Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast
Leisure:Aviation
Our guest pilot on this episode of the podcast is Tony Condon. Tony learned to soar in central Iowa while attending Iowa State University. He is the President of the Kansas Soaring Association and lives in Wichita, KS with his wife Leah. He works as a charter pilot and is a Designated Pilot Examiner. Today Tony will share his story and some amazing adventures he has had along the way. In 2015 and 2017 he represented the USA in the 13.5 Meter World Championships. He also shares some stories about flying downwind dashes and grand prix flying in different parts of the World.
(26:35) Also on this episode Walt Rogers gives us some advice on our soaring safety segment as he talks about staying current in the off season.
(38:35) Stephen Nesser flying with Minnesota Soaring joins us for our tips & Techniques segment to talk about slipping to land. All this and more on this episode of soaring the sky!
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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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