Month: December 2019

45: Glider Rides: Scott Manley 2019 SSA Chairman’s Award Winner

On this episode of the podcast our guest discovered his love for gliders after he learned to fly powered. His aviation journey started even before he owned his first car. Our guest pilot holds a Commercial Airplane single engine land & sea and his Commer…

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44: Having A Blast Flying The Task With Paul Remde And His DG-1000s

On todays episode we talk with a gentleman who started his aviation adventure flying gliders in 1990. He holds all the FAI badge legs excluding the altitude badge. He has flown in many soaring contest and holds 10 Minnesota soaring records. He currently …

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43: Land In The Dirt and You Won’t Get Hurt: Andrew White Flight Instructor Soaring In Australia

On this episode of the podcast we head to Lake Keepit Australia home of the 10th FAI Women’s World Gliding Championships to talk with Andrew White flight instructor, as he shares with us what it’s like to catch a thermal and go up to 15,000 feet ! He als…

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42: A Three Hour Tow: Steven Snyder Glider Pilot & Instructor Soaring Over Chicago

Our guest today is Steven Snyder a glider pilot and instructor that has over 1250 flights with several hundred of those flying CAP cadets. He shares with us his adventures including, flying on tow for three hours and part of that flight being over the ci…

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