Airspeed

The first of a three-part series that takes you behind the scenes at airshows.  In this episode, Airspeed takes you out to show center with the pyro crew at the 2012 TICO Valiant Air Command Warbird Airshow with Mark Sorenson and James Hammons of Tiger Airshows and The Ringmasters.

The American Flight museum's AC-57 Spooky gunship.

Karl Stoltzfus of Dynamic Aviation flew this beautiful DC-3/C-47 to Topeka to show her off to this crowd.  His grandson, Gabriel (7) joined him to talk about the aircraft and its renovation.

Greg Smith and his Beech 18.

Bill Whiteman's T-28 Trojen - a RapidCast from the Gathering of Warbirds and Legends in Topeka.

Talking abut a liaison aircraft among the heavy metal on the ramp at Topeka.

Commemorative paratrooper MSgt (Ret) Robert Yarberry.

The briefing from the practice day of the Gathering of Warbirds and Legends.

The Airspeed audience first met ENS Evan Levesque (pronounced “leh-VECK”) as a MDN 1/C at the US Naval Academy in 2010.  We then checked in with him during his primary flight training in the T-6B in February of 2012.  Since then, ENS Levesque has gone on to tailhook training, flying the T-45 Goshawk.  This episode features more than an hour of conversation with ENS Levesque about what it's like to fly jets and to prepare to land an aircraft on a floating runway.

Meet B-52 and B-2 driver USAF Lt Col (Ret) Chris "Cliff" DeVaughn!  We talked about the aircraft, its flight characteristics, and its mission.  And, more importantly, we talked about what it's like to fly long-duration missions in one of the most important strategic weapons systems in the US inventory.  All the way from the selection process through training and into combat.  This is every bit as much about the men as the machines.

The second of two episodes covering my glider rating.  Victory, defeat, ground effect, and a sock puppet.  It's all here!

Pilot, producer, and Uncontrolled Airspace co-host Jack Hodgson joins us to talk about the pilot population, flight training, the future of the aviation podsphere, and more in this nearly-two-hour conversation.  Think you know Jack?  Listen in!

Taking to the streets (and tollways) of Orlando, Florida in a T-6 with eight other aircraft for the NBAA Convention 2012.

Here's an account of my glider training this year through my first glider solo on Friday.  Show notes at www.airspeedonline.com.

50 minutes of pure awesome with one of North America's busiest airshow announcers, Rob Reider.

ENS Evan Levesque (pronounced “leh-VECK”) is a primary flight student at NAS Whiting Field near Milton, Florida.  He’s flying the mighty T-6B in the aerobatic phase of training, having recently completed the contact phase and flown his first solo.  He has instrument work and a formation phase yet to go. More information at www.navy.com.

The second installment of the Airspeed LPA.

A diary of my first aerobatic competition.  Compiled from blog posts I wrote before, during, and after the competition. Music is Game Day by Jon Schmidt.  www.johnschmidt.com.  www.musicalley.com.  

An overview of the Airshows 101 course at the 2011 ICAS convention.

On 21 August 2017, the umbral shadow of the moon will sweep across the continental United States from Oregon to South Carolina.  Here are some thoughts about how (and why) to fly through that shadow.