PreFlight TV (Medium)

Last month I attended AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I brought back some video. This is the first of the series. During the week of AirVenture, Oshkosh Wisconsin boasts the busiest airport in the world. After being there for a week, I don’t doubt it. Every moment of the day there was two or three aircraft landing or taking off – very often, at the same time. Then, every afte

Marc discusses hand held, air-band transceivers, and has some options about them as well. I was really hoping to get excited about all the features that exist on the latest and greatest transceivers. Unfortunately, I was sorely disappointed. They really haven’t improved much over the years. With the advent of smartphone’s, GPS’s, satellite weather, and products like the iPad,

Marc checks out the Northwest Aviation Conference & Trade Show at the Puyallup Fair grounds. This video was taken on February 27, 2011. In order of appearance: Cirrus: I started off the day at the Cirrus booth but didn’t talk about it. The intention of PreFlight TV is to explore things that every pilot (or prospective pilot) can use, buy, or get some benefit from knowing. Discuss

Marc discusses some of the pro’s and cons of electronic logbooks. We were prepared to film this video several weeks ago, but haven’t had the time to put it together. But, finally – it’s here. We’ve already published the corresponding spreadsheet, comparing several logbooks. You can find the spreadsheet and comparison here. We decided to cover the pro’s and con’s of el

We’re not going to do this “get to know your host” type-show very often. The only reason we decided to do this one was because several people I met wanted to know more about Amy. Maybe they just wanted to know if she was single…. Regardless, We thought having an episode highlighting her flight experiences made sense. I promise that the next episode will be back on-track. �

Amy and Marc Discuss the Apple iPad, and it’s usefulness in flight. I really want to be able to say, “The Pad is perfect for flight”, but I can’t. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a very useful and handy tool, but it has a few drawbacks. At some point you have to ask yourself, “Is this better than paper in flight?” The answer is that it’s not. The iPad is convenient. This

Marc discusses some of the differences between the Jeppesen and the government terminal area charts. Guess who wins? Wow! These are not getting easier to film and edit! We’ve made it really tough for ourselves by using green screen. We’re really intent on keeping the quality high, so there is a balance between getting it out quickly, and doing a good job. Just this last weekend

A cockpit is a noisy place, and every pilot needs a headset of some sort. Here, we try out a few of the expensive ones: Bose Headphone X, and Lightspeed Zulu. We also tried an ASA just to say we did. Maybe next time we will try a pair of Dave Clark’s. In the episode, I recorded the headsets while in the air. It’s a pretty simple operation, where I allow the camera’s audio sen

Finally!!! Episode #1 has arrived. The long, hard, uphill trek is finally over. It’s not exactly downhill from here, but it’s going to be a whole lot easier than it has been getting this episode produced: The way I envision these shows is that we will always spiral back to the basics. All the stuff we, as pilots, use in the cockpit is important. Here, I examine, and get a littl