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SPC #038 – Thank You Sir, May I Have Another

Posted by on March 31, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Welcome back, SPC listeners.  I’m glad to be back with you for another experience on my road to becoming a private pilot.  Today you’ll be coming along as I complete my 3rd stage check out of four.  As you know from my previous few episodes, I’d been preparing for this.  As I also have mentioned [...]

SPC #037-Windy Solo Makeup Flight

Posted by on December 6, 2010 at 4:39 am

This is episode 37 of the Student Pilot Cast. Join me as I take a solo makup flight in some windy conditions the morning of my Stage III Check. In this flight I stay in the pattern and practice performance landings and takeoffs. As the flight went on, the wind kept getting worse and worse to [...]

SPC #036-Podapalooza 2010 from Oshkosh

Posted by on August 14, 2010 at 1:57 am
The Pilotcast Flight Crew

It’s that time again…now that we’re home from Oshkosh, it’s time to share this year’s edition of Podapalooza.  This was recorded live on EAA Radio on Friday, July 30th, 2010.  Enjoy.

SPC #035-Stage III Check Prep, Hijacked!

Posted by on April 28, 2010 at 2:33 am

Welcome to episode 35, finally, of the Student Pilot Cast, “Stage III Check Prep, Hijacked”.  I’m Bill Williams, and I’m learning to fly in front of the world. Come join me as I prepare for my Stage III Check with a different instructor.  This has been updated to point to the proper media file.

SPC #034-Solo, Shorts, Softs, and FOD

Posted by on November 6, 2009 at 1:47 am

Hello again SPC listeners.  Today’s episode takes us on a solo training flight on a very busy day to practice performance landings and takeoffs (shorts and softs).  We have everything from FOD to go-arounds in this episode, so enjoy. I was nearing the end of stage III in my training, so I was almost in [...]

SPC #033-Into the Night, Part II

Posted by on October 2, 2009 at 11:43 am

This is part II of my night dual cross country flight.  This part takes us from Marana Airport in the far northern part of Tucson back to Chandler. [KAVQ-KCHD] I mentioned the Remos GX LSA flight from Oshkosh in this episode.  Here is the link to the Airspeed episode that covered this.  My flight video [...]

SPC #032-Podapalooza 2009, Part II

Posted by on September 14, 2009 at 4:58 pm

This is part II of Podapalooza 2009, the part of the show that was not broadcast live on EAA Radio.  This took place at Oshkosh, July 31st, 2009. If you are thinking about learning to fly, check out Air Freddy’s Learning to Fly Guide, an e-book that will answer many of your questions beforehand, and [...]

SPC #031-Podapalooza 2009, Part I

Posted by on September 2, 2009 at 2:13 pm

Hello, everyone! Here is the first part of the audio from Podapalooza 2009 from Airventure in Oshkosh, July 31st, 2009.  This part contains the audio from the show that was broadcast live on EAA Radio.  After the radio station had to cut away, we continued Podapalooza and I will bring you that audio in the [...]

SPC #030-Nexair Saratogo NX

Posted by on August 14, 2009 at 4:55 pm

We continue my coverage of EAA Airventure with episode 30.  Today I present an interview with David Fetherston of Nexair Avionics about their new airplane, the Saratoga NX.  The NX is a rebuild from spinner to tail of Piper’s Saratoga, but with all new avionics, speed mods, etc.  It’s a very interesting value in a [...]

SPC Video #005-Recording Cockpit Audio

Posted by on August 11, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Okay everyone.  I’m finally releasing a quick video covering how I record cockpit audio.  This is my most frequently asked question.  The video does not tell the whole story, so I’m doing that here on the website as well in this post.  I may make it a permanent feature on the site as well. So [...]