Quick Tip: How to get into a Cessna 172 the EASY way

While at Oshkosh, the new Patrol caught my eye. It?s fuselage is skinner than the regular Bearhawk and it just looks cool, and like a lot of fun! Turns out, looks isn?t the only new thing with the 2-place Patrol.

WINGS OF MERCY (West Michigan Chapter) provides services for people with medical and pressing human needs who reside in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.

We take a look at the AvPad, an ingeniously simple product that solves two problems - holding your iPad (or iPad2) in the cockpit, and protecting it outside the cockpit. See the complete review at www.airplaneporn.com!

Here is our contest entry for the NFLIGHTCAM going to oshkosh video. Please view this on YOUTUBE and like our video. The video with the most LIKES wins!!!

We take a stroll down the ramp on the second day of OSH 11. We run into a Hatz biplane and a couple of nice midget mustangs. Crank up your speakers and enjoy the relaxing music.

We review the tiedown kit sold by Storm Force. Chris ties down a 172 and test out the kit. Check it out before you buy a tiedown kit!

When you hurt and you need to get there STAT you call this guy. Jean Denis Marcellin (@jdmarcellin on Twitter) blogs by night (http://jdmarcellin.wordpress.com) and is an EMS pilot by day flying the PC-12. I got the chance to interview Jean via phone (sorry no video for this one?) about his experience as an EMS pilot and what he likes to blog about.

I got a chance to catch Len between flights to talk about his website thepilotreport.com which is becoming the defacto standard place to go before buying an av-gadget. He does video reviews and has tons of material on the iPad and iPhone apps. In the interview we talk about how he got into flying, what the website is all about and even a little about flight crews using twitter. So go ahead and check it put. It's not like Oprah's running anymore.

Special thanks to Jim as he shows us the easy way to get into a Cessna 172. This is a great tip that everyone can use!

And that's exactly what Marilyn Dash told the guy asking her where the pilot was standing in front of her single seat Pitts in her flight suit. Duh....Marilyn went from driving past the airport to getting her pilots license to being qualified to race at Reno in about 3 1/2 years. AirplanePorn.com's Chris Batcheller interviews Marilyn about how she got her start in racing, how you can get started in racing. They also discuss the Reno gang and what it's like to zip around the pylons. She also talks about how aviation photographers play an important role from safety to making the airplanes faster.