COBA CanardCast

Canard Owners and Builders
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COBA CanardCast

COBA is the official organization for Canard enthusiasts. Combining the Central States Association (CSA) newsletter with the EZ.org community, the Canard Owners and Builders Association (COBA) is represented by it's membership base, website, this Podcast, Newsletters and canard gatherings and events. We are run and managed by a team of canard builders and owners who want to strengthen the Rutan-inspired aircraft community. Membership is $42 per year, and includes the quarterly CSA newsletter mailed to your address as well as full access to the resources of CanardOwners.com.

  1. Terry Fulwider SN#0001 LongEZ

    APR 1

    Terry Fulwider SN#0001 LongEZ

    Terry Fulwider was born in Calamus, Iowa and grew up in Waco, Texas. Terry has two grown children with his wife Lynn, and they now care for two cats and two dogs. They married at the 8A1 Guntersville airport aviation museum in 2013. After developing his musical career in Nashville over 20 years, he now makes his home Albertville, Alabama since 2014 where he works supporting the IT infrastructure at a poultry processing company. Terry’s Music career is grounded in his talent as a guitar player and his experiences playing the on the Honky-Tonk Highway in Nashville. Terry’s also gone on tour with well known American country music singer and songwriter Joe Diffie with whom Terry recorded a live album at Billy Bob’s in Dallas Texas. Terry also toured with country soul singer Billy Joe Royal whose song Down in the Boondocks became a hit in the 1960’s. Terry now has his own band and operates a recording studio in his home. He continues his service through music as a worship leader for his church. Terry’s hobbyist interest in mechanics took flight in his late teens though the restoration of his 1966 Chevelle with the help of his father and continues today with a project to refresh an earlier restoration of a custom 1968 Mercury Cougar. In 2008 Terry’s aviation engagement reached a significant milestone when he earned his PPL at Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport (KMQY). Terry is beginning the ambitious effort of building a Rutan LongEZ and is using OpenEZ LongEZ Plans to build Serial Number 0001 of the Fulwider LongEZ. In preparation for this episode, Terry shared with me a story about a time when he was listening to podcasts on a long drive and discovered the CanardCast episodes. He recalled the rewarding feeling of getting a chance to hear the voices of the people he’d been reading about online and through his research in the process of reviewing the plans and preparing his LongEZ build. I found this exciting to hear as it reinforced one of the goals for the CanardCast project. Terry’s interests and experiences all come together now: Media production and Sound Editing, mechanical vehicle restoration, Rutan canard builder, Pilot and IT Services support to perfectly cradle his new role at COBA. Let’s get to know our new producer, Terry a little more in the first episode of Season 4 of CanardCast!

    34 min
  2. Lochie Ferrier N656TE Ostroth Cozy MK IV

    05/09/2024

    Lochie Ferrier N656TE Ostroth Cozy MK IV

    Lochie Ferrier is a young test pilot who lives in Oakland, CA with his lady friend Cassidy, an accomplished pilot in her own right, as well as their Canard type-rated Labrador, Kane. His Cozy Mark IV N656TE built by Dr. Thane Ostroth is based at Hayward Municipal KHWD. Born in Armidale, Australia, Lochie moved to Canberra (Kan-brugh) Australia when he was 12, and then later to the United States in 2014 to attend college at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned an Aerospace Engineering Degree. He received his undergraduate in 2019 and is presently working towards his Masters in the area of flight testing. Lochie’s flown prototypes for the electric aircraft company Beta based in Burlington, Vermont including their electric design “Alia” for over 100 hours. He is presently working at Magpie Aviation in Hayward, CA. Although Lochie is new to the Canard Community and only recently began operating a Cozy Mark IV, his reach for the sky began in his youth where he learned to fly gliders back in Canberra.

    21 min
  3. Ken Miller N6KD MILLER/ROLLE Long Eze

    02/05/2024

    Ken Miller N6KD MILLER/ROLLE Long Eze

    Long EZ builder and canard driver Ken Miller chats about his experiences with host David Williford. Ken is an A&P with an I/A and has extensive experience with Canard aircraft. Ken was born in Glenwood Springs, Colorado in May of 1951 but considers himself a Texan having moved to Hartley, Texas in the Panhandle with his family when he was just a baby. Ken is a middle kid with two older brothers and one younger sister. The oldest brother earned his pilot’s license. Ken worked at his fathers tractor dealership in Hartley, and overhauled irrigation well engines in their spare time. In his senior year at Hartley High, Ken was the starting center in basketball, made all district and ranked very high in scoring and rebounds aided by his 6’ 5” frame. Ken went on to Texas Tech College in Lubbock until the summer of 1972 when he struck out for Dallas. There he shared a home in the Dallas suburb of Arlington with his older brother where he started flight lessons at Arlington Municipal Airport (KGKY). He flew both Cessna 150’s and 172’s and soloed with just six hours of total flight time. In 1980, with a fresh pilot license in hand, Ken started searching for his own airplane and was inspired by a friend who had just completed a Vari Eze. It was then he was bitten by the canard bug quickly partnering with an engineering friend to complete Long Eze plans #35 in just three years; FIRST fight on July 5th, 1984. Ken flew that Long EZ for 5 years before moving to Florida with his fiancé, Diane. Diane and Ken met at Addison airport where she was taking flight lessons. Once in Florida, Ken and Diane built their own Long EZ (N6KD), incorporating many enhancements. They flew N6KD all over the US., landing in most of the 48 states and with many wonderful flying adventures. Let’s listen to a few!

    29 min
  4. Antonio Becerra N48AD Rose Cozy MkIV

    05/01/2023

    Antonio Becerra N48AD Rose Cozy MkIV

    Today we have a special interview. We were able to record some conversations immediately following a pilot’s debriefing immediately following his first flight in a Cozy at Mojave Air and Spaceport. We will also get to listen in to his report home to his wife after is successful solo. Antonio Becerra is a Director and Cinematographer from Oregon. Antonio fell in love with photography as a 12-year-old who learned the art of developing photos from his father. He later earned a Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in the areas of Photography, Film Studies, and Education from Oregon State. This former adjunct professor of photography at Oregon State University follows his passion for visual storytelling all over the country and his work appears in countless publications including The New York Times and Time Magazine. An accomplished director and cinematographer, Antonio has created dozens of TV commercials in 9 states, and photographed the ad campaigns for 15 current members of Congress. His company is Alteza Films. https://www.altezafilms.com/ Today Antonio enjoys capturing aerial images and traveling to work sites in his Cozy IV N48AD formerly known as N287R. Antonio is new to Canards and Aviation with 100 hours and is currently pursuing his instrument rating. Antonio speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese, and currently resides in Corvallis Oregon.

    50 min
  5. Sarah Williford and her Dad N909EZ StaggerEZ: What is it like to have family fly with you?

    04/01/2023

    Sarah Williford and her Dad N909EZ StaggerEZ: What is it like to have family fly with you?

    Good Day and thank you for joining us for CanardCast, Episode 2 of Season 3! This is an interview from a different perspective in which we get to see a little of the canard experience from the viewpoint of our kids. In this interview, 24 year old Sarah Williford and her Father David Williford reminisce over some past father-daughter canard moments with the StaggerEZ N909EZ including memories of past flying lessons, animal runway incursions, "turns around a point" lessons, weight and balance vs minimum equipment list for her college dorm, instrument flying....well, sort of...if you count waking up in clouds. Sarah is the youngest of two, her older brother Ryan is a student pilot. She is a Graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University. She is an elementary teacher of music and is the kind of daughter every father can be proud of. Let's listen in!

    27 min
  6. David Williford N909EZ Wright StaggerEZ

    04/01/2023

    David Williford N909EZ Wright StaggerEZ

    In this episode, we will get to know your CanardCast host David Williford and his aircraft N909EZ a little better. David Willford joined the Canard Owners and Builders CanardCast team as Host last season. David is now the care taker, pilot and restorer of a very special three place pusher canard with unique staggered seating arrangement as well as a dizzying array of builder enhancements based at McKinney National KTKI. StaggerEze, built by Steve Wright, won Grand Champion Plans Built at Sun and Fun in 2005. Steve Wright also earned the Rutan Designer’s Award for his, Built “to the plans” Vari-Eze N9091A in 1986. David and his wife Ginger of 32 years live in a Dallas suburb called "The Colony" and have two adult kids, 27 yr old son Ryan and his daughter 24 year old Sarah who teaches elementary school music in the DFW area. David is retired from a successful career in Information Technology. Following this interview, you can find CanardCast Episode 2 simultaneously released where David and his daughter share a conversation on the topic of canard flights. I conducted this interview with David in-person at his home studio and workshop in Texas. I hope you enjoy this episode and all the rest coming in Season 3!

    26 min
  7. Formation Flying CanardCast May 2022

    06/05/2022

    Formation Flying CanardCast May 2022

    On this edition of CanardCast, I have the distinct pleasure of interviewing not one, but two great canard drivers and canard instructors! Mr. Jim Springer is not only an amazing canard aviator, but has now organized the first sponsored, Canard Formation Flying Clinic! This clinic was just held a couple of weeks ago. With lot of help from others, I can tell you this formation flying clinic was a sterling success. In addition to Jim, I’m also talking to Sir Ryszard Zadow.  He is President of the nonprofit RAFE. That’s the Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience. Ryszard has over 34,000 hours flying with over 23,000 hours multi engine. He has extensive hours flying formation. One of his favorite expressions is, “You brief your flight and fly your brief”. I like that. During this dual interview, we are in a conference room at the airport in Covington, Tennessee. (Which is on the top side of Memphis.) Please forgive me for the audio quality on this one. I’ll go bask and improve it soon, but I want to get this CanardCast published now. Also, please lessen closely to hear an amazing Long EZ fly by during the interview!

    27 min
  8. The Bahama Bash 2022

    05/16/2022

    The Bahama Bash 2022

    On this addition of CanardCast, we depart from our usual format of interviewing someone for you and instead, just present you with a conversation that took place the large comfortable guest area at the Fernandez Bay Resort on Cat Island with a cool breeze flowing thru and the white sand and surf just steps away.

    15 min
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    COBA is the official organization for Canard enthusiasts. Combining the Central States Association (CSA) newsletter with the EZ.org community, the Canard Owners and Builders Association (COBA) is represented by it's membership base, website, this Podcast, Newsletters and canard gatherings and events. We are run and managed by a team of canard builders and owners who want to strengthen the Rutan-inspired aircraft community. Membership is $42 per year, and includes the quarterly CSA newsletter mailed to your address as well as full access to the resources of CanardOwners.com.

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    • Creator
      Canard Owners and Builders
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2025
    • Episodes
      18
    • Rating
      Clean
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      © Canard Owners and Builders
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