Dan Johnson, ByDanJohnson.com
After a major show announcement from Roy, we visit with Dan Johnson about the last year in the Light Sport Aircraft world and talk about what the future holds for the category and the sport. ByDanJohnson.com (12/20/11)

Mary Jones, Experimental Aircraft Association
After a long run at EAA headquarters, Mary Jones is switching gears. While she will continue to work at the EAA, she is taking a little bit of time to work on other projects. We talk about the publications she has helped produce for the EAA and what some of her future projects may involve. Experimental Aircraft Association (12/20/11)

Hilton Goldstein, Hilton Software LLC
The FAA requires that we fly with approved charts. But they are the only ones who prepare approved charts both digital and printed. Now the FAA's AeroNav charting division wants to kite the user fees for the charts to the point where it will double the price of some commercial digital products and force some companies relying on the digital charts out of business. Jim Sweeney talks with Hilton Goldstein about a meeting he and others had with the FAA. A report on the meeting between industry and the FAA's AeroNav division can be found here. Hilton Software LLC (12/20/11)

Phil Lockwood, Lockwood Aviation
We talk with one of the busiest guys in sport aviation, Phil Lockwood. We talk about Rotax engines, their place in the ultralight and sport aviation world, and some of the other projects Phil is involved in. Lockwood Aviation (12/20/11)

Terri Sipantzi, Precision Windsports, Inc
Triking sometimes seems like the most elite community in the ultralight and light sport worlds. We talk with Terri Sipantzi about the future of the sport and whether getting started as an ultralight student or a light sport student is better. Precision Windsports, Inc (12/20/11)

Jeff Goin, Powered Paragliding Radio
We talk with Jeff Goin about first wings. Of course it is tempting to get the ultimate wing, but there are benefits to choosing a super-benign wing that requires armloads of brakes to make it just think of turning and yet at the same time is easy to inflate. FootFlyer.com (12/20/11)

Sean Elliott, Experimental Aircraft Association
Sean Elliott joins us to talk about what effect the former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt is going to have on FAA issues, both FAA driven and industry focused. We also talk about the big success of saving the BARR program and travel privacy. Experimental Aircraft Association (12/13/11)

Dan Johnson, ByDanJohnson.com
It's time to begin guessing who the administration is going to select for the new FAA Administrator. Dan Johnson joins us to talk about some of the qualities that would be ideal in someone wanting to hold the top spot in the FAA and the chances of getting someone in place before the next presidential election. ByDanJohnson.com (12/13/11)

Jim Sweeney, SweeneyCorp
A great time turned tragic when a young woman who had just enjoyed a great flight in an airplane turned back to the aircraft to thank the pilot and instead ran into the spinning propeller in the dark. Jim Sweeney joins us to talk propeller safety and things we need to do to protect our passengers around aircraft. SweeneyCorp (12/13/11)

Fred Dyen, Blue Ridge Community College
People wanting to work on special light sport aircraft (S-LSA) need to be trained and licensed first. For years there has been a West Coast operation and now there is one based on the East Coast. Fred Dyen, the man who developed the program for Blue Ridge Community College talks about the work that went into the course as well as the future of the course. Blue Ridge Community College (12/13/11)

Michael Purdy, Powered Paragliding Radio
Flight training works best when both the student and flight instructor put their best into the effort. Michael Purdy talks about what a student should do before, during and after instruction to best take advantage of the training. Powered Paragliding Radio (12/13/11)

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Senator James Inhofe, US Senate
A lot of pilot issues are being discussed and settled at the highest levels of government. Senator James Inhofe joins us to give us an update on the Pilot's Bill of Rights, the reinstatement of the BARR program, and other timely topics. US Senate (12/6/11)

Kent Misegades, Clear Gas
Another big issue that affects all pilots is fuel. Kent Misegades updates us on fuel-related issues and talks about successes in expanding the availability of autogas this year. We talk about where ethanol-free premium is available and where it is harder to get. Clear Gas (12/6/11)

Jim Sweeney, SweeneyCorp
With the Christmas season upon us, many people are considering technology gifts. Some of these great pieces of technology can not only improve your day-to-day life, they can also improve your flying experience. However, similar devices aren't nearly alike when it comes to performing piloting tasks since some just don't have the software available to them that other products have. Jim Sweeney helps sort it all out. SweeneyCorp (12/6/11)

Dan Bailey, Six Chuter, Inc.
Six Chuter has been a company in smooth transition for a couple of years now and that transition is nearly complete. Other powered parachute manufacturing companies have had rather turbulent transitions to new ownership. Dan Bailey talks about their approach in the Great Northwest and his new role in the company. Six Chuter, Inc. (12/6/11)

Michael Purdy, Powered Paragliding Radio
Michael Purdy brings on a student who has flown Cobra attack helicopters in Afghanistan and who is now learning how to power paraglide. There are a lot of similarities and of course a lot of things completely different. We learn with Michael what those things are. Powered Paragliding Radio (12/6/11)