Summary: Hello Everybody. This episode is my recollections and imperessions of my first trip to Oshkosh. We spent 3 days at AirVenture, camping at Camp Scholler. I participated in Podapalooza on Friday night along with other aviation podcasters. This trip was very special for me since I was able to share my passion of aviation and my first trip to AirVenture with my sons. This was our first "boys" trip together and what a trip it was. The one thing that I will take from this trip is how social media is helping to bring people together, especially the aviation community. I met many of my "social media" friends for the first time in person at Oshkosh. We have all become friendly through Twitter, forums and listening to each other's podcasts. Even before I arrived at Oshkosh I already had meetups scheduled with my friends. So instead of not knowing anyone there, I had parties and meetups to go to. This is what our small community is all about. Strangers coming together with a single, common interest and hanging out like we knew each other for years. You can see my pictures from Oshkosh at http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcigliano/sets/72157624676352535/ Some housekeeping, The URL for the web site has changed to be less of a mouthful, TheNewPilotPodBlog.com (removing blogspot from the name). The old URL will still work. I am using new equipment, a Behringer XM8500 microphone and Behringer Xenyx802 mixer. I hope the audio quality has improved. I plan to make some more equipment purchases. Please let me know if you hear any improvements. I also have finally created a logo. Please let me know what you think of it. Shutouts: Uncontrolled Airspace (uncontrolledairspace.com) Jeb Burnside @burnsidejJack Hodgson @jackhodgsonDave Higdon (twitterless) Steve Tupper @StephenForce Monika Petrillo @Flyabout Twitter Friends@juliewillfly @adamcanfly @PilotRob950 @TwiliteFlyer @pilot2b @PilotConway @scofreyjet @JHWellington @rfelty Pilot Tony from UCAP forums and myTransponder. Podapalooza Participants Pilots Journey Podcast (pilotjourneypodcast.com) @pilotsjourneyStewart Stoll @CFIStewStuart Stevenson @PilotStuMike Hart @IDMikeAirplane Geeks (airplanegeeks.com) @airplanegeeksRob Mark @JetWhinePilotcast (pilotcast.com) @pilotcastKen Shook @flyingcheezheadTiffany Wolf @tiffanykwolfBill Williams @billwilAirPigz (airpigz.com)Martt Clupper @AirPigzMile High Flyers (milehighflyers.com)Nate Duehr @denverpilotMike Daniels @Mike_FlysElisabeth Daniels @LVMoxieGirlDoug Hindman, Jr. @dhindmanjrSpecial Shoutout to Zyola @SupovadeaPlane Crazy Down Under (planecrazydownunder.com) @pcdu (via recording)Steve Visscher @stevevisscherGrant McHerron @falcon124 myTransponder Team Mike Miley @mike_mileyRod Rakic @rodrakic Jason Miller @OnTheFlightLine Special Shoutout to my sons, Robert and Joey. Thanks for listening. Blues skies everyone! You can reach me at TheNewPilotPodBlog@gmail.com Please send comments and suggestions. You can follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/NewPilotPodBlog And LIPilot on myTransponder.com Please join the myTransponder group Friends of The New Pilot PodBlog. The intro and closing song is John Mellencamp's My Aeroplane. Direct access to the mp3 is here
