor.
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Sat, 16 August 2008
The Thursday preflight briefing with Thunderbird 7, LtCol Rob Skelton, the Thunderbirds' operations officer. The primary rider's camera crew showed up at the last minute, so I didn't fly that day, but I got up the next day with Thunderbird 8, Maj Tony Mulhare. I thought that you guys would enjoy hearing this briefing while I prep the big sumaary episode.
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Sun, 10 August 2008
Audio from Podapalooza 2008.
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Sun, 3 August 2008
10 minutes walking down the main drag at Oshkosh.
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Fri, 1 August 2008
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Tue, 22 July 2008
We interview Capt Sam “Nuke” Joplin of the F-15 West Demo Team on Sunday, July 6 from the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival.
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Sun, 6 July 2008
Full description of my 4 July 2008 media flight with Maj Tony Mulhare, USAF Thunderbird No. 8. Rod Rakic guest-hosts as we hangar-fly the whole thing.
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Sat, 5 July 2008
I got the thunderbirds ride! Here's my initial reaction and audio of the takeoff. Recording tonight with Rod Rakic for the full episode. Stay tuned!
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Thu, 3 July 2008
Almost got up today with the USAF Thunderbirds. Scheduled to fly tomorrow!
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Tue, 24 June 2008
Summary episode covering the whole DC-3 type rating experience.
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Sun, 1 June 2008
F/A-18 mach pass at the end! Rod and I hangar-fly from the Red Bull Air Races in Detroit.
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Fri, 30 May 2008
Type rating complete! |
Sat, 24 May 2008
Day 1 of my DC-3 type rating training with Dan Gryder in the Herpa DC-3 in Griffin, Georgia. www.thedc-3network.com www.herpa.de. |
Fri, 23 May 2008
I'm here in Griffin, Georgia for the DC-3 SIC type rating flying Dan Gryder's DC-3. Here's audio and other material from Dan's briefing, our initial encounter with the airplane, and more. Stay tuned! I'll be posting daily! |
Thu, 15 May 2008
Welcome to the second part of the instrument checkride. This is the second of two parts covering my checkride for the instrument rating. If you haven’t checked out Part 1, make sure that you download it and listen to it. It contains background information that’s helpful to understanding some of the material in this episode and will bring you up to speed on the checkride so far. |
Sun, 11 May 2008
Interview with Scott Cannizzaro, the New York audio engineer who recently worked up the Airspeed theme music. Scott Cannizzaro |
Wed, 7 May 2008
Ambient audio from flying a load of skydivers in the Twin Otter. 3:30 Startup |
Fri, 2 May 2008
We talk this time with Jeb Burnside about aviation safety. Jeb is an editor at Belvoir Publications, the folks who bring you Aviation Safety Magazine (of which Jeb is editor), KitPlanes, AvWeb, Aviation Consumer, IFR, IFR Refresher, and Light Plane Maintenance. Many of you know him as a third of the regular occupants of the Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast's virtual hangar. He's also a longtime pilot.Jeb's website is at http://www.jeburnside.com/, where there's a pretty complete account of the partial engine failure in he experienced in 2003 along with pictures. You can reach him at jeb@uncontrolledairspace.com. |
Tue, 22 April 2008
Second day of the accelerated multi-engine course at Traverse Air. Traverse Air, Inc. |
Sat, 19 April 2008
Commentary on Day 1 of multi-engine training with Tom Brady at Traverse Air. www.traverseair.com |
Sat, 12 April 2008
We continue the annual tradition of calling up Barb Haluszka, the executive director of the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival.
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Sun, 30 March 2008
Audio of the checkride for my instrument rating. See www.airspeedonline.com for links to the approach charts if you want to follow along. |
Wed, 12 March 2008
Download a 128 Mbps copy of the tune, The Lake Parker Arrival, for free at http://airspeedonline.blogspot.com/2008/03/lake-parker-arrival.html. Written especially for Sun 'N Fun 2009. Enjoy! |
Thu, 21 February 2008
The second load from my September visit to Skydive Chicago. Two jump runs at two different altitudes and then a stall, some single-engine flight, and a steep descent to a short-field landing. |
Thu, 7 February 2008
Today, I’m joined by Eric Carver, my fellow member in the law firm and an expert in tax law.
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Sat, 2 February 2008
Part 1 of a two-part series on the legal aspects of aircraft purchase, sale, and ownership. Make sure you check out the parallel episodes similar topics on Uncontrolled Airspace, The Pilot's Flight PodLog, and The Finer Points. |
Sun, 20 January 2008
We interview Lt Col John Desmarais, the Deputy Director of Operations of the US Civil Air Patrol about SARSAT's discontinuation of monitoring 121.5 MHz ELTs.
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Tue, 1 January 2008
Flying the DHC-6-200 Twin Otter with Dave Schwartz at Skydive Chicago. Don't forget to buy your copy of Airspeed: The First Two Years Aloft at http://www.lulu.com/content/1389586 |
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