Plane Talk
Summary: Plane Talk" is the only talk show in the world exclusively dedicated to the General Aviation and community of pilots. It is hosted by Jon King Roberts - private pilot, musician, entertainer and Radek Wyrzykowski - Certificated Flight Instructor whose instruction is focused on aviation safety and pilot proficiency. During program we present hosts’ opinions and commentary about current General Aviation issues and news events with some dose of humor. We also explore all aspects of flying, aviation training, proficiency and safety. We have remote guests from different fields of aviation including expert flight instructors. You can call us live with any aviation related question, suggestion, problem or opinion. We'll try to answer your questions about flying on the air live, and have some fun while doing it! This is a call-in show but watch out, you can call us but we can and will also call you!
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Broadcasting LIVE from Marriott Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island - Ninety-Nines (Women in Aviation) International Conference! Live interviews, opinions and commentary from members and participants!
Broadcasting LIVE from Marriott Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island - Ninety-Nines (Women in Aviation) International Conference! Live interviews, opinions and commentary from members and participants!
Broadcasting LIVE from Marriott Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island - Ninety-Nines (Women in Aviation) International Conference! Live interviews, opinions and commentary from members and participants!
Broadcasting LIVE from Marriott Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island - Ninety-Nines (Women in Aviation) International Conference! Live interviews, opinions and commentary from members and participants!
Self-medical assessment – great idea or step in a wrong direction? What if you could complete a medical awareness online course, assess your fitness for flight in lieu of a third-class medical? Would you “fail yourself”, if your medical situation would warrant that? …also follow up interview with the author of “Rich Suicidal Idiots”, guest editorial in General Aviation News -Thomas P. Turner. IMC Radio 5 with Jason Blair and more…
Are General Aviation pilots rich, suicidal idiots? Listen to “Plane Talk”!
At new time with a new format – we are talking about a weird and real aviation stories. Broadcasting now live at 14:00 Eastern Time (18:00 Zulu). We are also going to be accepting live calls via Skype. We hope that this change will make easier for our listeners around the world to listen to us live. Please point your Skype to: “WIMC-Radio” for comments.
Boeing’s Phantom Eye; 150-Foot Wingspan unmanned aircraft, completed its first successful autonomous flight. The United States has stepped up its drone campaign. Is this a beginning of an end of pilot profession as we know it?
Space exploration: Historical progress, next step in the future of travel or waste of money that could be used to improve the foundation of general aviation in US?
The New York Times: “English Skills a Concern as Global Aviation Grows”. While common sense dictates aviation need for one language, a language as rich in vocabulary and nuance as English presents some challenges in aviation operations. Should we come up with language that is “foreign” to everybody and then everybody has to learn at the same level? “Aviation Esperanto” anybody?
GA Airport Security – Fact or fiction? Do we need fences around small airstrips? Are existing security systems in place just to make general public feel better? Are we making GA airports unfriendly and empty place?
"Plane Talk" - May 9, 2012
Most non-pilots are completely ignorant when it comes to general aviation knowledge. Some things seem too hard to even Google and it doesn't have to be even a “stupid one”. As pilots and flight instructors in the General Aviation community, we often wonder what non pilots think about us. We always wonder if there is a misconception about what we do and who we are. Today we bring in a special guest to our studio. Well educated, young individual who traveled the world but does not know much about GA Pilots in the US. We allow him to ask the “stupid questions”.
The cost of GA... (Will it ever be affordable again...to the average, or... is it the nature of the beast to only be accessible to few? Is the biggest reason for the decline in GA is simply the cost of flying? Let’s go back thirty years... In 1974 the cost was $22 for the plane $6 for the instructor. That’s $28 an hour! Now it’s around $150 for the plane $60 for the instructor. It is about 8 times the cost from 1974. Are you earning 8 times as much as you did 30 years ago?
Boeing just called on the aviation industry to transform aviation training: "We need to bring back the magic of flying." said Mike Carriker, Boeing Test & Evaluation chief pilot. Boeing forecasts a need for more than one million new pilots and technicians over the next twenty years. Can we bring safety, proficiency and "magic" of flying in IFR (or VFR) together, or is it gone forever with all the new technology?
