airpigz

AirPigz podcast #13 (55:58 - part 1)

Marilyn Dash is 'Ruby Red Racing', and she has a lot of fun flying her Pitts Special in the Biplane Class at the Reno Air Races each year. She's also really well connected to the Reno Air Racing culture which means she has a lot of info to share from the inside. Our chat about Reno 2010 was long enough to break into two parts... this is part 1. We cover her specific experience at Reno 2010 in the Biplane Class along with details of the Formula One Class of racers. Part 2 will cover the Sport and Super Sport, T-6, Jet and Unlimited Classes.

Check out the post for AirPigz Podcast #13 for more info, pix, and links related to Marilyn Dash and her Reno racing experience.

You can see loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1892)

AirPigz podcast #12 (37:47)

Kent Pietsch (sounds like 'peach') has been flying airshows since 1974 and he's one of the featured performers at the 2010 Indy Air Show that runs Friday thru Sunday June 11-13 at the Mt Comfort airport just outside of Indianapolis, Indiana. One of his specialties is landing his little 1940's Interstate Cadet on a small platform mounted on top of a small motorhome or pickup truck - it's pretty amazing to see! He also does a comedy act with the airplane, and a 'deadstick' routine... aerobatics with the engine shut down! We talk about Kent's airshow experiences and lots of other flying too.

Check out the post for AirPigz Podcast #12 for more info, pix, and links related to Kent Pietsch and his airshow flying.

You can see loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1306)

AirPigz podcast #11 (1:00:52)

Budd Davisson has been an icon in the aviation world for a long time, and he's still going strong as the Editor-in-Chief of Flight Journal magazine. He's also running airbum.com which collects his pilot reports, photography and much more from 40 years of work as an aviation writer and all around airplane nut. If all that wasn't enough, he's been running a Pitts Special training school for well over 30 years. Budd Davisson is a very interesting guy!

Check out the AirPigz.com post for AirPigz Podcast #11 for more info, pix, and links related to Budd Davisson and his extensive work in aviation.

You can see loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1142)

AirPigz podcast #10 (36:54)

Michael Goulian is both an airshow pilot and a Red Bull Air Race pilot - pretty cool stuff!  We talk about his experience so far in the 2010 Red Bull Air Race season and about his upcoming aerobatic performance at the Indy Airshow on June 12th & 13th.  Michael is a great guy and really shares some interesting insight into flying on the razor's edge.

Check out the AirPigz.com post for AirPigz Podcast #10 for more info, pix, and links related to Michael Goulian and his extreme aerobatic flying.

You can see loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1433)

AirPigz podcast #9 (1:01:20)

Lars Hoffman is a U.S. Air Force Colonel who has quite a bit of U-2 spy plane experience. He's also the husband of Jill Rutan Hoffman who I interviewed in podcast #6. In this interview, Lars shares info on some of his experience as a test pilot and then lots of details on what it's like to fly high altitude in the U-2. It's a great and very interesting interview.

Be sure to check out the post for this AirPigz Podcast #9 for more info and to see an awesome YouTube video of the U-2 that compliments the interview.

You can see loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1451)

AirPigz podcast #8 (54:38)

Airshow performers Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin share some info on their 2010 airshow season prep, along with what it's like flying airplanes like the Twin Beech and the Waco Mystery Ship (with wing walker) at airshows all over America. They also talk some about their legendary airshow performing fathers who were lost in an accident back in 2005. Matt and Kyle are carrying on the great aviation heritage of their fathers as the 'Sons of Legends'.

See the full post with pix and links: AirPigz Podcast #8 and loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1184)

AirPigz podcast #7 (57:19)

Elliot Seguin is a young guy who works at Scaled Composites and also runs Wasabi Air Racing, a grass roots Formula One race team. In this follow up interview to podcast #5, we go over what it was like racing his little Cassutt race plane at the 2009 Reno Air Races.

See the full post with pix and links: AirPigz Podcast #7 and loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (930)

AirPigz podcast #6 (38:21)

Jill Rutan Hoffman's dad is Dick Rutan, her uncle is Burt Rutan, and her husband Lars Hoffman is an Air Force Colonel with lots of experience in the U-2 spy plane... Jill is very well connected to the world of aviation. In this interview, we talk a lot about her recent book, 'First Flights', and we talk about what it was like 'growing up Rutan'.

In the intro before the interview, I also explain why there's been such a delay since the last AirPigz podcast.

See the full post with pix and links: AirPigz Podcast #6 and loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [38:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (872)

AirPigz Podcast #5 (1:02:23)

A fun interview with Wasabi Air Race pilot and team leader Elliot Seguin. He also happens to work at the cutting edge aircraft design and manufacturing company Scaled Composites, and is on the crew with the Nemesis Air Race team. Elliot is a young guy of 26 with a great passion for all things aviation and is really living the Mojave, California airport experience to the fullest.

See the full post with pix of Elliots Cassutt race airplane and more here: AirPigz Podcast #5 and loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1051)

See the full post with pix of the 'Breezy' with a bicycle tied on to it and ready to go to Oshkosh 1982 here: AirPigz Podcast #4 and loads more cool aviation stuff at AirPigz

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1002)