Hey everybody, we'll talk about a tease. You know,
the folks at the Van's aircraft are usually pretty tight lipped but they've just put out a
couple of YouTube videos to give you all a taste of their latest kit,
the RV- 15.
Now, Vans told us, I guess it was about a year ago that the RV- 15 was coming but not a lot
more. And what will surprise a lot of RV
watchers is that this kit will be a high wing with beefy conventional gear that looks like it
would be really quite comfy in the backcountry.
And Vans is touting that the shock absorbers for this gear will be inside the fuselage.
Now we have a guy on staff who's pretty much an RV expert,
He's owned several and is currently flying one and that would be Dave Hirschman.
He examined the video and has figured a bit more about the prototype.
He thinks it's most likely a like homing IO390 pumping about 210 horsepower,
the constant chord wing will simplify construction, as will the slab sided fuselage
and it will likely be the simplest Vans kit yet to build.
Now, Vans will be exhibiting the RV 15 prototype at Air Venture in Oshkosh and you can
read more about what Dave has surmised about the RV 15 on our website.
If you're going to Oshkosh, it's not too early to start your planning and that starts with the
notice, it's what we used to call the NOTAM and now you can get it at
eaa.org/notam I know I just told you it was Notice,
But yeah the url Is NOTAM And you'll want to get it now because
there are some 32 pages that you'll need to become very familiar with.
So joining me now, Richard McSpadden from the Air Safety Institute and Richard,
what are some of the things that we really should take into account if we want to fly
safely to air venture in Oshkosh? Yeah. Warren I think it's important that to realize a
lot of airplanes converging on the same points both on the arrival and at Oshkosh and with all
of our GPS were flying with their more and more accurate.
So we're all coming to exactly the same piece of place in sky.
So keep your eyes out on a swivel. Use your ads-b for traffic heads up and know
that arrival before you go study it and know it internalize it.
So you won't have time to represent and look down your eyes should be outside cross
referencing inside on a D. S. B. And your and your gps tracking.
So I mean arriving at Oshkosh we have to be pretty precise on our landing.
So what can we do to get better at that before we actually have to put it on the green dot.
Yeah good point because when you arrive at Oshkosh, they're going to want you to put it
you know at certain points and certain dots along the runway and of course the taxiway or
runway either side depends and being able to put your airplane down where you want.
It is a great skill to use there at Oshkosh So a good thing to do in the weeks we have
leading up to Oshkosh is go out and establish different points along your runway.
The numbers, the fixed distance marker, The marker is just beyond the fixed distance,
set different places on your home runway to land and see if you can hit them.
So Richard what for you is fun about flying into Oshkosh,
You know, it's just an experience, isn't it? I mean,
it's the great, it's the biggest event in the world.
There's nothing quite like it. Everybody's excited when they fly in.
And so you just kind of feel the adrenaline rush, don't you?
When you move over to the frequencies and you're talking to controllers and they're still
great, aren't they? I mean, they're so positive.
They're giving you encouraging feedback and just the whole experience is fantastic.
And I guess we should mention one more thing about avoiding,
get there it is. Yeah, we saw that a couple of years ago.
You know, every now and then the weather rolls in and it is summertime in Wisconsin.
So thunderstorms can roll in and they'll close the field or they'll close grass parking or
just different things. So being ready to be flexible,
uh, to what the situation needs and being ready that if at any point you don't like it on the
arrival or inbound, just exit the arrival and get out of the traffic flow.
Hold land somewhere different and collect yourself and come back in when it's a little
easier, is a viable option that many many people use every year.
Great. All right, Richard, Well, we'll see you at Air
Venture. Yeah, I'll see you there warren.
Thanks Richard. And since there's a chance you might encounter
thunderstorms on your way to Oshkosh or someplace else,
the Air Safety Institute has a resource. It's worth checking out the thunderstorm
challenge. It's a great way to refresh your knowledge on
thunderstorms and more importantly how to avoid them. And when you get to airventure and if
you're looking for an aviation job, J. S. Firm dot com and EAA are having a week long job
fair. More than 40 companies will be pitching their
opportunities. The link is in the video description.
You know, lots of folks are hiring and congress is aware of that.
In fact, Congress is concerned about being able to find enough people to fill the demand for
jobs in aviation. AOPA President Mark Baker,
the boss testified Wednesday before the aviation subcommittee of the House
Transportation Committee and he said yes, the demand is greater than the supply for a variety
of aviation jobs.
So there is clearly an opportunity for young people to join aviation right now and you can
tell by the average wages that are going up in all sectors in aviation,
the demand is high and the supply is not enough.
And one of the reasons why we have our high school program is to introduce young people
into aviation. In 9th, 11th, 12th grade,
12,000 kids took it this last year. As we look forward to,
the registrations this year will be in 45 states in over 500 high schools and what my,
I believe the objective should be, we should be in one out of every 10 high schools,
we should be at 2500 high schools with a free education program to show pathways in aviation,
including controlling.
Now, the boss also told Congress about how safe and successful BasicMed has been,
it has been one of the biggest wins in general aviation in the last 50 years.
You know, 70,000 people jumping into that in the last five years,
we did safety look back, no discernible difference between that and the third class
medical at all. zero. From a safety perspective.
Um if anything, I think it's an opportunity to revisit it and look at how can we expand it.
Um, people have been safely, flying up to five passengers in these aircraft around the country.
We are working hard to get Canada to receive basic med as an alternative medical crossing
the border, We've got it done in Bahamas in Mexico now and most of the Caribbean.
So the opportunity to take another look at how this has been really a successful program to
lower the cost, having pilots work with their own doctors to find out what they need to do to
make sure they make the decisions every day before they fly that they are safe to fly with
that conditions or whatever they have. And I'm really proud of this uh bipartisan
event that occurred, was signed into law in 2016 and has resounded lee for certain,
Improve the value of aircraft and the access to these 5000 airports in a big way and turning
back to getting young people into aviation, you know, Oklahoma has really run with
AOPA's high school aviation STEM curriculum.
The Sooner state has 57 schools using it this year now,
that's the most in the nation this week. The teachers who teach this curriculum are
getting a professional development workshop at the University of Oklahoma.
Uh some state leaders are there to and support for our curriculum comes from the very top.
And that's because Oklahoma's elected leaders have been trying to find a way to broaden their
economy and and stabilize the fluctuations that come from the energy and agricultural sectors
And believe it or not. Right now, aerospace,
aviation and aerospace is actually the number two industry in Oklahoma generates about
$44 billion dollars a year in economic impact.
So the state wants to use our curriculum as a way to prop up the stability and the
people going into the aviation sector and help migrate their economy away from the commodities.
This is going to help diversify Oklahoma's economy.
We want to get away from a commodity based economy here in Oklahoma and we want aviation
aerospace to lead the charge to be able to help us create an economy that will weather the next
storm, whether it's oil and gas, tanking, whether it's agriculture going down,
whether it's just the entire United States economy, that's in a rough turn.
We want aviation aerospace in Oklahoma to help us weather that storm a little bit better than
we have in the past. We'll take a deep dive into the economics of
the state being affected by aviation. In the video at the link above the AOPA High
School Aviation stem curriculum is free to schools and it is funded entirely by donations
to the A. O. P. A. Foundation.
And while we're talking about teaching, have you heard about AFTA?
That's the A. O. P.A flight training advantage app.
It's free and what it really does is helps a flight instructor create a customized training
program for each student. The Learn to Fly flight school in Arizona has found that AFTA
has made a big difference. I'm using AFTA because I really felt like
students need something to see to help them evaluate how they're progressing through their
program and as soon as I saw AFTA I knew it was the right tool for students and I wasn't
off my mark. It's been amazing.
It's a really good program. One of my favorite parts about it is before any
lesson. My instructor can put maneuvers that we're
going to practice and then I can study those maneuvers that have like little videos or
readings for me to do that allow me to help study and practice for those maneuvers for the
next lesson. And you can read more about how AFTA is
working in this flight school on our website. and we'll be back in just a moment.
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Well, welcome back the Reno Air Races need money.
Well, that's what this is Reno dot com is reporting.
The Reno Air Racing Association is asking the county for some funding.
Now, the cost for the air races for things like fuel and tents
gone up some 50 and the airport can't get liability insurance for the event.
Uh, they used to provide the liability insurance.
So now the racing association has to cough up more than a million bucks for that.
But so far the Reno air races are still scheduled for September. And women in Aviation
International has opened their scholarship program for 2023. They'll be awarding more than
100 scholarships for flight training, engineering, maintenance and other aviation
related fields. Applicants must be a W. A. I. Member but you don't have to be female to be a
W. A. I. Member. And the link is in the description.
Now I've heard from some of you that you can't find the links I mentioned in this show.
So from now on we'll be putting links in the description and that should make it easier to
find for some of you. And now a bit of an explainer.
If you're watching this on a computer, the link will usually pop up right in the upper right
corner of your screen and now you'll also be able to find it in the description below the
video. But if you're watching on a phone or tablet
it's a little more complicated to get to the links. First you need to have the latest version
of the Youtube app installed, Then touch the video to bring up the player controls.
And then in the upper right you'll see three dots click on those dots and then click on more
from AOPA Live. That will bring up the links that are
embedded in the video and the description where you'll find links as well.
Now if you're watching on a browser on a tablet or phone,
I haven't found a way to display the links but some of you have just let me know.
And finally an old girl has got her wings back and we'll be heading to Oshkosh.
This DC-3 started life in 1942 as a C47 alpha and flew for both the
U.S. And Canadian Air Forces.
She then put on civvies and flew in the Yukon and Alaska for Air North under the name Yukon
Sourdough. Now she was damaged in a windstorm some years
back but she's been under active restoration for the last 2.5 years in Hagerstown Maryland,
just over the mountain from us here in Frederick. And Tuesday she flew again.
Beautiful bird and after Oshkosh she'll go to shows around the country and become part of the
D day squad. Go Sourdough.
Well that's it for this week.
You know the drill, please like subscribe comment and I hope to see you again next week.
My name is Savannah Raske and I have about 600 hours.
I currently hold my commercial single engine land and sea ratings with an instrument add on.
Yeah, I've been in the Air National Guard for about nine years.
So being an enlisted member, I knew that I wanted to continue a career in the air force
but I wanted to do it as an officer flying for the greatest force in our military.
Unfortunately, I was picked up to fly the F- 35 for Montgomery Alabama.
So I own a piper, Turkey 6 to 60 and we also have this Aztec right here,
which I'm gonna be doing my multi training in. I use Sirius XM.
Aviation weather because it gives me an added confidence and the kind of weather that I'm
gonna be flying into on long press countries from florida to Utah and back multiple times up
to Oshkosh back down.
So having a weather system like Sirius XM that I can rely on gives me a lot of confidence.