UltraFlight Radio - Archives for April 2004

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April 27, 2004

Scott Wick & Jim Kaiser, Wicks Aircraft
Scott Wick & Jim Kaiser are back from Sun 'n Fun and give a report. Wick's Aircraft picks up the Titan line of aircraft. wicksaircraft.com/ (4/27/04)

Dan Grunloh, Head Ultralight Judge at Sun 'n Fun
Dan Grunloh was in charge of the team that had the always daunting task of determining which aircraft were the best of the show. Dan talks about the judging process and how to enter your aircraft. sun-n-fun.org/content/interior.asp?section=flyin&body=2004_awards (Part 1) (4/27/04)

Dan Grunloh, Head Ultralight Judge at Sun 'n Fun
Dan Grunloh was in charge of the team that had the always daunting task of determining which aircraft were the best of the show. Dan talks about the 2004 Sun 'n Fun winning aircraft. sun-n-fun.org/content/interior.asp?section=flyin&body=2004_awards (Part 2) (4/27/04)

Tom Olenik, Olenik Aviation
When the show is live, Tom Olenik is ready to answer your four stroke and two stroke ultralight aircraft engine questions. Call them in at (888) 514-2100 or IM them in on AOL or Yahoo Instant Messenger to UFRadio. www.buyitsellitfixit.com/ (4/27/04)

Jim Sweeney, NAPPF President and USUA Board Member
Jim is back from a series of seminars at Sun 'n Fun about Sport Pilot. Jim talks about the process of transitioning from an ultralight pilot to a sport pilot. (4/27/04)

Hank Austin, Writer, Instructor, and Event Organizer
Hank Joins us to talk about the "Spring Fling", a powered parachute event being organized in Michigan for the Memorial Day weekend. The event features things for the entire family to do, an Aerial Ballet competition and a chance to win a new powered parachute. www.destinypowerchutes.com/ (4/27/04)

April 20, 2004

Roy Beisswenger and Michael Purdy
Sun 'n Fun 2004 is finished up this week. Get a report on the things that went on at Paradise City, the Ultralight Forums, Sport Pilot and the rest of the fly-in. (4/20/04)

Greg Gremminger, Magni USA
Greg joins us to talk about how to get training to fly a gyro. Your approach will be different if you are wanting to fly an ultralight gyro vs. a larger machine as well as single seat vs. two seat. Learn how to get into the sky safely in a gyroplane. Magni USA (Part 1) (4/20/04)

Scott Hughes, Flying 101
Of all the terms picked up at Sun 'n Fun this year, my favorite came from Scott Hughes. In his forum he talked about the fact that there is no such thing as an emergency ultralight take-off. We talk about that and the hazards of treating any take-off as an emergency. Flying 101. (4/20/04)

David Lequire
SuperDave is having his 5th Annual Powered Parachute Fly-In. He joins us to talk about all the things you can expect to see and do in Ashland, Kentucky on the Fly-In Weekend! trans138@zoominternet.net. (4/20/04)

April 13, 2004