Soaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast
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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/
47: Condor Soaring with Chris Wedgwood Of The Soaring Flight Simulator Condor
46: Boxing The Wake With Student Pilot Connor
45: Glider Rides: Scott Manley 2019 SSA Chairman's Award Winner
44: Having A Blast Flying The Task With Paul Remde And His DG-1000s
43: Land In The Dirt and You Won't Get Hurt: Andrew White Flight Instructor Soaring In Australia
42: A Three Hour Tow: Steven Snyder Glider Pilot & Instructor Soaring Over Chicago
41: Lava On The Runway: Roy Heisler Discovers Gliding, Paragliding And Gorillas
40: Flying Both Ends Of The Rope: Ben Mayes Tow Pilot, Glider Pilot And Soaring With Aerobatics
39: A Party In The Sky: Soaring With Isaiah On An Aviation Journey
38: Crash Landing ? With Steven Nesser On An Adventure Flying Cross Country
37: Soaring The Italian Countryside With Guancarlo Near Rome
36: High Altitude Soaring With The Perlan Project And OLC Events With Bruno Vassel
35: The Air And A Pair Of Wings With Aerobatic Champion Luca Bertossio
34: Soaring The Best In The East And West With David Hart
33: From The Chair To The Air: Bob Royter And Freedoms Wings
32: The Art Of Soaring With Andreas Monty Freddy In Denmark
31: A Pioneer Of Soaring Gary Kemp, 40 Years And 4000 Hours
30: Three Hours In And Soaring Over The Continental Divide With John Pickard & Clemens Ceipek
29: Turnpoints & Cloud Streets Jim Zombakis
28: Open House & Celebrating Soaring
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