12 episodes

From the first spark of aviation curiosity, to first flight, to going solo to a professional career Sam (our baby boomer) Parky (our gen X-er) and Luke (our gen Y-er) pursue the Spirit of Flight in a series of informal conversations which you get to listen in on. We hope our little podcast will illuminate the true Spirit of flight as you listen to the training, the knowledge and the attitude it takes for aviators to finish a flight and radio in ‘cancel sarwatch’. Hope you enjoy our conversation and please rate and comment if you like what you hear on Soundcloud, iTunes or Facebook…

the Cancel Sarwatch Podcast with Sam, Parky and Luke

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From the first spark of aviation curiosity, to first flight, to going solo to a professional career Sam (our baby boomer) Parky (our gen X-er) and Luke (our gen Y-er) pursue the Spirit of Flight in a series of informal conversations which you get to listen in on. We hope our little podcast will illuminate the true Spirit of flight as you listen to the training, the knowledge and the attitude it takes for aviators to finish a flight and radio in ‘cancel sarwatch’. Hope you enjoy our conversation and please rate and comment if you like what you hear on Soundcloud, iTunes or Facebook…

    12. First Anzac Flight

    12. First Anzac Flight

    Today a special Anzac Day podcast as we discuss the convergence of the Spirit of Flight with the Spirit of Anzac in an epic account of Aussie VC winner Frank McNamara during World War 1. It’s the 100th anniversary of Australian Army pilot Frank McNamara being awarded the Victoria Cross and its a fascinating, inspiring story. Plus, Sam, Luke and I talk about our own special Anzac Day experiences from Australia and abroad with our three different generational perspectives 22 years and 44 years apart and right at the end Sam shares an amazing rescue story from his police air wing days.

    Our Learn more ‘show links’ from today: Check out the book ‘Bravest’ by Robert Macklin, https://www.amazon.com/Bravest-Australias-Greatest-Heroes-Medals/dp/1742375847

    • 41 min
    11. First Flight Test First License...

    11. First Flight Test First License...

    Today Luke flies his first flight test, gets his first license and then drops a clanger. Will he continue on his piloting journey?

    Flight tests have been known to make the bravest of pilots break into a nervous sweat. In fact its probably one of the most humbling things a pilot can do. The facade is put to the test of the (hopefully) unyelding, unbiased standards of a formal test. Think driving test but at least an extra dimension worse — literally.

    Today we talk through tests old and new and find out what Luke’s thinking about in terms of his future. All this and more on today’s show.

    Our Learn more Show Links:

    Wikipedia’s article on ‘Aviation in the pioneer era’: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_the_pioneer_era

    First Australian Woman Pilot License Holder: Nancy Bird-Walton: http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/early-austn-aviation

    First Aviation License awarded to William Hart of Sydney, NSW: http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/articles/3105

    First Suspension: From National Archives: http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=32078349&T=PDF

    And the dangers of an early flight test: https://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1-flying/

    • 40 min
    10. First Ground Exam

    10. First Ground Exam

    On today’s show the freedom of the sky is replaced by the necessary tedium of ground theory and examination. Before a pilot gets to fly free with their own license there’s a bunch of theory they have to jam into their heads. This ranges from aerodynamics, to meteorology, to aircraft systems to air law, morse code, human physiology and psychology, dangerous goods, risk management, human factors, and the list goes on. As a matter of fact I laid out all the reference books we’re supposed to know as pilots and they filled my double bay garage floor. So its quite a feat to get all that stuff in your head and a even greater feat to pass all the relevant exams many of which have pass marks of 70 or 80 percent. Today we talk through the trials and tribulations of Luke’s first ground exam as well Sam’s first ground exam 40 odd years ago and mine some 20 years ago. Plus, in our retro-salute, we chat about how aviation ground exams were first carried out and discover an ironic new word: ‘picayune’.

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    Our learn more show link from Flying Magazine 1982:https://books.google.com.au/books?id=filryD-DNz0C&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=early+pilot+exam+from+1920s&source=bl&ots=kXBkhlc60q&sig=GQK2imIAY53wEyEhbxdCnpUyaF8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZtazQg7nSAhXEipQKHZhcD7UQ6AEIRzAH#v=onepage&q=early%20pilot%20exam%20from%201920s&f=true

    • 31 min
    09. First Advanced Manoeuvre

    09. First Advanced Manoeuvre

    On today’s show Luke experiences the fun, the coolness and the challenge of an advanced manoeuvre - in this case a short field take off in his little Tomahawk. Advanced manoeuvres require good judgement, common sense and practice — lots of it… Today we discuss Luke’s first experiences while Sam and I also talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of our own first experiences trying out advanced manoeuvres 44 and 22 years ago. Sam shares about the might Pilatus Porter while I reminisce about a crazy unusual attitude in my CT4B Aerotrainer. Plus, in our retro salute we harken back to the pioneering days of flight where, on the 14th November 1910, the first take off from a ship occurred - that definitely registers as an advanced manoeuvre and a short field take off in our book so we salute Eugene Ely on his very cool ‘first short field takeoff’ achievement here a century later on the Cancel Sarwatch Podcast.

    Our Learn more ‘show links’ from today: http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/uncategorized/eugen-ely-makes-naval-aviations-first-shipboard-launch/

    • 34 min
    8. First Area Command

    8. First Area Command

    Today, the umbilical cord is cut and Luke commands his Piper Tomahawk beyond the comfy but rather closeted skies of his home aerodrome. No more just taking off, circling and then landing back at the aerodrome for Luke. Today its solo out into the blue and green yonder of the area where runways are scarce, instructors are out of sight and its just Luke, his aeroplane and the big blue Aussie sky. We chat with Luke about his experience and at the same time Sam and I talk about our first area command experiences 22 and 44 years ago. Plus, in our retro salute we share an epic first area command not in the blue yonder but the black yonder of outer space. This salute’s in honour of the recent passing of John Glenn, NASA’s first man to orbit the earth. We wish we could have miked him up, bought him a coffee and chatted about his legendary area command but alas that was beyond the humble budget of our little podcast so we’ll just make do with reminiscing.

    Today's learn more links:
    John Glenn: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mark-and-scott-kelly-john-glenn-our-hero/2016/12/16/d4a09dce-befe-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.c2175b8989cd

    • 31 min
    7. First 'NO' Part 2

    7. First 'NO' Part 2

    Today it’s Part 2 of ‘First No’ after Luke calls it quits early on a solo circuit and says ’No’ to continuing. In Part 1 of ‘First No’, we talked back and forth for bunch of time on the art and science of saying ‘No’ and today in Part 2 we share a bunch more ’No’ stories… or at least maybe what should have been ’No’ stories and what happened as a result of not saying no…

    Our Learn More Show Links from Part 1 and Part 2
    1 . ABC News Helicopter Crash: http://www.cancelsarwatch.com/articles/experienced-at-what.html
    2. Manx2 Small Passenger Plane Crash: http://www.cancelsarwatch.com/articles/how-safety-power-is-like.html
    3. Lifeflight 8 Crash: http://www.cancelsarwatch.com/articles/do-not-go-quietly.html
    4. My Own 'Should Have Said No' Account: http://www.cancelsarwatch.com/articles/a-crane-a-collision-and-can.html
    5. Aeronauts and their Balloons: https://www.amazon.com/Aeronauts-Their-Balloons-Story-First-ebook/dp/B019L1U7RE

    • 23 min

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