Deadstick Radio

We had the privilege of speaking in front of the entire Oshkosh crowd, and taking our message of spreading General Aviation. Scott couldn't make it, but the rest of the Air Tour crew got up on the podium and talked about the tour and all of the benefits.  You can see my video about the air tours here: https://youtu.be/kUM9ddHmTRM

We talk to Thomas Lockwood of OneMoment racing about his involvement in air racing, and the future of the sport.    https://www.facebook.com/flyingbrix http://teamonemoment.com https://www.instagram.com/findlay_race_30/ https://www.facebook.com/onemomentairracing    

24 Year old Kieran Tookey recently rebuilt his 1947 Ercoupe. He sat down with us to talk about this shiny airplane, and the various adrenaline fuelled hobbies he enjoys.    Kieran: https://www.instagram.com/ktookster/ Brian: https://www.instagram.com/intheblueyonder/ Scott: https://www.instagram.com/holmes540/

Hope Air is a charity that helps get people in financial need to and from remote medical treatments. To date, they've helped over 150,000 people by arranging flights and accommodations. Dave McElroy is a leader amongst their organization, and has arranged and headed up several group flight events to raise money. To date, Dave's Give Hope Wings charity has raised over $900,000 for Hope Air, and is aiming to raise another $1.1 million more in 2021. Dave also flew around the world in 2014 to raise money for a few different charities.  www.givehopewings.ca

Chuck Wentworth was one of the fastest Reno racers around. In 1981, he had a catastrophic failure that caused the engine to fall off his plane, which produced one of the most harrowing photos we've ever seen. Chuck has flown many other aircraft, and has even restored several aircraft that are now in the Smithsonian. We were extremely lucky to interview Chuck. Photo credit: Maxine Carlin

Jim Price recounts his story of flying his home built Long EZ to a C-1A altitude record of over 35,000 feet. That record that has stood unbroken since 1996. 

We talk to Kelly and Phillip Goforth, who are living legends in the Formula 1 Air Race scene. They have a lot of history with IF1, and plan to keep flying and training new pilots. 

We talk to Cole from Pegasus Imagery about the future of drone tech, and how drones will stay safe in shared airspace.

We interview the MLA of Lac Ste. Anne/Parkland, Shane Getson about the future of aviation in Alberta. Shane is the only currently serving MLA with a pilot license. He sees big things for the future of Alberta Aviation, and what it can do for business across Canada.

Creighton King is a member of the flying cowboys, and owner of Last Lap Player, a Gold Formula 1 race plane. Creighton talks to us about creating a business, designing and selling GripLock ties, the best bushplane shocks, and his thoughts on ADS-B. Get free shipping on your GripLock Ties order from https://www.griplockties.com by using promo code deadstick at checkout.

Erick O'connor joins us to talk about his experience with avionics as a F-18 fighter pilot in Cold Lake Alberta.

With special guests, Tom Watkins and Matt Hughes. We discuss why most aircraft avionics are worthless, and check out a Russian AN2 biplane.

We talk to Matt from the Atomic Pumpkin race team. This is the first episode recorded live. Check out our Youtube channel for the HD video version of the podcast.

Brian discusses training and flying his buccaneer across the country.

Trevor joins us to talk about his 20 year Cozy project, building his experimental composite aircraft from scratch.

We talk about the Electric Falcon project, and electric aviation in general. 

Brian buys a Lake Buccaneer, and we discuss the process of buying and getting the plane. 

Scott talks about racing in Formula 1, and some Deadstick radio updates. 

We interview Calvin, who has decided to purchase a Kitfox 5 for primary training, despite never having flown in a small aircraft before. 

We interview Sophia Wells, Chief Flying Instructor of the Edmonton Flying Club. We talk about various ways to get into aviation, and some common misconceptions people may have. https://www.flyefc.ca

Brian and Scott travelled to China where Scott flew Outlaw in the Air Race 1 China Cup.

Scott interviews the Maurizio Perissinotto, the pilot of a BD5J, who we met in Wuhan China.   

Brian and Scott discuss who we are and what we hope to accomplish with Deadstick Radio.

A quick teaser for what to expect from Deadstick Radio! We will be covering a wide range of interesting, and untold stories from the current aviation environment.