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Garland Travis, UltraFlight Magazine
Gar Travis is a photographer for UltraFlight Magazine and has a few magazine covers to his credit. He talks to us about how to take great pictures of sport aircraft. UltraFlight Magazine

Russell Marsolek, EAA Chapter 919
Russell Marsolek has discovered a way to combine the hobby of Amateur Radio (ham radio) and aviation. In his Challenger I, he placed a small pack containing a two-meter radio, a gel cell battery, and a GPS. The radio is programmed to transmit his GPS location every 30 seconds. This signal is picked up by several ground based “nodes” and is then retransmitted. At many “hams” homes are computers with an Automatic Position Reporting System. Those hams are able to see cars, trucks, and now his plane when he flies.

Peter Rouse, FAA Small Airplane Directorate
Peter Rouse is a Aviation Safety Engineer for the FAA. He joins us to talk about a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin that addresses concerns pilots should be aware of when using automobile gasoline that contains alcohol (ethanol or methanol) in their aircraft. See the SAIB in PDF form.

Ronnie Smith, South Mississippi Light Aircraft
Ronnie Smith gets a lot of his information from studying service bulletins published by Rotax. He explains how you can receive that same information and how to drill down to the important content in the service bulletins. If you have questions while 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, if that's the way you prefer to communicate. South Mississippi Light Aircraft

Dave Parsons, RunwayFinder.com
Jim Sweeney introduces us to Dave Parsons, who has developed a great, free, on-line planning tool for navigation. Dave talks about RunwayFinder.com and how you use it to help plan your cross country trips. RunwayFinder.com

Jim Sweeney, NAPPF Board Member
Jim talks about another great flight planning resource, the FAA's graphical TFR list. This site not only lists all of the Temporary Flight Restrictions, it also shows them mapped on the the local sectional. Jim talks about how to navigate the site and some of the other things it offers. SweeneyCorp, NAPPF

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Dan Johnson, ByDanJohnson.com
Dan Johnson provides us with a review of the significant accomplishments and events in sport aviation in 2006. We also look forward to see what kind of things to expect in 2007. ByDanJohnson.com (1/2/07)

Greg Gremminger, Popular Rotorcraft Association/Magni USA
The last time Greg Gremminger was with us, he used the term 'stable gyro'. After his visit with us he received several questions from people asking just what a stable gyro was. Well, this week he tells us exactly what one is. Popular Rotorcraft Association, Magni USA (1/2/07)

Shawn Okun, Float Planes And Amphibs
With the US Sport Aviation Expo coming to Float Planes and Amphibs' home base airport at Sebring, Florida, Shawn Okun is getting ready for an influx of guests. We talk about some of the things happening at the Expo and get an update on happenings at FPNA. Float Planes And Amphibs (1/2/07)

Bever Borne, Air-Tech, Inc.
Bever Borne helps with a listener that has kit supplied polyester/fiberglass wing tips which he'd like to convert into tip tanks. Bever answers questions like, "Is it reasonable to lay up additional internal layers of glass and either fuel resistant vinylester or epoxy resin to add strength and fuel resistance?" and "How can I ensure that the new resin does not delaminate from the original lay-up?". Air-Tech, Inc. (1/2/07)

Jim Sweeney, USUA and NAPPF Board Member
As people are trying to complete check rides before the January 31 deadline, things are getting rushed and people are forgetting some of the basics. Jim Sweeney goes over a list of things you need before the check ride can even take place and gives you some ideas of other things that will make your check ride a lot easier to take. SweeneyCorp, NAPPF (1/2/07)

Robert Wood, Sebring US Sport Aviation Expo
Once again the sport aviation event season gets an early start with the Sebring, Florida Sport Aviation Expo. The Chairman of the Expo, Bob Wood, joins us to talk about what to expect at this year's event. Sebring US Sport Aviation Expo (1/2/07)

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