Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast
Leisure:Aviation
Born on an Island in south east Alaska Michael Reid made his living as a pilot for 41 years, and retired from Alaska Airlines five years ago. After retirement, Michael decided to purchase a Stemme S12 motor glider, which he now flies out of Anchorage, Alaska. He will be sharing his aviation journey with us and will put us in the cockpit of his Stemme S12 as we soar among the highest peaks in North America. Michael has given us some great links for you below to checkout after you hear his story. Join us now as we go north to Alaska on episode 137 of Soaring The Sky.
Michael Read mareid@mac.com
Assembling a Stemme from a Cobra trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vtn-32cvY8
A short clip from a full length documentary made by an Alaska Airlines pilot about the 737-200 Combi airplanes before they were retired in 2007.
That’s me complaining about the early departure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu1x-uskA0w
Soaring Safety Foundation Incident Reporting Database: http://soaringsafety.org/forms/incident.html
How Michael gets a lot of his weather briefing: https://weathercams.faa.gov/map/-162.13732,58.75623,-137.7257,65.19178
Alaska has more than 200 weather cam locations throughout the state at airports, in mountain passes, etc. The FAA is starting to spread the program to the other states.
Alaska Mountain Soaring Association, a fledgling glider club in South Central Alaska: http://www.akmtnsoaring.com/
87: Spins & Whirlwinds: An interview with Dr. Daniel L. Johnson
86: Cross Country Soaring In the Canadian Rockies: An Interview With Patrick McMahon
85: Soaring With Prince Charles: An Interview with George Lee Triple Gliding World Champion
84: Hypoxia and Soaring: An Interview with Scott Ashton
83: Rocky Mountain High & Desert Skies
82: Stefan Langer
81: UK's Youngest Pilot: Jack Jenner-Hall
80: Cross Country Sports Class & Stratospheric Wave
79: Veterans Soar
78: Soaring In Sweden & Critical Phases Of Flight
77: Water Ballast Wave & Cloud Streets
76: Mountains Mishaps & Milestones
75: Badges Diplomas And Finding Your Own Cross Country Adventure: Kempton Izun
74: A Tale Of Two Air Masses & Gliding In Australia: Daniel Sazhin & Todd Chapman
73: Downwind Dashes & Grand Prix: Tony Condon 13.5 meter World Championship Competition Glider Pilot
72: Dirty Looks From A Bald Eagle: Rob Cluxton 777 Pilot and Cross Country Glider Pilot
71: From The Appalachians To The Alps : JP Stewart 2021 U.S Club Class World Team Member
70: Soaring And Motor Gliders: A chat with Youtuber Pilot Bambi
69: Gliders Gaggles and Goals: Hanicka Treslova Czech National Gliding Team Member
68: A Soaring Playground In The South American Andes With David Flint
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