Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast
Leisure:Aviation
Our guest today is Zach Yamauchi a 23 year old glider pilot and Aerospace Engineer currently working for a company foccused on unmanned aircraft. Zach learned how to fly gliders while attending Cal Poly. He also had the oppertunity to work on the Nixus project, The first general aviation project using a 28 meter wingspan glider using fly-by-wire technology. Zach will share with us more on this project as well as other soaring adventures he has had.
(01:11) Listener logbook. Christopher Stevenson returns with a new listener logbook as he chats with some west coast pilots about some recent winter flights they had.
(01:13:50) Sergio the soaring master is back with us with a brand new segment called, should I stay or should I go. All this and more now on episode 107 of Soaring the sky!
145: Eagle Eyes, Australian Skies & the PW5
144: Extraterrestrial Soaring: Max Fabricius Interview & WGC 2023 Update
143: Behind The Art Of Gliding with Simon Lemmerer
142: Soaring To The Podium In Spain: 2023 Woman’s World’s Standard Class Champion Barbora Moravcova
141: Perlan II Back In Argentina: Reaching for 91,000 Feet
140: Flying with your feet: Sara Stearns story
139: Aerobatics & Team Flying
138: Sailplanes & Scud Missiles: Joe Aldrian
137: North To Alaska In The Stemme S12: Michael Reid
136: Soaring The Sonoran: Eric Redweik Interview
135: Soaring Tasmania: Robert Kennedy
134: MiniMoas, Flying Fire Trucks & Sharing the Transferable Skill: Keith Eyler Interview
133: Soaring Below Sea Level: Natan Elsberg
132: 2022 A Year In Review
131: Engineered To Soar: Adriana’s aviation adventure
130: Paragliding & Sailplanes: An aviation adventure with Wim Decrook In Belgium
129: Soaring & Simulation: Getting the most out of your simulator experience
128: Soaring In The Junior Worlds & OLC Rookie Of The Year: David McMaster & Laura Stern Interviews
127: A Mission To Soar In Montana & The Dust Devil Dash 2022: John Foster Interview, Doug Fronius
126: From Sailing to Soaring & The Women’s World Gliding Championship 2022: Georgia Schofield & Barbora Moracova
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