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Dale Hooper, United States Ultralight Association
Dale Hooper joins us to give us the latest from the USUA. A committee has been formed specifically to address concerns from USUA clubs. Clubs have specific needs like insurance and airport access that need work. Also, USUA has just announced a BFI Program Rate Change. BFI fees are now priced at $75 per year. BFI ratings are still valuable to both the instructors and the flying community, but now this makes them a value, too. United States Ultralight Association

Lee Parker
Lee Parker tells the unfolding story of Alexis Peltier's tangle with the FAA in Key West, Florida. Alexis is the Kenyan delegate to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale's Microlight Commission. He's attempting to fly from Chile to Kenya on a flight that is meant to draw the public's attention to migrating birds. Instead, it seems to have drawn the attention of every enforcement agency in the United States. Grounded in Florida and with a limited window of time to complete the journey, we're trying find someone in the US that can help Alexis to get on his way.

Baron Tayler, PowerChute Education Foundation, Inc.
On the other side of the United States, Baron Tayler is preparing to embark on another long journey. His plan is to fly across the continental United States in a powered parachute. He's starting from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Midway in San Diego and (after flying through 14 states and covering 3,600 miles) plans to finish the trip on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Charlestown, South Carolina. Baron tells us all about it. PowerChute Education Foundation, Inc.

Ronnie Smith, South Mississippi Light Aircraft
Ronnie Smith joins us to talk engines and fuel. He goes into detail about some of the worries of using fuel with ethanol as an additive. Also, he covers what to check for when preflighting the two-stroke electrical system. Ronnie is also here to answer your four stroke and two stroke light aircraft engine questions. Do you have any engine questions? When the show is live, call your questions in at (888) 514-2100 or you can IM them in on AOL or Yahoo Instant Messenger to UFRadio. South Mississippi Light Aircraft

Jim Sweeney, USUA and NAPPF Board Member
Keeping with the traveling theme, Jim Sweeney goes over the things to do if you get lost while flying. He covers courses of action, how to get oriented, identifying landmarks, navigation systems and (yes ladies) even how to ask for directions. SweeneyCorp, USUA, NAPPF.

Felice Apodaca, Brian Ranch Airport
Each year we visit with Felice Apodaca who helps put together the "World's Smallest Air Show". We talk about what is in store for this year and take the opportunity to find out what's going on in the flying world in Southern California. And yes, some people travel quite a ways to go to this event, too. Brian Ranch Airport

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Larry Clymer, Federal Aviation Administration Sport Pilot Branch
We visit with Larry Clymer about how sport pilots can get training from Ultralight Instructors. Yes, the BFIs and UFIs from the Ultralight organizations can provide the required aeronautical experience for students wanting to become sport pilots. We get the right details for both the students and for the instructors wanting to provide that training. Also, the next DPE course has been filled with applicants. We learn what is going on there. FAA Sport Pilot Branch. (5/2/06)

Shawn Okun, Float Planes And Amphibs
Shawn Okun talks about the A-20 Vista and the A-22 Valor aircraft. These are airplanes that FPnA has been working on getting Special Light Sport Aircraft Status for. Of course Shawn gives us the details about both the planes and the certification progress. FPNA (5/2/06)

Jeff Gilkey, Weight Shift Control (Trike) Pilot
Jeff Gilkey is a weight shift control pilot that has taken the lead in his area to get other pilots squared away as sport pilots and their aircraft certified as light sport aircraft. By bringing in outside instructors to provide the training, testing, and airworthiness inspections he has helped many disciplines of sport pilots in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area while he has helped his own situation. His methods are easy to duplicate for those wanting to get things done in their own regions and Jeff tells how to do it. Jeff's Flight Log. (5/2/06)

Bever Borne, Air-Tech, Inc.
Last time Bever Borne was on the show, he talked about how to get an electric starter hooked up. This time, he talks about how to use the charging system to put electrical power back into the battery and other devices you may want to power. Bever can also answer your four stroke and two stroke ultralight aircraft engine questions. Do you have questions? When the show is live, call your questions in at (888) 613-1612 or you can IM them in on Yahoo Instant Messenger to UFRadio. Air-Tech, Inc. (5/2/06)

Jim Sweeney, USUA and NAPPF Board Member
Jim Sweeney visits with us about logging time for student pilots. Who can log what for who and when and how long they can do it. This is important information for those getting started out in the sport and (again) for instructors that want to do it right. SweeneyCorp, USUA, NAPPF. (5/2/06)

E.D. Yoes, EAA SW Regional Fly-In
Dick Yoes visits with us about the EAA Southwest Regional Fly-In in Hondo, Texas. As you can imagine, there will be a lot to do there in south Texas. Dick tells us about the forums, the flying, the food, the air shows, and a chance to listen to Astronaut Mike Melvill speak. SW Regional Fly-In (5/2/06)

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