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Navigating Through General Aviation’s Diverse Aircraft Categories & Classes

Oct 18 2019

Your Path to Instrument Flight Training Success #AviatorCast 126

Dec 08 2018

FULLY LOADED Short Field Takeoff in Alaska + Tree Clearance

Dec 08 2018

ACTUAL Short Field Landing in Alaska + Forward Slip, CFIT Avoidance

Dec 08 2018

ACTUAL Soft Field Landing in Alaska + Trees

Dec 08 2018

ACTUAL Short Field Takeoff in Alaska + Max Performance Climb ( Vx )

Dec 08 2018

ACTUAL Soft Field Takeoff + Confined Airport

Dec 08 2018

Flying a Power off 180º Landing

Nov 10 2017

AviatorCast Episode 106: Tres Clinton: Flight Instructor | Tailwheel | Floatplanes

Nov 03 2017

AviatorCast Episode 105: John Chmiel: Flight Instructor | Airport Manager | Orange Roughy Stearman

Oct 27 2017

AviatorCast Episode 104: Wisconsin Fall Flying

Oct 06 2017

AviatorCast Episode 103: Finding, Picking and Keeping a Flight Instructor

Sep 22 2017

AviatorCast Episode 102: First Private Pilot Student PASSED

May 12 2017

AviatorCast Episode 101: The Future Near and Far

May 10 2017

AviatorCast Episode 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes with CFI

Mar 11 2017

AviatorCast Episode 99: Commercial Pilot Training Part III — The Checkride and “What Makes a Professional Pilot”

Mar 04 2017

AviatorCast Episode 98: Commercial Pilot Training Part II w/ Michael Phillips

Feb 25 2017

AviatorCast Episode 97: Commercial Pilot Training Part I w/ Michael Phillips

Dec 31 2016

AviatorCast Episode 96: Ken Wittekiend: DPE | Checkrides | Promark Aviation | SAFE

Dec 28 2016

AviatorCast Episode 95: Dave Herwig: Golden Knight | CFI | Cape Fear Aviation

Dec 24 2016

AviatorCast 2016 Message & Santa’s Aviation Secrets

Dec 17 2016

AviatorCast Episode 94: Written Test: The “Pass” in Passion

Nov 12 2016

AviatorCast Episode 93: Bob Hoover & Veterans Day

Nov 05 2016

AviatorCast Episode 92: Medical Mystery Tour: Third Class Medical Reform and MORE

Sep 03 2016

AviatorCast Episode 91: Flying in Alaska This Summer – 6 Focus Points

Aug 12 2016

AviatorCast Episode 90: SR-71 Blackbird Crew: Richard Graham & Don Emmons

Aug 03 2016

AviatorCast Episode 89: EAA AirVenture #OSH16 Report

May 21 2016

AviatorCast Episode 88: Rod Machado: Flight Instructor | Becomeapilot.com | Speaker | Edutainment

May 14 2016

AviatorCast Episode 87: Valdez Fly-in and STOL Competition 2016

May 07 2016

AviatorCast Episode 86: Steve Vihlen: Airline Cargo Pilot | Fighter Pilot | GA Lover

Apr 30 2016

AviatorCast Episode 85: Sun ’N Fun 2016

Mar 26 2016

AviatorCast Episode 84: Celebrating 10 Years

Mar 05 2016

AviatorCast Episode 83: Flight School from Dovetail Games w/ Stephen Hood

Feb 13 2016

AviatorCast Episode 82: Don Sebastian | Airplane Detective

Jan 30 2016

AviatorCast Episode 81: Flying While Grounded

Jan 22 2016

AviatorCast Episode 80: Dan Pimental: Aviation Writer | GA Advocate | Camp Bacon | Social Media

Jan 16 2016

AviatorCast Episode 79: Patrick Smith: Cockpit Confidential | Askthepilot.com | Airline Pilot | Travel

Jan 09 2016

AviatorCast Episode 78: Mike Rushforth: Sendaero | Mentoring | Airline Pilot

Jan 02 2016

AviatorCast Episode 77: Virtual Reality with Daniel Church: FlyInside | Oculus Rift | Flight Simulation

Dec 24 2015

AviatorCast Christmas 2015

Dec 19 2015

AviatorCast Episode 76: Star Wars | The Forces of Flight Awaken

Dec 12 2015

AviatorCast Episode 75: MapleWood 2015 | Redbird Migration | Space Shuttle | Flying

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: Ed Bolen- NBAA CEO | Pilot | Corporate | Business | Government | GAMA

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: P51s in Review at Oshkosh

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: Craig Fuller- Former AOPA President | Redbird Chairman | Pilot | Advocacy | Government

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: Charles McGee- Tuskegee Airman

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: Brian Terwilliger- Living in the Age of Airplanes

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: Bob Hoover- Ole’ Yeller | POW | Airshow Pilot | Test Pilot | Forever Flying | Flying the Feathered Edge

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: Apollo 13- Jim Lovell | Fred Haise | Milton Windler | Bill Reeves

Aug 22 2015

AviatorCast: National Aviation Day 8 Point Roll

Aug 17 2015

AviatorCast Episode 74: OpenAirplane Cofounder Rod Rakic: Aircraft Rental | PPL | Pilot Checkout | CAP

Jul 05 2015

AviatorCast Episode 73: Jeffrey Graham: Naval Aviator | P3 Orion | P8 Poseidon | Aviation Safety Officer

Jul 04 2015

AviatorCast Episode 72: Sarah Fritts: Think Aviation | Army Helicopter Pilot | War Veteran | Regional Pilot

Jul 03 2015

AviatorCast Episode 71: Paul Dye: NASA | Space Shuttle | Flight Director | Kitplanes Magazine | Pilot

Jun 20 2015

AviatorCast Episode 70: Brad Tate: Airline Pilot | Family Man | American Airlines | @AAFO4EVER

Jun 13 2015

AviatorCast Episode 69: BackcountryPilot.org’s Zane Jacobson: Bush Flying | Forums | Wilderness | Videos | Blog

Jun 06 2015

AviatorCast Episode 68: John Dorcey of S.A.F.E: Society of Aviation and Flight Educators | Education | CFI | K-12

May 30 2015

AviatorCast Episode 67: Jim Hoddenbach of Disciples of Flight: Photography | A&P IA | Backcountry | Video | Bountiful Skypark

May 25 2015

AviatorCast Episode 66: Leland Shanle: Naval Aviator | 777 Pilot | Author | Broken Wing Productions

May 16 2015

AviatorCast Episode 65: 7 Lasting Wright Brothers Lessons

May 09 2015

AviatorCast Episode 64: Report on WATS and Sun ‘n Fun 2015

Apr 04 2015

AviatorCast Episode 63: AirlinePilotGuy aka Jeff Nielsen: Airline Pilot | Children of the Magenta | Automation Dependency | Captain Authority

Mar 21 2015

AviatorCast Episode 62: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Aviators

Mar 14 2015

AviatorCast Episode 61: Austin Meyer of X-Plane: XPLANE | XAvion | Startup | Software | Flight Simulator | iOS | Android

Mar 07 2015

AviatorCast Episode 60: AvGeek Fest 2015: #AGF15 | Boeing | Alaska Airlines | Karlene Petitt | Mike Swanigan

Mar 01 2015

AviatorCast 59: Jason Schappert of MzeroA: CFII | Flying Again | Training Videos | Private Pilot Blueprint

Feb 21 2015

AviatorCast Episode 58: Karlene Petitt: Airline Pilot | Author | Blogger | Women in Aviation | Flight to Success

Feb 14 2015

AviatorCast Episode 57: LiveATC.net Founder Dave Pascoe: ATC | IFR Flying | Entrepreneur | NTSB | Mic Fright

Feb 07 2015

AviatorCast Episode 56: Don Lee – Alaska Bush Pilot for 35+ Years | Skis | Floats | Glaciers | Instructor – by Angle of Attack

Jan 31 2015

AviatorCast Episode 55: Jeroen Doorman – Flight Sim Video | Tweaking | Hardware | FSX | Prepar3D | X-Plane

Jan 24 2015

AviatorCast Episode 54: Matt Hall: Red Bull Air Racer | Top Gun Instructor | Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) | Bad @$$

Jan 17 2015

AviatorCast Episode 53: 1st Anniversary/Birthday!

Jan 10 2015

AviatorCast Episode 52: Brent Owens: FixedWingBuddha.com | Corporate Pilot | RV-8 | Author

Jan 03 2015

AviatorCast Episode 51: FlightChops (Steve Thorne): Youtube | Weekend Warrior | Canadian | Flying Videos

Dec 27 2014

AviatorCast Episode 50: SMART 2015 Goals- Your Personal Annual

Dec 20 2014

AviatorCast Episode 49: Santa’s Aviator Secrets Revealed

Dec 13 2014

AviatorCast Episode 48: Rob Burgon- Fighter Pilot | F-22 Raptor | U.S. Air Force

Dec 06 2014

AviatorCast Episode 47: Ultimate Simulated IFR & 7 Healthy IFR Mindsets

Nov 29 2014

AviatorCast Episode 46: Jerry Gregoire of Redbird Simulations: RedHawk | Full Motion | Connected Airplane | SkyPort

Nov 22 2014

AviatorCast Episode 45: A2A Simulations | Scott Gentile | Cessna 172 | Cessna 182 | Accusim | Flight Simulation

Nov 15 2014

AviatorCast Episode 44: Hangar Talk w/ Mariano Ripoll: Airline Pilot | Inspiring | Flight Simulation

Nov 08 2014

AviatorCast Episode 43: Flightsim Visuals & Learning from Accidents: PLAN-B | Oculus Rift | ADM

Nov 01 2014

AviatorCast Episode 42: Redbird Migration: Connected Airplane | FMX | Redhawk

Oct 24 2014

AviatorCast Episode 41: Brendan Farmer: CFI | UND Aerospace | Meteorology

Oct 18 2014

AviatorCast Episode 40: Teen to Pilot | Tips & Tricks on How to Get Your Private Pilot

Oct 11 2014

AviatorCast Episode 39: Rick Todd: NAFI | Flight Simulators | Chicago Premiere Flight Training

Oct 03 2014

AviatorCast Episode 38: 9 Seaplane Challenges You Wont Get with Wheels

Sep 27 2014

AviatorCast Episode 37: Ron Rapp: Gulfstream IV | Aerobatics | Writer | Opinion Leader

Sep 20 2014

AviatorCast Episode 36: Cap’n Aux: Airline Pilot | Author | Blogger | Passionate Aviator

Sep 13 2014

AviatorCast Episode 35: Bush Flying Blast: Float Planes | CubCrafters | Backcountry Flying

Sep 06 2014

AviatorCast Episode 34: Lockheed Martin Flight Service: Mike Glasgow | 1800WXBRIEF

Aug 30 2014

AviatorCast Episode 33: Hangar Talk w/ ForeFlight: Ryan McBride | iPad Apps | EFB

Aug 23 2014

AviatorCast Episode 32: Hangar Talk w/ Aero Glass: Augmented Reality HUD for Pilots

Aug 16 2014

AviatorCast Episode 31: Hangar Talk w/ Matt Guthmiller: Youngest Pilot to Fly Solo Around the World

Aug 09 2014

AviatorCast Episode 30: The 10 Commandments of Pilots-in-Command

Aug 02 2014

AviatorCast Episode 29: 3 Coolest Things From Osh Kosh Airventure 2014

Jul 26 2014

AviatorCast Episode 28: Osh Kosh 2014

Jul 19 2014

AviatorCast Episode 27: MH17 Tragedy | PMDG 777 SP1 and 777-300ER

Jul 12 2014

AviatorCast Episode 26: Hangar Talk w/ Real Environment Xtreme: Weather | Textures | REX 4 DIRECT

Jul 05 2014

AviatorCast Episode 25: Independence Day | Louis Zamperini | WWII Aircraft

Jun 28 2014

AviatorCast Episode 24: Hangar Talk w/ Nick Collett Pt. II: Airline Pilot | Flight Simmer | Passion

Jun 21 2014

AviatorCast Episode 23: The War on VMC into IMC | Real Training=Real Simulator

Jun 14 2014

AviatorCast Episode 22: 5 Aviation Acronyms to Know By Heart | Microsoft Sells Flightsim Franchise?!

Jun 07 2014

AviatorCast Episode 21: Hangar Talk w/ Ivy McIver: Cirrus Aircraft | Female Pilot | Cyclist | Skier | Boeing Field

May 31 2014

AviatorCast Episode 20: Hangar Talk w/ Keith Smith: PilotEdge | ATC | Radio Communication | Aviation English

May 24 2014

AviatorCast Episode 19: FAA Medical Mess and Redbird Round Robin

May 17 2014

AviatorCast Episode 18: Hangar Talk w/ Rick Durden: The Pilots Lounge Author | Aviation Lawyer | The Thinking Pilot’s Flight Manual Author | FAAST Team

May 10 2014

AviatorCast Episode 17: Hangar Talk w/ Capt. Mike Swanigan: Alaska Airlines Captain | Talking Flight Podcast | Airline Pilot | Blogger

May 03 2014

AviatorCast Episode 16: Hangar Talk w/ Shane Schmidt: Pilot | Flight Simmer | 10 Minute Taxi | The Squawk Shoppe

Apr 26 2014

AviatorCast Episode 15: Hangar Talk w/ John Venema: Founder of ORBX | Scenery | Simulation Environment | Industry Leader

Apr 19 2014

AviatorCast Episode 14: Hangar Talk w/ Trevor “Grizz” Bair: PPL | Avid Flight Simmer | IFR Student

Apr 12 2014

AviatorCast Episode 13: Hangar Talk w/ Matthew Roesener: PPL | Flight Sim Enthusiast | Author

Apr 05 2014

AviatorCast Episode 12: Hangar Talk w/ Bruce Williams: Author | CFII MEI | Aerobatics | Simulator Books

Mar 29 2014

AviatorCast Episode 11: Hangar Talk w/ Dr. Paul Craig: The Killing Zone Author| Aviation Professor | CFII MEI ATP

Mar 22 2014

AviatorCast Episode 10: Hangar Talk w/ Swayne Martin: PPL | Blogger | Traveler | Future Pro Pilot

Mar 15 2014

AviatorCast Episode 9: Hangar Talk w/ Jason Sokoloff: Aviation Safety | NTSB | Aeronautical Decision Making | Accident Investigation

Mar 08 2014

AviatorCast Episode 8: Hangar Talk w/ Nick Collett: Flight Simmer | GA Aviator | Airline Pilot

Mar 01 2014

AviatorCast Episode 7: Big Announcement! You’ll want to be a part of this

Feb 22 2014

AviatorCast Episode 6: The Big Checkride Lie | 6 Flight Simmer Errors, and How to Correct Them

Feb 15 2014

AviatorCast Episode 5: 5 Dangerous Pilot Attitudes | My Recommended Aircraft Addons

Feb 08 2014

AviatorCast Episode 4: My Scariest Pilot Moment | 7 Environment Add-ons for the Perfect Setup

Feb 01 2014

AviatorCast Episode 3: What Makes a Solid, IFR Aviator | How to Nail Virtual Jet Landings- Every Time

Jan 24 2014

AviatorCast Episode 2: The Age of Autopilot & All Hands on Deck!

Jan 17 2014

AviatorCast Episode 1: New Show, New Year, New Aviator

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