Eaa's The Green Dot

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew was joined by Dr. Jennifer Levasseur, museum curator of the space history department at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The resulting conversation covered everything from Jennifer’s entrance into her field to different kinds of space toilets, which is a popular topic at the Smithsonian.

Ken Strmiska, EAA’s vice president of philanthropy and donor stewardship, joined The Green Dot crew for the newest episode of the podcast. Ken spoke about his first experiences with aviation, how he came to love it, and why he enjoys his work ensuring that the various programs and initiatives EAA uses to carry out its mission are monetarily possible.

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew was joined by Sebastien Heintz, president and CEO of Zenith Aircraft Company. Zenith turned 25 this year, and Sebastien, EAA Lifetime 386637, spoke at length about the past, present, and future of his builder-friendly kit-building company, plus the deep connection it has with EAA.

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew was joined by Thomas Baron and Justin Zhou, two of the winners of the 2017 Founder’s Innovation Prize. Their award-winning idea, the Remora System, uses a pod mounted under the wing to send airspeed and angle of attack to a head-mounted display for pilots to have access to the data without having to turn their head unnecessarily.

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew was joined by John Egan and David Leiting to discuss the work they both do for EAA’s chapters department.

On the newest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the team was joined by Adam and Kara White to discuss the variety of aviation projects they work on, including films and a book Kara wrote entitled My Very Dearest Anna, which explores letters her grandfather and grandmother exchanged while he served during World War II. 

On the most recent episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the team was joined by legendary aircraft designer and EAA board member Richard VanGrunsven to discuss the history of Van’s Aircraft, the most popular RV models, and why flying an RV brings that signature grin to a pilot’s face.

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew sat down with Radek Wyrzykowski, EAA IMC program manager and president and founder of the IMC Club, to discuss the differences between IMC and VMC flying, the importance of learning how to handle both sets of circumstances, and the beginnings of the IMC Club.

On the newest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the hosts were joined by Vice President of Communities and Member Programs Rick Larsen and Vice President of Advocacy and Safety Sean Elliot, who both work on preparing features and attractions for AirVenture, to break down their individual experiences during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 and share personal highlights of aviation’s family reunion.

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, legendary Apollo astronaut Walter Cunningham joined the show to answer questions about his time with NASA in the 1960s and ’70s, other ventures heading to space, and the change in culture that’s taken place during his lifetime. This episode was recorded live during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, with an audience made up of AirVenture attendees who joined The Green Dot crew in the Welcome Center on Thursday, July 27.

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot we meet Lt. Tyler Davies, who is currently No. 6 with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Tyler gave great insights into the training routine of the Blues, his personal history with aviation, what he’s looking forward to about coming to AirVenture, and the story behind his call sign: “Feedbag”.

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot we meet Dennis Dunbar, director of AirVenture air show operations. Anyone who knows Dennis knows he is full of great stories, and he brought some of those to this episode of The Green Dot. This podcast is an interesting look at what goes into making an air show like EAA AirVenture Oshkosh happen, as well as a glimpse into Dennis’ introduction to aviation at a young age, and much more.

This week we have a special emergency edition of The Green Dot. Hal, Tom, and guest host Mack Dickson sit down with EAA CEO and Chairman of the Board Jack J. Pelton to discuss the air traffic control privatization legislation currently being debated in Congress. This episode covers the details of the proposal, the grave impact it could have on general aviation, and how members of the aviation community can get involved.

This week on EAA’s The Green Dot we meet our fearless leader, Jack J. Pelton, CEO and chairman of the board at EAA. Jack has a rich history in aviation and plenty of stories and memories to share, and luckily for us he was willing to do so on this episode. This podcast is a great look at how fun it is for us at EAA to interact with Jack on a daily basis, although there’s no replacement for the real thing.

This week we meet the EAA government advocacy team, including Vice President of Advocacy and Safety Sean Elliott, Senior Government Advocacy Specialist Mack Dickson, and our own podcast host, Government Relations Director Tom Charpentier. Sean, Mack, and Tom provide an overview of EAA’s government advocacy work, including the recently implemented BasicMed medical certification rule, EAA’s work to bring inexpensive retrofit equipment to type-certificated aircraft, and new policy that expands legal protections on hangar use.

This week we welcome Charlie Precourt. Charlie resides on EAA's board of directors and is the vice president and general manager of Propulsion Systems Division at Orbital ATK. He has built a VariEze that first flew in 1987. A veteran of four space flights and member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame, Charlie held several management positions within NASA, including deputy program manager for the International Space Station, chief of the Astronaut Corps, and director of operations for NASA at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.

This week we welcome Dick Knapinski, EAA's Director of Communications. We know that getting into—and around at—AirVenture may raise more questions than answers, especially for newbies, so Dick helps us simplify things, and debunk a few myths along the way.

This week we welcome John Monnett, a multi-thousand-hour private pilot with both glider and float plane ratings and an A&P Mechanic, who discusses his many designs and history of Sonex Aircraft.

In this episode, we hear from EAA director of publications Jim Busha about the things he’s seen during an epic story-gathering trip to Florida. Jim talks about his visits to Spruce Creek, the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, a celebration of Mustangs at Stallion 51, and shares with us some of the cool stuff he’s seen so far at the SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In & Expo. We even got him to do his world-famous impersonation of one of our hosts.

Welcome to EAA's second episode of The Green Dot, a podcast for those who fly for the love of it or are simply fascinated by the world of flight. The Green Dot features EAA news, general aviation topics, history, personal experiences from the hosts and a variety of guests, and anything fun, interesting, or cool in and around the world of flight. This episode features guest Mikey McBryan from the TV show Ice Pilots NWT, who visited us at EAA recently to share his arctic flying experiences at our monthly museum speaker series. The show focuses on the adventures at Buffalo Airways, a family-run airline operating vintage propliners in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Currently Ice Pilots is available on Netflix.