Episode 62: Jeff Boerboon
Welcome back! We are a day late but it was worth the wait in our opinions. Today we have U.S. IAC Unlimited Team member, and pilot of the incredible Yak 110, Jeff Boerboon on the podcast. Jeff is an airline pilot, airshow pilot, competition pilot and all around incredible human being. We talk about Jeff returning to Nationals this year and making the team again, and lots of competition related stuff. We also get into how he balances competition flying with airshow flying and we talk a lot about the Yak 110. We barely scratched the surface in two hours so we will have to have him back on!
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Episode 61: To NG or Not to NG
Welcome! This week we talk about a bunch of random stuff. In a couple weeks is the November board meeting. There were 44 rule change proposals and we look at some of those. We talk about Jim and Marianne flying the NG from Southeast Aero to Sebring and speculation on if Jim was going to fly it in unlimited. We also talk about how much we want Aaron McCartan to get an NG. Jeff and Mark talk about which single seat aerobatic plane looks the best, and so much more!
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Episode 60: Finding Mr. AMIRITE
Hey all! This week we talk a bit about camera mounts and cameras. Jeff picked up an Nflightcam ball mount and has been playing around with it. We talk different mounts and different cameras. We also talk a little bit of editing and the apps that we use. We get into WCAR a bit again and speculate on the likelyhood of WCAR even happening. We talk about an aerobatic pilot who made a book on finding Mr right, and so much more!
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Episode 59: Two Thousand and Late
Better late than never! Sorry for the late release, but Mark’s airline schedule changed last minute and screwed up recording. Today we don our tinfoil hats and get into some real rumor mill stuff. We talk about the rumors of Patty Wagstaff flying a Gamebird GB1, and what that potentially means with her relationship with Extra and Southeast Aero. Melissa Burns has also been spending some time with thee folks at Bentonville, and it looks like she has plans to become a racer at WCAR. We also talk Borrego scores as day 1 is in the books there.
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Episode 58: FCS Title Belt Winner & More!
Welcome back! This week we sit down with Emerson Beinhauer, the collegiate winner of the first ever FCS Title Belt. He shares his experience at his first Nationals flying the family Pitts S2B. We also talk about Jeff dipping into unlimited and where he is at in that process, Marks family weekend trip to San Francisco Fleet Week airshow, the best figure coming soon the Aresti catalog, the Snowcone and so much more!
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Episode 57: Sammy Mason
This week is a good one! The incredibly talented Sammy Mason comes back on. Since his last interview, Sammy picked up an S-2C and an Edge 540 so we talk all about it. Rob Holland and Mike Goulian hung out in Santa Paula for a few days before the Pacific Airshow and lots of fun stories came out of that. We get his take on Nationals, training in the Edge to add it to his SAC card, airshows and so much more! We even asked some questions that fans wanted to know.
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Episode 56: Bryan Jones
Welcome back! We are back to regularly scheduled episodes (hopefully lol). Nationals is in the books and live moves on! This week we have Chapter 36 president (or Vice President according to the website ha!) Bryan Jones on the podcast. Bryan is an aerobatic competitor, Contest Director, chapter President, and so much more! We ask about Bryans thoughts on Nationals and how he thought the contest went from a scoring standpoint, from a CD standpoint, and then of course his thoughts on the protests and DQs. Bryan also shared with us the movement now to change the way Class IV Directors are appointed, and that was very educational. Bryan currently flies a Great Lakes but is training in Michael Church’s mid wing Extra 300 to tansition into a Panzl, and Bryan shared his experiences moving into a high performance monoplane. Finally, we discuss the Southern California Classic contest coming up in Borrego CA 10/21 - 10/23. This is a joint venture between IAC 36 and IAC 49 and honestly has all the right ingredients to be one of the best contests in the country! You can check out more info here: https://www.iac.org/contest/2021-10-15-akrofest-2021 .
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Episode 55: 2021 IAC Nationals Wrap Up
Welcome back! This will be the last episode of unorthodox podcast episode releases as we wrap up the 2021 IAC Nationals. This Nationals had its ups and downs but there were lots of positive takeaways. We talk about our first annual FCS title belt winner, Emerson Beinhauer, the situation with Britt Lincoln, AJ Wilder and so much more!
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Episode 54: IAC Nationals Day 3 & 4
We back! We took a break yesterday to relax, and we recap a bit of day 3 and 4 of Nationals. Firs off, congrats to your ten time National Champion, Rob Holland! Huge accomplishment! There was a bit of drama again today but we tried to stay away from it. Enjoy the episode!
Episode 53: IAC Nationals Day 2
Save the drama for your mama! Day 2 was packed with issues and disqualifications. Winds were a huge issue, which hit the advanced category hard. Jeff and Mark rant pretty hard on the issues surrounding day two, most notably the DQs of two pilots for doing things unrelated to their flying in the box. Let’s hope tomorrow is more trouble free!
Episode 52: IAC Nationals Day 1
Welcome back!!! Happy 1 year anniversary for FCS!!!! Even though we missed last weeks episode, we intend to make up for it by covering Nationals daily, so buckle up buttercups! Between Jeff’s family vacation, and Mark’s family vacation, today was the first day we could actually connect and record, and boy did the first day of 2021 IAC Nationals not disappoint! Unlimited opened the contest with the known, and Rob Holland crushing it to a first place finish. We talk about the finishes, how we thought everyone did, and what to expect for the free and unknown out of unlimited. We address a few who we thought were going to be there but didn’t show up, and some that we were almost certain not to show, that showed! We didn’t address intermediate yet but we will cover that on episode 53.
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Episode 51: Poetry Falcons
Welcome back! This week we talk about the updated list for IAC Nationals 2021, some fun hypotheticals, the fact a Yak 55 is going to fly unlimited and so much more! Helmets and wobblies, breaking canopies, broken canopies passing tech at contests etc. Great job to Susan Bell, and IAC 26 for a successful contest this past weekend, and congratulations to all the competitors. 2021 Southern California Classic is coming up next month hosted by IAC 36 and IAC 49. Cash money for the top 3 finishers, Friday night freestyle, live music and so much more! This sounds like the West Coast contest of the year! Check out: http://www.iac36.org/ContestEntry.aspx?EventID=23 to register! Contest runs OCT 21-23.
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Episode 50: Leigh Hubner
Welcome back! This week we sit down with Leigh Hubner. Leigh bought and restored Patty Wagstaff’s famous Extra 300S and it looks better than ever! Leigh walks us though his decision to buy the plane, issues along the way and how much fun it is to fly. We talk about contests, being an influencer, sponsorships and outside the box thinking to the approach of sponsorship and flying contests, and all kinds of fun stuff! We also get super weird and talk about kissing guys for money hahaha!
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Episode 49: That Natty Ice!
Nationals is almost here!!! We take a look at the current entrants registered for Nationals and break the categories down a little bit. This years Nationals is going to be a big one, and is obviously special given the fact that we missed last year due to COVID. Jeff and Mark make some predictions on who will podium (all in good fun of course) and who will be some wildcards to watch whoop some potential ass. Most categories are getting very stacked with some entries still to go, but advanced and unlimited have an absolute all-star lineup to bottom with so much talent. The roster for unlimited is really incredible given that team selections is this year, and every single entrant is going for the team. We are going to revisit the list as Nationals gets even closer but we are both so excited to see how this shakes out!
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Episode 48: Michael Lents
Welcome back! This week we have Michel Lents on the show. Mike runs the aerobatic program at the University of North Dakota. He has won numerous IAC contests flying the mighty Super Decathlon, and achieved a second place finished in Intermediate Power at the 2019 IAC Nationals. We talk about his role as a coach for the UND team, ins and outs of flying the Super Decathlon, and his recent flight where he flew a Super D in advanced.
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Episode 47: Rob Holland & Michael Goulian
Welcome back! We were plagued with technical issues so, we apologize in advance. This was also our first time having two guests on at the same time, so sorry for the crappiness! Rob and Mike share how Airventure was for them after having 2021 cancel, we talk about a bunch of stuff like memorable fans, airplanes, most memorable performer, what makes a good performer, and so much more!
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Episode 46: Who Let the Dogs Out!?
Never a dull moment while recording! This week we talk a little bit about how Petro is flying lights out after his Extra is fresh out of condition inspection, his slow and deliberate creep into unlimited and his upcoming vacation. Marks dog attacks an Amazon Prime delivery driver during the podcast lol (just scared the crap out of him, didn’t touch him), we talk about general promotion of the sport, of aerobatics and of the IAC, and how that comes in many forms. We also touch on Airventure a tiny bit as it wrapped up earlier this week, but we hope to have a couple of people come on to really give us the rundown of the show, and hopefully that happens next week! There are a few contests coming up that we talk about, and so much more!
Episode 45: Goody Thomas
Welcome back! This week we sit down with the incredible, Goody Thomas! Goody is fresh on the recovery from an injury, and is gearing up for Nationals. We talk about his injury, the path moving forward, Stars of Tomorrow, Flying the Sukhoi, transitioning to the Extras, world competition, and so much more!
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Episode 44: Explodered
Hey everyone! This week we talk about the Acro Exploder and the drama that unfolded. We address the worthless troll that loves to go after Mark, the most expensive used Extra 300L on the planet, Oshkosh, Jeff’s condition inspection on his 330SC and so much more!
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Episode 43: Jim Bourke
Welcome back! This week we have IAC President, airshow performer, competition pilot and IAC Unlimited team member, Jim Bourke on the show! We talk about the aircraft he has owned, electric aircraft, IAC issues and presidential duties, American competition versus the rest of the world, and so much more!
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