Bill Whiteman's T-28 Trojen - a RapidCast from the Gathering of Warbirds and Legends in Topeka.

Talking abut a liaison aircraft among the heavy metal on the ramp at Topeka.

Commemorative paratrooper MSgt (Ret) Robert Yarberry.

The briefing from the practice day of the Gathering of Warbirds and Legends.

The Airspeed audience first met ENS Evan Levesque (pronounced “leh-VECK”) as a MDN 1/C at the US Naval Academy in 2010.  We then checked in with him during his primary flight training in the T-6B in February of 2012.  Since then, ENS Levesque has gone on to tailhook training, flying the T-45 Goshawk.  This episode features more than an hour of conversation with ENS Levesque about what it's like to fly jets and to prepare to land an aircraft on a floating runway.

Meet B-52 and B-2 driver USAF Lt Col (Ret) Chris "Cliff" DeVaughn!  We talked about the aircraft, its flight characteristics, and its mission.  And, more importantly, we talked about what it's like to fly long-duration missions in one of the most important strategic weapons systems in the US inventory.  All the way from the selection process through training and into combat.  This is every bit as much about the men as the machines.

The second of two episodes covering my glider rating.  Victory, defeat, ground effect, and a sock puppet.  It's all here!

Pilot, producer, and Uncontrolled Airspace co-host Jack Hodgson joins us to talk about the pilot population, flight training, the future of the aviation podsphere, and more in this nearly-two-hour conversation.  Think you know Jack?  Listen in!

Taking to the streets (and tollways) of Orlando, Florida in a T-6 with eight other aircraft for the NBAA Convention 2012.

Despite the aggressive schedule around here (glider training, trying to find a new acro ride, doing really cool legal work for the best clients on the planet, etc.), I managed to get some time this weekend to do some editing on the movie.  The result is this sneak peek, "With friends like these . . ." The campers at both of the Acro Camp shoots were very collaborative and supportive of each other.  But that doesn't mean that there wasn't at least a little laughter with (okay, at) each other...

Here's an account of my glider training this year through my first glider solo on Friday.  Show notes at www.airspeedonline.com.

Behind the scenes at Airspeed.  Kinda.

50 minutes of pure awesome with one of North America's busiest airshow announcers, Rob Reider.

ENS Evan Levesque (pronounced “leh-VECK”) is a primary flight student at NAS Whiting Field near Milton, Florida.  He’s flying the mighty T-6B in the aerobatic phase of training, having recently completed the contact phase and flown his first solo.  He has instrument work and a formation phase yet to go. More information at www.navy.com.

The second installment of the Airspeed LPA.

A diary of my first aerobatic competition.  Compiled from blog posts I wrote before, during, and after the competition. Music is Game Day by Jon Schmidt.  www.johnschmidt.com.  www.musicalley.com.  

An overview of the Airshows 101 course at the 2011 ICAS convention.

On 21 August 2017, the umbral shadow of the moon will sweep across the continental United States from Oregon to South Carolina.  Here are some thoughts about how (and why) to fly through that shadow.

Here's the promo that I shot for The Hoppers, an L-39 team based in the midwestern US.

Here's a big file that contains the full account of my experiences at CAP NESA MAS 2010.  This file contains all of the audio from the prior three episodes in one tasty jumbo audio burrito. I hope that this doesn't bother anyone who has already downloaded the three individual installments.  I'm thinking about removing those three episodes from the feed and having just this big one for future download. Want more information about CAP?  Head to www.gocivilaitpatrol.com.  Want a PDF version of...

This is the third of a three-episode series covering my experience at Civil Air Patrol’s National Emergency Services Academy Mission Aircrew School (NESA-MAS) in Indiana in the summer of 2010.

This is the second of a three-episode series covering my experience at Civil Air Patrol’s National Emergency Services Academy Mission Aircrew School (NESA-MAS) in Indiana in the summer of 2010. I intend to make available the entire 30,000-word piece in a single file and PDF document with photos at about the time at which I release the third episode. I might also put the long-form file into the podcast feed on its own. In the meantime, enjoy this in-depth look at the nation’s premier...

In the wake of a difficult weekend (and, indeed, a difficult season) for the airshow community, I asked John Cudahy to sit down for a few minutes to talk about airshow safety.   John has been the president of the International Council of Air Shows, Inc. (“ICAS”) since 1997.  I’ve heard him speak at the annual convention in Las Vegas for the past two years and I’m returning to Las Vegas again this December. John is one of those people who has always been on my list of people to bring onto...

Part 1 of my 30,000-word epic describing my experiences at CAP's National Energency Services Academy Mission Aircrew School in 2010.

Will Hawkins joins Steve to commiserate about independent filmmaking.