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Brian & Carol Carpenter, Rainbow Aviation Services
Brian and Carol Carpenter join us to talk about the successful completion of their Special Light Sport Aircraft Maintenance and Inspection Course for trikes and powered parachutes (as well as airplanes). The Carpenters talk about the course and what it allows the graduates to do. Rainbow Aviation (11/7/06)

John Carr, Writer, UltraFlight Magazine
John Carr walks us through some powered parachute history. Steve Snyder is credited with bringing the first commercially available powered parachute, the ParaPlane, to market. John talks about those early years. UltraFlight Magazine (11/7/06)

Rusty Sachs, NAFI Executive Director
Rusty Sachs talks about some of the requirements coming from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for instructors and beginning flight students. There is a procedure that you need to be aware of when beginning as a new flight student. National Association of Flight Instructors (11/7/06)

Mike Stratman, California Power Systems, Inc.
Mike Stratman talks commo gear. He talks about the choices available like Comtronics and Lynx and some of the common (and solvable) problems people run into. Do you have questions? When the show is live, call your questions in at (866) 613-1612 or you can IM them in on AOL or Yahoo Instant Messenger to UFRadio. California Power Systems (11/7/06)

John & Martha King, King Schools
John and Martha King join us to talk about getting their trike and powered parachute proficiency checks. They also talk about their training materials geared to the sport pilot student. The King Schools (11/7/06)

Jim Robinson, Erie Airpark
Jim Robinson takes some time to talk about the upcoming 16 hour E-LSA inspection course the Robinsons are hosting at the Erie Airpark. He also reviews some of the fun had at this year's Challenger Reunion. Erie Airpark (11/7/06)

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Dan Johnson, Light Aircraft Manufacturing Association
Dan Johnson joins us to talk about affordable Special Light Sport Aircraft, or at least some of the more affordable machines. He also talks about the upcoming AOPA convention. ByDanJohnson.com, LAMA (10/31/06)

Bob Bieser, Skymaster
Bob Bieser explains the powdercoating process. This process is being used to paint a lot of metal surfaces on aircraft parts. He talks about how it is applied and some of the benefits of powdercoating. Skymaster (10/31/06)

Steve Raklovits, Steve's Para Sports
Steve Raklovits has been working for years on systems that allow powered parachutes to take off from water. He's now building a powered parachute with Powrachute that meets the ultralight standards and operates with floats. We talk about his work in a very niche area of aviation. Steve's Para Sports (10/31/06)

Ronnie Smith, South Mississippi Light Aircraft
Ronnie Smith talks about preventative maintenance vs. waiting until something catastrophic happens to your engine. Ronnie also talks about some of the common two stroke problems he sees in engines during preventative maintenance inspections. Ronnie can also answer your four stroke and two stroke ultralight aircraft engine questions. Do you have questions? When the show is live, IM them in on Yahoo Instant Messenger to UFRadio. Roy@EasyFlight.com is the address you can use to E-mail those questions in. South Mississippi Light Aircraft (10/31/06)

Jim Sweeney, USUA and NAPPF Board Member
Jim Sweeney explains some of the electronic tools available for flight planning. The internet, software, weather resources and more are coming together to make flight planning much easier and (dare we say) more fun. SweeneyCorp, USUA, NAPPF (10/31/06)

Michael Huffman, Sport Aviation Specialties
Michael Huffman explains why there are separate 16 hour E-LSA inspection courses for trikes, powered parachutes and airplanes. There certainly are core parts of the courses that are the same, but much is different. Sport Aviation Specialties (10/31/06)

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