Month: April 2020

62: From The Saddle To The Cockpit: Barbora Moravcova Czech Republic National Gliding Team Member

On this episode we join Barbora Moravcova in the Czech republic. She has over 1,000 hours in the cockpit and earlier this year competed in the Women’s World’s Gliding Championships in Australia. She has also flown in the Junior World’s in Hungary. Hear h…

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61: Wind Your Watch: Walt Rogers Discus 2a pilot and weather guru

On this episode we talk with Walt Rogers, Discus 2a pilot and a weather guru. Walt started his Soaring adventure in southern California at El Mirage in the 1970’s and became a contest pilot in standard class gliders in the 1980’s. Walt has been involved …

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60: Aviate Navigate Communicate: Max Brune flying the HPH 304c out of Germany

Today a young pilot joins us from Oerlinghausen Germany to share his aviation adventure flying sailplanes and taking it to the next level soaring cross country. Max Brune grew up around aviation with his parents both being glider instructors. His first f…

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59: Sharing A Ship To Soar: Dennis Linnekin Competition Glider Pilot and Airline Captain

Today we talk with Dennis Linnekin, Airline Captain, Tow Pilot & Glider Pilot. Dennis has flown gliders all over the U.S and has had the chance to experience different soaring conditions. He has flown in many competitions as well and brings us some great…

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58: Soaring And Social Distancing: Daniel Sazhin World Record Holder & U.S Nightly Soaring Contest Director

A U.S and World record holder in soaring joins us today. Daniel Sazhin has completed many badges including a 750Km as well as the 1000km. He also holds a world distance record as well as distance records in New Jersey. To check out a list of his many soa…

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