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EAA Airventure Oshkosh Day 1 and 2 - Monday and Tuesday of the show. Just a quick update and some complaining after two days of airventure. On the field this week? Find me on twitter and send a message @davidfill.....
EAA Airventure Oshkosh Day 0 - Sunday before the show. Just a quick update the after cruising around the show grounds. On the field this week? Find me on twitter and send a message @davidfill...
EAA Airventure Oshkosh Day -1 Saturday before the show. Just a quick update the family and I made it into Camp Scholler. On the field this week? Find me on twitter and send a message @davidfill
First episode back after a looooooong break. A quick catch-up session with your host then we roll into discussing owner sourced or owner provided parts for your maintenance needs. A brand new audio setup using the Heil PR-40 mic with a new pop filter and the Zoom H6 recorder as an audio interface into my iMac and editing via TwistedWave. Hopefully the sound quality will be a bit better with this new setup. let me know what you think! Please leave a positive review in iTunes so others can find us (and know that we are still alive and putting out episodes).
Episode 078 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2019 Day 4 - Thursday - My Airventure Forums Presentation with Q&A session on buying your first airplane and how the process SHOULD work. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN THE APPLE PODCAST APP. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill if you are here on the show grounds and would like to join me on the show for a quick interview I would love to chat.
Episode 077 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2019 Day 3 - Wednesday - An interview with a company that simplifies international GA flying and learning about the Light Sport Repairman Certificate and how you can earn your A&P with only 15 days in the classroom. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN THE APPLE PODCAST APP. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill if you are here on the show grounds and would like to join me on the show for a quick interview I would love to chat.
Episode 076 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2019 Day 2 - Tuesday - Interviews with some great aviation companies including an inexpensive advisory AWOS system for airports without official weather stations, and active cooling case to keep your iPad from overheating in flight, and an inexpensive line of radios and ADSB transponders new to the US but well established in Europe. We also speak with a NOAA Corps Ops Officer about how your 406 MHz PLBs and ELTs work. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN THE APPLE PODCAST APP. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill if you are here on the show grounds and would like to join me on the show for a quick interview I would love to chat.
Episode 075 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2019 Day 1 - Monday - Just a quickcast from the first day of the show, and of course some jet noise because who doesn't love jet noise. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN THE APPLE PODCAST APP. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill if you are here on the show grounds and would like to join me on the show for a quick interview I would love to chat.
Episode 074 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2019 Day 0 - Interviews with stranded campers including a Flight Nurse, a 40 year Crop Dusting Veteran, an RV Builder from Australia, and flying club member. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN THE APPLE PODCAST APP. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill if you are here on the show grounds and would like to join me on the show for a quick interview I would love to chat.
Episode 073 - OSHKOSH IS CLOSED!!!!! Talking about the crazy weather and flooding. The field was closed to aircraft arrivals around noon today other than aircraft parked on hard surface ramps and Camp Scholler was also closed to all incoming campers due to flooding and mud. Things are shaping up despite the rain, wind, and storms. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN THE APPLE PODCAST APP. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill if you are here on the show grounds and would like to join me on the show for a quick interview I would love to chat.
Episode 072 - Just checking in from Camp Scholler on the ground of EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2019. The Friday before the show starts to let all you listeners know that I will be releasing content on a daily basis during the show. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content about EAA Aireventure #osh19 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill if you are here on the show grounds and would like to join me on the show for a quick interview I would love to chat.
Episode 071 - Interview with GEICO Skytypers @geicoskytyper #7 Jim Record, product interview with Stephen Newman EVP from Foreflight about their new Sentry portable ADS-B system @foreflight , learning about Vortex Generators from Anni Brogan President of Micro Aerodynamics, and a quick update from Camp Scholler on the the grounds of EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2018 Day 3 - Wednesday of the show. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content about EAA Aireventure #osh18 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill
Episode 070 - An interview with Steve Williams from the Sea Plane Pilots Association and a quick update from Camp Scholler on the the grounds of EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2018 Day 2 - Tuesday of the show. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content about EAA Aireventure #osh18 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill
Episode 069 - An interview with the director of the National Agriculture Aviation Association about aerial application - aka crop dusting and a quick update from Camp Scholler on the the grounds of EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2018 Day 1 - Monday of the show. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content about EAA Aireventure #osh18 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill
Episode 068 - Just a quick update from Camp Scholler on the the grounds of EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2018 Day Zero - the Sunday prior to show start. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content about EAA Aireventure #osh18 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill
Episode 067 - Dick Knapinski the Director of Communications for EAA joins the show to talk about everything Airventure #osh18 . We discuss how he got involved in aviation and EAA, Security and improvements to the EAA grounds, the South 40, Camp Scholler, membership numbers, aircraft parking, military attractions, rare warbirds, vintage aircraft, homebuilts, UAVs, logistical considerations and a little bit about the 800 vendors attending the show this year. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content about EAA Aireventure #osh18 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill
Episode 066 - Dan Pimental @Av8rdan a well known aviation writer and blogger joins the show to talk about Airventure and his annual #oshbash event. We talk about some of our favorite parts of Oshkosh, media events, aviation writing and several other topics. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content about EAA Aireventure #osh18 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill
Episode 065 - Clay Benfield @clayviation joins the show to talk about his involvement in aviation. We talk about simulator flying, drone operations, and making our way through private pilot and instrument training. Stay tuned for a TON of upcoming content around EAA Aireventure #osh18 . Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug! You can contact me directly on twitter @davidfill
Episode 064 - No guests this episode just me! I talk a little bit about the hassles of moving when that move involves bringing your airplane to another area of the country. Some stories about trying to find hangar space and a new maintenance shop as well as the expensive events so far during my first annual inspection since buying the Baron. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug!
Episode 063 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 Wrap-Up - A quick episode with some compliments and criticisms for OSH 17 and an overall wrap-up of the show. A couple months late for this release - this audio file appeared to be lost forever but luckily was able to recover from iCloud - hope you enjoy reliving a bit of Oshkosh several months later :) Episode 64 will return to regular show content and catch up on some flying and aviation news from the past few months. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IN ITUNES. Anyone leaving a review gets a shoutout and twitter plug!
Episode 062 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 Day 4 - An interview with the Dave H. a CFI and flight school operator in North Carolina find him on Twitter and Instagram @gkdave. I also talk to Scott Chairs about his experience this week visiting Airventure for the first time, flying and maintaining his cherokee and the DC Special Flight Rules Area. A couple months late for this release - this audio file appeared to be lost forever but luckily was able to recover this and episode 063 from iCloud - hope you enjoy reliving a bit of Oshkosh several months later :) Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IN ITUNES.
Episode 061 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 Day 3 - An interview with the Hangarbot company (www.hangarbot.com), AWOS like you have never seen before from Potomac Aviation (www.potomac-aviation.com) with their Micro Tower, David Wartofsky who owns and operates Potomac Airfield (VKX) located in the Flight Restricted Zone around Washington DC (www.potomac-airfield.com) talks about how things got to where they are today with the FRZ program, and Backcountry Super Cubs (www.supercub.com). Stay tuned for daily episodes covering news, events, and products each day during the show. If there is something you would like to hear about on the podcast whether it's an organization, product, person, etc please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill and I will try to line up an interview on that topic or subject. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IN ITUNES.
Episode 060 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 Day 2 - An interview with Hunter Reiley regarding his F35 Heritage Flight and afternoon airshow performance in his BT-13 warbird. Also contains the full 1 hour plus audio from my Airventure Forum that was held on Stage 9 on 'Buying Your First Airplane.' Powerpoint slides that went along with the presentation are not included obviously in this audio podcast but if you would like a copy please send me a message I would be happy to send them over. Stay tuned for daily episodes covering news, events, and products each day during the show. If there is something you would like to hear about on the podcast whether it's an organization, product, person, etc please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill and I will try to line up an interview on that topic or subject. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IN ITUNES.
Episode 059 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 Day 1 - Interviews about electronic ignition from E Mags www.emagair.com, Bose ANR headset conversions with U Fly Mike www.uflymike.com, and talking about recapped or retreaded aircraft tires with Desser Tire and Rubber www.desser.com. Stay tuned for daily episodes covering news, events, and products each day during the show. If there is something you would like to hear about on the podcast whether it's an organization, product, person, etc please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill and I will try to line up an interview on that topic or subject. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IN ITUNES.
Episode 058 - EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 Day 0 - A few quick interviews with people in Camp Scholler including the organizer of the famous South African camp site and the Oshkosh Irregulars. I chat with a gentleman who has been attending Airventure since 1953 when it was in its original location. Stay tuned for daily episodes covering news, events, and products each day during the show. If there is something you would like to hear about on the podcast whether it's an organization, product, person, etc please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill and I will try to line up an interview on that topic or subject. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IN ITUNES.
I visit Camp Bacon in Camp Scholler on the EAA Grounds. An interview with Glen Towler @nzaircraftfan on Twitter and Instagram about his journey here from New Zealand and what he is looking forward to this week. Stay tuned for daily episodes covering news, events, and products each day during the show. If there is something you would like to hear about on the podcast whether it's a organization, product, person, etc please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill and I will try to line up an interview on that topic or subject. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the show! PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW IN ITUNES IF YOU ENJOY THE SHOW!
Just a quick check-in from the grounds of EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017. Stay tuned for daily episodes covering news, events, and products each day during the show. If there is something you would like to hear about on the podcast whether it's a organization, product, person, etc please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill and I will try to line up an interview on that topic or subject. Thanks and hope you enjoy the show!
Judge Arthur Rosen @judgearr joins the show again to talk about a variety of aviation topics: Continental Motors 470, 520, and 550 Mandatory Service Bulletin mess. Flying in Arizona and a new local Airport Manager improving the General Aviation experience for recreational and transient pilots. Getting cheated at the fuel pumps. AOPA's new initiative against price gouging by FBO's and Airports. Initial response and feedback to Basic Med from fellow pilots. ATC privatization rises from the dead .....again. Improving General Aviation safety through the use of avionics from the experimental market in our certificated airplanes. Will GPS be mandatory to fly in the IFR system at some point in the future? And much more. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A NEW INTRO FOR THE PODCAST. Thanks!
In this episode I talk with Judge Arthur Rosen @judgearr about the new Basic Med rules and how we got to where we are today. We chat about his 1954 E35 Bonanza, an upcoming real cross country flight, maintenance and other ownership issues, TV News Aviation Consulting, his popular aviation blog, and more. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A NEW INTRO FOR THE PODCAST. Thanks!
In this episode I talk with Joey Schimnich @joeyschimnich about A&P School, working toward a CFI and a variety of other topics. I plan to keep pushing out episodes but NEED GUESTS! Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A NEW INTRO AND/OR OUTRO FOR THE PODCAST FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED.
In this episode I talk with JD Smoot @smootdexter about flying and fractional ownership. JD lives in Ohio but works and flies out of West Virginia. We talk a little bit about how clubs or fractional ownership works, progress toward a commercial certificate, and more. I apologize for the audio quality we were battling using iPhone headsets as microphones and horribly slow hotel wifi! Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A NEW INTRO AND/OR OUTRO FOR THE PODCAST FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED!!!
In this Oshkosh re-cap episode guest Nick Camacho @nickcamacho and I talk about what we did at Airventure. Buying, owning, and flying a Debonair, flying and maintaining a C-47 museum piece, earning an A&P certificate and more. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Day 5 of EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Interviews the GoGo Inflight Wifi Crew about their service and about their 737-500 parked in Boeing Plaza for several days this week. We also talk with Hunter Reiley about his Airventure travels and experience. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Day 4 of EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Interviews with a US Customs and Border Protection Blackhawk Pilot, and Ariel Tweto @arieltweto find more information about her and her current project on twitter or her new non-profit Popping Bubbles www.poppingbubbles.org. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Day 3 of EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Interviews the System Chief Pilot from Trans State Airlines, NATCA head of Education and Outreach, and the President of the National Agricultural Aviation Association. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Day 2 of EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Interviews with @flytruenorth @mdgjedde @cholubaz @bradkoehn @av8rdan @lightspeedaf @mrmartiniguy Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Day 1 of EAA Airventure Oshkosh. Some quick interviews with pilots and show attendees around the grounds. We also talk with Jason Schappert @mzeroa about the show and being the first company to offer videos reflecting the FAA's change to ACS from the old PTS. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Just a quick 10 minutes or so on EAA Airventure Oshkosh Day Zero! Subscribe and stay tuned all week for daily episodes!
#Osh16 Preview Episode with guests Ken VeArd @pilotpartner and Ken Mist @eyeno. We chat about Airventure prep and planning. The Snowbirds, Camp Scholler, Camp Bacon, what to bring, social media at the show, and so much more! Subscribe for daily episode from EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016!! Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
David Fill is off this episode traveling and doing aviation things in Europe. In this Episode Mike Hart is joined by Brendan Omara from CrazedPilot.com and Brad Koehn from the In the Pattern Podcast. They discuss buying a Piper Saratoga and a recent trip from New York to Oregon in that aircraft. They also discuss Brad's recent experience flying in the mountains. Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Brandon Martini @mrmartiniguy joins me for this episode. We talk about the experience of purchasing his first airplane. -Buying a Cessna 172 -Escrow Companies -Instrument Training -Flight Training In Your Own Airplane -A Day Trip To Tangier Island KTGI -Catalina Island -Flying In Southern California -Planes of Fame Air Show -Sun n Fun 2016 -Oshkosh 2016 Please take the time to leave us a review in iTunes. It's the only way for new pilots to find us in the massive iTunes library! If you would like to join us on the show please send me a message on Twitter @davidfill
Episode 041 - -Cross winds in a tail-dragger -A new attitude indicator -700 foot back country strip -Flying with kids/infants -Hearing protection for kids -Flying smoothly for paying passengers As always we encourage you to go into iTunes and leave us a review. It's the only way other potential listeners can find us! If you have an idea for the show or would like us to talk about a specific topic please contact me on Twitter @davidfill.
We talk about some recent flying, turbulence, flight reviews, the RAF, new ratings and much more. The value of stick-and-rudder flying, Piper Cubs, sea-plane ratings, and more. We are always looking for guests to come on the show if you would like to join us to talk about anything aviation related please contact me on Twitter @davidfill. As always if would be greatly appreciated if you could leave us a review in iTunes!!
After a long break due to schedule conflicts we are back at it generating content. Please subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review if you enjoy the show! We are always looking for guests to come on the show. If you would like to be a guest please contact me on Twitter @davidfill
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