Richard Meredith-Hardy, 1st Vice-President, FAI Microlight Commission
As the editor of the Microlight section of the FAI Sport Code, Richard Meredith-Hardy has one of the most thankless and critical jobs on the international scene of powered light sport aviation. The Sporting Code specifies how microlight records are set, how to attain microlight awards and how international microlight competitions should be held. The Sporting Code is going through its annual review and Richard explains how you can influence the document. FAI Sporting Code, Section 10 (PDF File), 2006 Proposed Changes to Section 10. (9/26/06)

Paul Hamilton, Adventure Productions
Paul is back from two great aviation events, the Reno Air Races and the Clear Lake Splash-In in Lakeport, California. He gives us a report on both events and we talk a little about the quality of the information being put out about Sport Pilot. Adventure Productions (9/26/06)

Phil Dietro, Inland Paraflite, Inc
When Sport Pilot was first introduced, one of the privileges that became available in the regulations was the opportunity for powered parachutes to fly over congested or urban areas. Phil Dietro took advantage of that privilege a short while back when he took off from the Torrance Airport in Southern California. He talks about the preparations that he made to do that kind of flight and what it felt like to be cruising above the Los Angeles cityscape in a powered parachute. Inland Paraflite, Inc (9/26/06)

Mike Stratman, California Power Systems, Inc.
Scheduled maintenance shows it’s time for your full engine inspection. While measuring piston wear and decarboning is pretty straight forward, how do you determine the condition of the crankshaft and how much more service life you can expect. Being the single most expensive item requires replacement, you need to be able to make an educated decision. Luckily Mike Stratman is here to tell you how to do just that. Mike 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 (866) 613-1612 or you can IM them in on AOL or Yahoo Instant Messenger to UFRadio. Part #62 Proper Crankshaft Evaluation (9/26/06)

Jim Sweeney, USUA and NAPPF Board Member
Jim Sweeney talks about a couple of points that have been raised in the deadline conversation we had last week on Sport Pilot transitions. We mainly deal with myths of how you can extend your transition deadline and why they don't work. We also talk about the differences between a DPE check ride and a Sport Pilot proficiency check. SweeneyCorp, USUA, NAPPF (9/26/06)

Roy Beisswenger, Greenville Pilots Association
Roy talks about the AIRstravaganza fly-in event at the Greenville Airport in Greenville, Illinois. This is a great event that has everything from parachutes (powered and non-powered) all the way through warbird rides. The neat thing about this event is that the goal is to get spectators to stop spectating for a few minutes and get into the aircraft for a flight. AIRstravaganza (9/26/06)