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SMAC224 Bird Strikes: Hazards and Avoidance. Welcome to the show about learning to fly, living to fly, and loving to fly.

Preflight Checklist:

First a quick word from our sponsor.

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News And Announcements:

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Cruise Flight:

• Carl’s nephew lands on a turtle.
• Recognizing a wildlife strike.
• Avoiding bird strikes.
• Trivia: When was the first bird strike reported?
• Avoiding other wildlife.
• What to do if you have a wildlife strike.
• Resources.
• Bird Strike Committee USA
• https://wildlife.faa.gov/home
• https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_safety/wildlife/

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl - West with the Night: A Memoir by Beryl Markham

Haunted Airfields

Tom - https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Landing_Facility

Rick - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aviation-altimeter-for-watch/id1434085253

Aviation Altimeter for Apple Watch

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ACP245 Why It Is Important To Stop And Smell The Roses. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. 

It was a wonderful vacation in New Jersey. My wife and I went to the to of High Point which, as its name implies, is the highest point in NJ. After viewing three states at one time, we headed down the Kittatinny Mountains to one of my favorite places Sussex Airport. This was home to Leo Laundenslager.

Announcements:

Thank You For Paying It Forward: Daniel

At AviationCareersPodcast.com  You can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others, you may receive the scholarships guide for free. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by giving away a free scholarships guide please visit the Pay It Forward tab and listen to the short video on how you can help someone achieve their goals. For as little as 10 dollars you can make a huge impact in someone’s life by purchasing a year access to the scholarships guide online.

Want to purchase a Pay It Forward and give the gift of the scholarships guide to a specific person?  That is easy, simply purchase the Pay It Forward Coupon and forward the receipt to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. We will send you a coupon the person can use online to receive the scholarships guide for free.

In This Episode We Discuss:

• It is good to stop and smell the roses.
• Reevaluate and refresh.
• Have Fun.
• When you own a business you are always working.
• The great thing about flying is you can turn it off and go home.
• What are the chances of getting hired on with a regional airline with a bad driving record?
•  Should I pursue an aviation career or has that career path departed?
• I was listening to one of the podcasts where you talked about the Restricted ATP; does any 4yr degree qualify or only a science/aviation degree?

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Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. 

I was visiting Rocky Mountain Regional Airport this week and was able to visit two flight schools. During my visit to Western Air Flight Academy, I ran into one of the flight instructors Kyle. Kyle is a listener and also a recipient of one of the scholarships found in our guide which enabled him to move forward with one of his ratings. http://www.westernairflightacademy.com

It was wonderful visiting and speaking directly to one of the listeners. My next visit will be to New Jersey this coming week but I am not sure what airport. I am open to suggestions. 

Announcements:

At AviationCareersPodcast.com  You can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others, you may receive the scholarships guide for free. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by giving away a free scholarships guide please visit the Pay It Forward tab and listen to the short video on how you can help someone achieve their goals. For as little as 10 dollars you can make a huge impact in someone’s life by purchasing a year access to the scholarships guide online.

Want to purchase a Pay It Forward and give the gift of the scholarships guide to a specific person?  That is easy simply purchase the Pay It Forward Coupon and forward the receipt to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. We will send you a coupon the person can use online to receive the scholarships guide for free.

In This Episode We Discuss:

• Can you recommend scholarships for those of us who this will be our last career and we finally are able to do what we couldn't do while raising a family?
• Do all employer job applications ask if you’ve “ever” been cited for violating a FAR?
• I primarily want to fly rotary for the law enforcement agency I work for. What ratings should I get?

Links Mentioned in This Podcast:

http://www.westernairflightacademy.com

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Multi-Engine Safety and Listener Mail. Welcome to the show about learning to fly, living to fly, and loving to fly.

Preflight Checklist:

First a quick word from our sponsor.

AviationCareersPodcast.com - Scholarships, Career Coaching, and Interview Preparation. 

News And Announcements:

Listener mail:

Listener mail (Russ) - do ICAO equipment codes matter for VFR flight following/radar services?

I’m an active-duty soldier working in Army Aviation and transitioning to civilian life. For as long as I can remember I’ve had a strong interest in flying. I’ve always been drawn to aviation in general. Until recently I had continued to put off my pursuit of aviation for financial reasons or whatever other excuses I had at the time. I enlisted as a rotorcraft mechanic hoping to get at least some form of a fix. It's been great. I wanted more but still had too many excuses.

I was deployed for a while and didn’t have much to do in my off-time other than listen to podcasts or watch movies. So I thought I’d take a look and find all the aviation-related podcasts and at least learn a few things. Needless to say, in my time there I managed to listen to and catch up on nearly every episode of about 35 podcasts. It's amazing how quickly you can get through content when you listen at double speed while working 12-hour shifts. I have more notes written in my notebooks than I know what to do with.

When I returned stateside I got my first class medical and enrolled in a flight training program. I’m also beginning my airframe and power-plant certificate next week as part of my exit program from active duty. I couldn’t be happier. 12 years since my first flight and I’m finally pursuing my goals. 29 feels like a late start, but so long as I can fly you’ll never see me without a smile on my face again.

The scholarship guide, the countless episodes of pointers, the stories from other pilots, advice on ways to accomplish flight training, the different ways to build time, recommended products or strategies, and the encouraging words from all the podcasters out there have been an invaluable resource. I’m still not entirely sure which route I want to take with my career. I have made it my goal to get through all my ratings, and give back to the community at the very least. If I can just influence one person the way all of you influenced me; whatever I do in aviation will be worth it.

Thank you all so much for everything you put into the community. You’ve really lit a fire under me. Keep putting out all that amazing content!

Cruise Flight:

Russ’s oil leak and turbo failure in a piston twin. 

Are twins safer than single-engine aircraft?

How to become a proficient multi-engine pilot.

The risks we may not be aware of when considering flying a twin.

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl - Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook: Powerplant: FAA-H-8083-32A

Russ - Max Trescott’s Aviation News Talk Podcast: https://aviationnewstalk.com/

Victoria - LewDix Aviation YouTube, specifically the Instructing the Instructor episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPiPmwDammRsj7ZIzKyc74A

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ACP243 How to survive your first recurrent training. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. 

Announcements:

At AviationCareersPodcast.com  You can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others, you may receive the scholarships guide for free. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by giving away a free scholarships guide please visit the Pay It Forward tab and listen to the short video on how you can help someone achieve their goals. For as little as 10 dollars you can make a huge impact in someone’s life by purchasing a year access to the scholarships guide online.

Want to purchase a Pay It Forward and give the gift of the scholarships guide to a specific person?  That is easy, simply purchase the Pay It Forward Coupon and forward the receipt to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. We will send you a coupon the person can use online to receive the scholarships guide for free.

In This Episode We Discuss:

• Preparing for your first recurrent training.
• Start early.
• Review something every day.
• How early should you start? 6 months if you're new to the plane.
• How to answer your non-fly friends' questions about why you have to go to recurrent.
• Motivating your friends and family to let you study.
• Don’t listen to other pilots.
• The ones who say it is easy are the ones who study the most.
• Ask for additional training if you want or need it.
• Will termination after unsuccessful recurrent ruin my career?
• Think positive and study hard.

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From the Back Seat of a Fighter to The Front Seat Of A Warbird with Roy Brewer. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. 

Today I have with me a friend and military aviator who wants to discuss jobs you may not realize are available in the military, Roy Brewer. Roy is retired military, active recreational aviator. His career is varied and he is a pilot who is truly had an interesting aviation career.

Announcements:

At AviationCareersPodcast.com, you can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others you may receive the scholarships guide for free. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by giving away a free scholarships guide please visit the Pay It Forward tab and listen to the short video on how you can help someone achieve their goals. For as little as 10 dollars you can make a huge impact in someone’s life by purchasing a year access to the scholarships guide online.

Want to purchase a Pay It Forward and give the gift of the scholarships guide to a specific person?  That is easy simply purchase the Pay It Forward Coupon and forward the receipt to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. We will send you a coupon the person can use online to receive the scholarships guide for free.

How you can help students succeed at Polk State College by supporting the flight team. http://www.polkstateflightteam.com/donate/

In This Episode We Discuss:

• Military career
• 10 years as enlisted and 10 years officer. 
• Enlisted jobs:
  • 1. Avionics Technician
  • 2. Avionics Master Technician
  • 3. Avionics Master Instructor
• Officer jobs:
  • 1. Weapons Director
  • 2. Senior Director - missile firing
  • 3. Director of Operations
  • 4. Soviet Aggressor
  • 5. Special Ops - Director of Operations/Squadron Commander
• Aircraft owner X 2 - negotiations with my wife
  • Costs of ownership 
  • Is this a good way to build hours for a career?

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Is the FCC restricted radiotelephone license required for the majors and other questions with Eric Crump. Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. 

Announcements:

At AviationCareersPodcast.com, you can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others you may receive the scholarships guide for free. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by giving away a free scholarships guide please visit the Pay It Forward tab and listen to the short video on how you can help someone achieve their goals. For as little as 10 dollars you can make a huge impact in someone’s life by purchasing a year access to the scholarships guide online.

Want to purchase a Pay It Forward and give the gift of the scholarships guide to a specific person?  That is easy simply purchase the Pay It Forward Coupon and forward the receipt to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. We will send you a coupon the person can use online to receive the scholarships guide for free.

This month we have 32 new scholarships and 27 updates. 

We added some new international scholarships, particularly from Australia. 

How you can help students succeed at Polk State College by supporting the flight team. http://www.polkstateflightteam.com/donate/

In This Episode We Discuss:

• I would be interested in learning more about Part 135 cargo operations.
• Will the restricted radiotelephone license meet the requirements for a legacy carrier or do I need to get the full license?
• I don’t know if chasing a degree is something I want to spend my time and money on, but is that going to hurt me in the long term of being competitive?
• What are your thoughts about autonomous aircrafts? When do you think it will start taking over pilot jobs?

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Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. 

Announcements:

At AviationCareersPodcast.com, you can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others, you may receive the scholarships guide for free. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by giving away a free scholarships guide please visit the Pay It Forward tab and listen to the short video on how you can help someone achieve their goals. For as little as 10 dollars you can make a huge impact in someone’s life by purchasing a year access to the scholarships guide online.

Want to purchase a Pay It Forward and give the gift of the scholarships guide to a specific person?  That is easy simply purchase the Pay It Forward Coupon and forward the receipt to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. We will send you a coupon the person can use online to receive the scholarships guide for free.

This month we have 32 new scholarships and 27 updates. 

We added some exciting, new international scholarships, including many from Australia.

How you can help students succeed at Polk State College by supporting the flight team. http://www.polkstateflightteam.com/donate/

In This Episode We Discuss:

• As a military pilot can I take the FAA dispatchers test and waive the practical exam? Is it worth sitting for that test when I take my ATP written?
• What are some aviation jobs for those with very low flying time? I would like to start flying for hire as soon as possible after I obtain my commercial license, and before I get my flight instructor rating. 
• One of my biggest concerns with being a pilot would be having a family emergency arise while at work.
• With Mandatory retirements coming up over the next decade or so-do you think this will drastically change how senior/junior some bases get?
• The Regional airline model.

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ACP240: Is a flying career unattainable and unrealistic? Welcome to the inspirational, informational, and transparent aviation careers podcast. If you have questions, comments, inspirational stories, or announcements please write us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. 

Announcements:

At AviationCareersPodcast.com  You can find the Scholarships Guide, Career Coaching, and various courses online.  Don’t forget to use the coupon code “payitforward”, all one word. Through the generosity of others you may receive the scholarships guide for free. 

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life by giving away a free scholarships guide please visit the Pay It Forward tab and listen to the short video on how you can help someone achieve their goals. For as little as 10 dollars you can make a huge impact in someone’s life by purchasing a year access to the scholarships guide online.

Want to purchase a Pay It Forward and give the gift of the scholarships guide to a specific person?  That is easy simply purchase the Pay It Forward Coupon and forward the receipt to us at feedback@aviationcareerspodcast.com. We will send you a coupon the person can use online to receive the scholarships guide for free.

How you can help students succeed at Polk State College by supporting the flight team. http://www.polkstateflightteam.com/donate/

In This Episode We Discuss:

• I was always under the impression that flying for a career was unattainable and unrealistic.
• For guys like myself, who have the build of an offensive lineman finding comfortable clothing can be quite challenging.
• Does the scholarship guide include scholarships for career changers? 
• How long did it take you to move from 0 hours to flying for the regionals and what do you think a good timeline would be?
• Is pursuing a position as a cadet with a regional worth doing in terms of attaining reimbursement money and additionally in providing assistance in completing hours towards ATP as a CFI/CFII?
• How important of a factor in your opinion is a regional being wholly owned by a major in terms of stability and security for the regional and in turn for its employees?
• Is a guaranteed flow through to a major an important factor in considering a regional in today’s job economy or is this not something to worry about?
• Is it best to remain a “free agent”  or is getting in the door early with an airline by way of a cadet program a wise choice worth considering?
• What are some aviation jobs for those with very low flying time? I would like to start flying for hire as soon as possible after I obtain my commercial license, and before I get my flight instructor rating. 

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