Airspeed

A spin (or, rather, a spiral) in the FAA's spatial disorientation simulator at the Great Lakes Aviation Conference and Expo.

Part 1 of my initial taildragger training from April or May of last year.  Features instructor Barry Sutton.

Talking aerobatics with airshow performer and instructor Greg Koontz.  www.gkairshows.com.

The 2008 holiday episode with a new take on O. Henry's classic story, The Gifts of the Magi.  Happy holidays, everybody!

We talk to Paul Freeman, curator of www.airfields-freeman.com, a wonderful web resource that covers abandoned airfields across the country.

Aistin "Farve" May, creator of web comic Air Force Blues, joins Stephen Force for an update abotu what's happened with the comic in the 18 months since his first appearance on Airspeed.  See www.afblues.com for more Air Force Blues.

Nuggets collected from all parts of the aether, including the Twitterverse.

The full production version of my ride on 4 July 2008 with USAF Thunderbird 8, Tony Mulhare.

Interview with composer and sound designer David Kneupper, who composed the music that you hear as you experience the Apollo/Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, among lots of other things.

Interview with Will and Rico about their new independent film, A Pilot's Story.

Interview on the ramp at OSH with F-22 pilot Maj Paul "Max" Moga, USAF.

The first Airspeed Virtual Airshow.  Noisy and sudden high-speed passes!  Seating at the edge of the runway!  Cheap food!  No traffic at the exits (not that you'll want to leave)! Enjoy!

Got the CAP Form 5 ride done, training in the Citabria, a chance to taxi the kids around, and Thunderbird Groove nears completion.

Flying right seat in the EAA's 1929 TriMotor.

The Thursday preflight briefing with Thunderbird 7, LtCol Rob Skelton, the Thunderbirds' operations officer. The primary rider's camera crew showed up at the last minute, so I didn't fly that day, but I got up the next day with Thunderbird 8, Maj Tony Mulhare.  I thought that you guys would enjoy hearing this briefing while I prep the big sumaary episode.

Audio from Podapalooza 2008.

10 minutes walking down the main drag at Oshkosh.

Update from Firebase Airspeed, EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin with Jason Miller, (The Finer Points) Rod Rakic, (myTransponder) and friends.

We interview Capt Sam “Nuke” Joplin of the F-15 West Demo Team on Sunday, July 6 from the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival.

Full description of my 4 July 2008 media flight with Maj Tony Mulhare, USAF Thunderbird No. 8.  Rod Rakic guest-hosts as we hangar-fly the whole thing.