John Joslin is a scientist and an instrument rated pilot. His aviation career started in 2002 when his girlfriend (now wife) bought him a discovery flight on a clear night over downtown Chicago. While in Chicago, John spent most of his time on the ground wishing he was in the air, volunteering with the Civil Air Patrol, and making the annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh. It wasn’t until after graduate school that John begin his flight training.
His story isn't too different from any of us in the pilot community. We're all part of a special family and love to talk about it. But for some reason we've stopped celebrating our accomplishments and those moments that have special meaning to us. John is interested in changing that and has started by creating patches that commemorate a wide variety of aviation success (www.av8rswag.com). Listen in as Marc and Rhonda discuss why the swagger left, why we should want it back, and how to go about doing just that. =============== We hope you enjoy listening as much as we love talking to others who share our passion for aviation. Let us know what you think! BLUE SKIES and TAILWINDS!!!
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After a short 4 years, the SimpleFlight crew was pleased to welcome back Rod Rakic, co-founder of OpenAirplane, Inc., a company focused on bringing pilots, planes, and passengers together. The initial premise was to build an organization that operated similar to how auto rental agencies bringing drivers and cars together. Once established, Rod and his team launched a second offering, called FlyOtto, which matches passengers and flights together. The two "products" promise to increase activity within General Aviation, delivering real value to all stakeholders. Listen in and find out how the company has done over the last 4 years and what changes we might see in the future! =============== We hope you enjoy listening as much as we love talking to others who share our passion for aviation. Let us know what you think! BLUE SKIES and TAILWINDS!!! 
Joey Dumas has accomplished a lot, in spite of his youth. Wile his students know him as a CFI at Chicago Executive Airport, many also know that he spends time as CEO of UnMannedKind (unmannedkind.com), a drone service company that is committed to the smart adoption of technology that will make the world a better and safer place.
And before all this, Joey was as a special operations surveillance pilot in the Air Force, where he earned the rating of instructor pilot and logged over 1,000 supporting ground combat operations. He has a BS in aeronautical engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. We know you'll love the conversation that Rhonda and Marc had with Joey. Lots of interesting experiences and insight to share. Listen and Learn!!! =============== We hope you enjoy listening as much as we love talking to others who share our passion for aviation. Let us know what you think! BLUE SKIES and TAILWINDS!!! 
Welcome to a new world. This week's guest, Ryan Braun, has a history of bringing innovative enabling technologies to market. This time he's outdone himself.
As COO of uAvionix (uavionix.com), Ryan and his teammates have broken the code on bringing low cost, small size, and low power consumption ADS-B solutions to market. While primarily focused on the drone market, Ryan sees a tremendous opportunity to deliver collision avoidance solutions to both manned and unmanned aircraft. uAvionix is already delivering these solutions across general aviation. All aimed at making the skies safer, without making our wallets lighter. We invite you to listen in as Ryan paints a vision of the future that's well on its way to reality. =============== We hope you enjoy listening as much as we love talking to others who share our passion for aviation. Let us know what you think! BLUE SKIES and TAILWINDS!!! 
Rhonda and Marc were joined by Adam Hirsen, to talk about his near collision with a drone in the Chicago airspace. If that name sounds familiar to you, it's probably because you have a great memory and you're a long time listener of SimpleFlight Aviation Radio. That's because it was over 4 years ago that Adam was one of our first guests on the show.
Just a few weeks ago, a drone passed by Adam's plane, missing the wing by some 20 feet. The fact Adam was at 3300 feet is especially troublesome, since drones are limited to 400 feet by law and technology. While ATC did their job by collecting information from Adam, they never saw the target, nor was there anything they could do about it. Unsettling as it was, Adam remains a proponent of drones. Listen in to the conversation about the experience and what the future may hold for the co-existence of these two factions of the aviation community. Thanks for listening. Blue Skies and Tailwinds! 
For anyone that thinks their life is busy, I encourage you to talk to Karlene Petitt. A wife of 36 years, mother of 3, grandmother of 8. a pilot for 8 airlines, with 7 type ratings, 2 masters degrees, and author of several novels, Karlene proves you're never too busy to make life happen.
Karlene supports her passion for aviation safety through writing, inspiration, and speaking (karlenepetitt.blogspot.com). She joined the SimpleFlight crew tonight to discuss the trends in aviation safety and how technology and airline company training processes may be contributing to an erosion in pilot proficiency. Take a listen and you'll soon find out what aviation commitment is all about. Blue Skies and Tailwinds!!!
When Matt Hofeltd (www.capital-flight.com) decided to get into aviation, he jumped in with both feet and didn't let his initial vision limit the possibilities. HIs goal was to start a first class flight school, that would appeal to students new to the industry. He knew that meant taking a first class approach with everything he did. He differentiated himself by creating the foundation with two brand new 2017 Cirrus aircraft. From there the personnel and philosophy followed. It was then the complete picture started to form, with opportunities for helping buyers buy and sellers sell. People with aircraft needed a home for their bird, so a hangar business evolved, and to fuel the growing aviation community, Matt and his wife Jade, knew they had to provide an aviation calendar to bring everything together.
Listen in as Marc and Rhonda speak with Matt and Jade in-studio to find how this wonderful journey started, and the progress made to date. It was a discussion providing a much needed optimism to our wonderful aviation community. Let us know what you think. ----------------------- As always, thanks for listening and being part of the SimpleFlight family. Wishing you.... Blue Skies & Tailwinds!!!
Over the last 4.5 years, we at SimpleFlight Radio have talked to a lot of "amazing people doing amazing things in aviation". And our listeners have loved the journey. What we discovered is our listeners, are pretty amazing too. And they have lots to teach us. This week, we took the opportunity to spend some time talking to a loyal friend of the show, Fred Canavan. Fred did what some of us think about doing, but rarely do we actually do it. But Fred turned his dream into reality. He decided that he wanted a professional aviation career at age 60. And that's exactly what he did. You'll hear his story about making that decision and executing it right on schedule. Flying a Part 135 PC-12 is a dream come true, but he's not finished yet.
Listen in as we discuss the path he took, with all the decisions he made along the way. We'll find out together if there are any regrets or what he wished he knew before the trek started. The one thing we can tell you now is that Fred is on CLOUD 9!!! The other thing you will hear, is that Marc and Rhonda made it official. Rhonda will join Marc as the regular co-host of the show. It's a partnership that is sure to please. Thanks for the positive feedback and thanks for listening. BLUE SKIES and TAILWINDS!!!
If you spend time listening to the experts in aviation, you undoubtedly know Gary Reeves. A Master CFI with over 6,700 hours and an expert when it comes to knowing and teaching pilots to leverage the technology and systems in an airplane to ensure a positive flying outcome. Gary travels the country delivering free safety seminars for the FAA (www.pilotsafety.org) and is hired by pilots to fly to their home base and help them become masters of their personal aircraft based on three days of intense training (www.masterflighttraining.com).
Tonight, Gary joins Rhonda and Marc to share what he teaches pilots across the country about how to stay safe. This includes the three common mistakes that lead to a bad outcome. He also enlightens our listeners about the benefits of declaring an emergency early, which ironically, is a key step in avoiding an emergency. The topics covered are quite wide and we know you will walk away from tonight's show a more knowledgeable pilot and ultimately a safer one. Our live listeners have already started sending emails to bring Gary back for more in-depth conversation. We violently agree!!! Gary was recommended to us by a listener. We appreciate the suggestion very much and ask that all of you let us know who you would like to hear from as a guest on the show. And most of all, our sincere thanks to all of you for being loyal listeners to the show. Wishing you... BLUE SKIES and STRONG TAILWINDS!
As promised two weeks ago, Marc highlighted three of the 2017 Archie League Award recipients. The Archie League recognizes ATC personnel who assisted a pilot in reaching a positive outcome, while facing a very challenging situation.
Marc, Rhonda, and Tim shared their insight as the trio listened to the actual radio calls during these emergencies. Great outcomes due to great work by ATC. We wish we could discuss all the winner's efforts, but time doesn't allow it. Other topics covered, include new primary training standards that may actually be bad for the student pilot, follow up on a logging question that was raised last week, and the use (or lack of use) of autopilots by today's primary students. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we love talking to others who share our passion for aviation. Let us know what you think! BLUE SKIES and TAILWINDS!!! |
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