Now that I’ve been promoted on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code episode 727 (about 10 minutes into the show), it’s time to start producing more episodes of the FPP.

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Okay, you may be able to hear our baby boy, Alan, trying to podcast from the audience. Anyway, here is the Pilotcast roundtable hangar flying from the EAA Fly In in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. See the next post for my blog entry, and photos. You can download the mp3 file directly here:

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Today we listen to a conversation that I had with my first officer on a recent flight. Todd, in his spare time, flies for an organization called “Freedom Flight” in the Dallas Fort Worth Texas region. He talks about the organization, and his flights in support of Hurricane Katrina relief. The podcast is here: [...]

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We talk to a few of the exhibitors at the Saint Louis County Fair and Air Show. You can download the episode’s mp-3 here: 2006 Saint Louis County Fair & Air Show My photos are on this Picasa page. The Prairie Aviation Museum and their Douglas DC-3 The Deutsche Luftwaffe (German Air Force) Panavia Tornado and English [...]

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As pilots, we have probably all heard of Mr Frank W. Abagnale, whose life inspired the hit movie and book, Catch Me If You Can. I had the opportunity to meet him on one of my flights. To our good fortune, he graciously agreed to talk to the Flying Pilot Podcast listeners. [...]

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“No Show,” the former Air Force Flight Surgeon joins us again, with the planned second interview. Here, he talks about “naughty pilots” and the things that we do to ourselves that can affect our flying. You can download the podcast here: The previous flight surgeon episode, with interesting links, is located here. Oxygen Hemogloben Saturation [...]

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This episode talks about our time in Oshkosh, the Tenerife Disaster, tips on safe taxiing and runway incursions, and the history of Anthony Fokker, “The Flying Dutchman”. You can download it directly here:. Fokker’s “Die Spinne” (Spider) Intro Notes Oshkosh — The EAA’s Airventure Fly-In Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites The Disaster at Tenerife Project Tenerife BBC Video Airmanship Online Pan Am Copilot [...]

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This episode gives my take on the SwissAir Flight 111 accident, a little talk about handling fire and smoke emergencies in flight, and Philippe’s final segment on the Golden Age of French Aviation from the Wright Brothers to World War 1. You can download the podcast directly here:. Adam Curry’s Podfinder can be [...]

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Today, we have a special podcast, with a doctor who was recently an Air Force flight surgeon. He talks about his experiences, as well as the physiological and medical aspects of flying — and how the human body was not designed for this. Download the podcast directly here: The Doctor’s Fighter Upgrade Training Patch The Air Force [...]

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Today, we revisit the Concorde Crash from another perspective. Also, more French aviation history from Philippe, and podsafe music. Direct link to the mp3 here: La Grande Semaine d’Aviation The Reims Air Meet Concorde Revisited Guardian Observer Article Looking for Link to “Concorde:Anatomy of a Disaster” Podcast #10 Concorde Links Even More French Aviation History La Grande Semaine d’Aviation Reims Air Meet Capitaine Philippe [...]

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This is a mobile edition, uploaded from my hotel room near SFO. We discuss the news, Aaliyah’s crash in the Bahamas, Basic anemometers and airspeed measurement (IAS,CAS,EAS,TAS,GS), and more French aviation history. You can download the show directly here: Bleriot’s Landing in England Aviation News Delta Pilot Leaders Ratify Deal Famous Test Pilot Scott Crossfield Dies in [...]

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Here it is, Flying Pilot Podcast Episode 10. We discuss the news, examine the 2000 Concorde Paris Crash. You can download the MP3 directly here: Santos Dumont’s 14 bis Aviation News Delta Pilots updateDelta Pilots Negotiate Tentative Agreement LSP Light Sport Plane Accident Report Air France Concorde English Translation of BEA Accident Report Photos of F-BTSC on Airliners.net History of F-BTSC [...]

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Episode 9 covers the NTSB report of John F Kennedy Jr’s Saratoga crash, a science section on blimps, history section on Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin, podsafe music by Bret Philips, and a contest! Download the mp3 directly here: Zeppelin Number 1 The e-mail address for contest entries is contest@flyingpilot.com please put the word “contest” [...]

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Episode 8 includes news items about the Grand Canyon, Lasers, Shooting down hijackers in Germany, and Flying Cars. In the Accident Report, we explore John Denver’s Long-EZ accident. The Science section deals with wake turbulence. The History section covers the life of Glenn H. Curtiss. The Podsafe Music is “Magic Carpet” [...]

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This is a special podcast, recorded on my Cowon iAudio X5 as my co-pilot and I toured the National Museum of the United States Air Force, otherwise known as the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base just outside of Dayton Ohio. National Museum of the United States Air Force The first segment, is in [...]

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Here it is, episode 7. Now in the new and improved re-edited form, to take out the out-takes that were left in the original version. . We talk about the news, Thurmon Munson’s Citation Crash, Aerobatics, Part 3 of the Wright Brothers, and Music from the Phenomenauts. I was a guest [...]

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Here it is, episode 6: The Wright Flyer 3 over Huffman Prairie Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code — look for episode 315 Thirty Thousand Feet Blog News Airline accidents and fatalities double in 2005. Pharmaceuticals for Aviation New Security Rules for Airline Passengers Majors See Largest Drop As Airline Employment Falls 6.4% Science Gary’s Web Site, Great Float Plane Videos and Photos! Dale’s Site - Float [...]

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This time with my new microphone! We talk about blended flight controls, slips and skids, crosswind landings and takeoffs, and the Wright Brothers. You can download the mp3 directly here: News Independence Air Northwest Airlines Washington ADIZ Piper Warrior in Hudson River Science Blended Flight Controls Fouga Magister Beechcraft V-Tailed Bonanza F-106 Concorde Slips and Skids Crosswind Landings History The Wright Brothers Podsafe Music “Fly Away” Paula Toledo

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Episode 4 covers the three axis of airplane rotation, and powered flight before the Wright Brothers. You can download the mp3 here: Show Notes: News Virgin America TWA Hijacker Released Chalks Ocean Airways Crash Aviation Science Three Axis of Rotation Aviation History Felix du Temple de la Croix Aleksandr Fyodorovich Mozhaiski Clement Ader - link2 Hiram Stevens Maxim Samuel Pierpont Langley Gustave Whitehead Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr. Richard William Pearse Karl [...]

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We talk about the news, the science of stalls, and historic gliders (the men and the machines). Here is a direct link to the mp3: Shownotes: Listener Louie�s Baby Miami Herald Article on Air Marshals Chicago Tribune on Midway Crash USA Today Article on Virgin America Flight Stall on Wikipedia Sir George Cayley Otto Lilienthal Museum Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum Podsafe Music: Blackout Pilot “Fly [...]

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Today’s pilot essential knowledge involves the four forces on an airplane, Leonardo DaVinci, and the Balloonists. You can download it here: Thanks to Steve from Boston for pointing out the editing problem with the podcast. I re-uploaded the repaired file. Shownotes: Air Traffic Controller Contract Aerodynamic Forces Leonardo DaVinci Montgolfier Balloon Adrina Thorpe “Fly Fly Fly”

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Well, it’s finally out, episode 1. You can find it in iTunes, or you can directly download it here: Shownotes: ADIZ Comments to the FAA AOPA Washington DC ADIZ Age 60 Rule Aerodynamic Lift Bellerophon Icarus Daedalus

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I decided to do it. The microphone isn’t ideal, and there are probably too many “uh”s and “ah”s, but I promise that I will get better as time goes by. You can download the Flying Pilot Podcast directly here. You can subscribe here: Please let me know what you think.

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