Aviation Masters
Hosted by Mike Busch, Aviation Masters features in-depth conversations with the innovators, engineers, mechanics, and visionaries shaping the future of general aviation.Each episode dives into how these leaders got their start, what drives their work, and the breakthroughs…
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Inside the Race to 100 Octane Unleaded AvGas : Chris D'Acosta of Swift Fuels: (opens the original)
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For over a decade, general aviation has been chasing one elusive goal: a true 100-octane unleaded avgas that works across the entire piston fleet. Swift Fuels CEO Chris D'Acosta has been at the center of that effort since 2012, and in this episode, he lays out exactly where the industry stands, why the process has been so slow, and what's still ahead. If you fly a piston aircraft, this conversation matters to you. D'Acosta breaks down: ✅ which portion of the fleet is already covered by Swift's S
From the Constellation to the U-2: TWA Legend Barry Schiff Tells All (opens the original)
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Barry Schiff has 28,000 hours, 363 aircraft types, five world speed records, and a 34-year TWA career that ran from the Lockheed Constellation to glass-cockpit 767s, and he's still not done asking why airplanes are built the way they are. Along the way, Barry and Mike dig into the topics that matter most to working GA pilots and owners: why light-aircraft maintenance culture is stuck in the 1970s, the case for running engines well past TBO, the real danger window right after an annual inspection
Dynon Founder John Torode on Cheap Avionics, AI & the Engine Problem (opens the original)
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Physicist, chip designer, serial entrepreneur — and the man who spent 25 years making aviation cheaper. Host Mike Bush sits down with John Torode, founder of Dynon Avionics and Vashon Aircraft, for a wide-ranging conversation that runs from vacuum-tube computers and the birth of the PC to the $2,200 glass panel that upended general aviation. Along the way: GPS jamming, the brutal economics of FAA certification, what AI is really doing to software, the end of Moore's Law, and why getting an engin
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