Aviation

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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41: Lava On The Runway: Roy Heisler Discovers Gliding, Paragliding And Gorillas

On this episode of the podcast we talk to a gentleman who discovered soaring through Paragliding. He tells us what it’s like being under a canopy instead of being in the cockpit and shares with us how he discovered Gliders through VR and a Soaring Simula…

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40: Flying Both Ends Of The Rope: Ben Mayes Tow Pilot, Glider Pilot And Soaring With Aerobatics

On this episode of the podcast we chat with a glider pilot who just recently flew in his first Glider Aerobatic Competition and what it is like flying the extreme ends of the flight envelope in a aircraft with no engine. He also shares with us what it’s …

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39: A Party In The Sky: Soaring With Isaiah On An Aviation Journey

On this episode Isaiah joins us to tell us how he started his aviation journey at the age of three ! At the age of nine he was already volunteering at a local aviation museum. He later starts flying powered but soon discovers soaring. Hear his story as h…

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38: Crash Landing ? With Steven Nesser On An Adventure Flying Cross Country

On this episode our guest pilot Steven Nesser shares with us some adventures of cross country flying out of the Minnesota Soaring Club . On one of his flights he has to explain that he did not crash ! Join us now for another soaring adventure and some gr…

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37: Soaring The Italian Countryside With Guancarlo Near Rome

On this Episode we find ourselves in the Italian countryside just outside of Rome Italy to talk to our Guest Pilot Guancarlo. He has over 400 hours in his logbook and makes his way to the gliderport whenever he gets the chance to fly. He shares with us h…

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36: High Altitude Soaring With The Perlan Project And OLC Events With Bruno Vassel

On this episode we find out the adventures that happen flying high altitudes and what is needed to fly in those conditions as we talk with Miguel, one of the pilots from Perlan and get a update on the events in Argentina this summer. Later we learn about…

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35: The Air And A Pair Of Wings With Aerobatic Champion Luca Bertossio

Today on the Podcast Luca Bertossio joins Chuck to tell us how his adventure started. At 29 Luca already has accumulated over 3,000 hours in his logbook and has over 3,500 Aerobatic flights ! He also has over 900 hours PPl in power. Luca has won several …

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34: Soaring The Best In The East And West With David Hart

On this episode we go Soaring with a gentleman from Pittsburgh PA with an interesting history in aviation as he takes us along on a few flights in the West over some amazing places to soar. He also shares with us his adventures in the East on the ridges …

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33: From The Chair To The Air: Bob Royter And Freedoms Wings

Today We join Bob Royter, a gentleman that is disabled but still found a way to leave his wheelchair and fly gliders ! We chat with him and his instructor on location in the Appalachian mountains and learn how it can be done. He also shares with us his i…

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