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107: Nixus Fly-By-Wire Project & Long Cross Country Flights: Zach Yamauchi Interview

107: Nixus Fly-By-Wire Project & Long Cross Country Flights: Zach Yamauchi Interview

FromSoaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast


107: Nixus Fly-By-Wire Project & Long Cross Country Flights: Zach Yamauchi Interview

FromSoaring the sky a glider pilot‘s Podcast

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our guest today is Zach Yamauchi a 23 year old glider pilot and Aerospace Engineer currently  working for a company foccused on unmanned aircraft. Zach learned how to fly gliders while attending Cal Poly. He also had the oppertunity to work on the Nixus project, The first general aviation project using a 28 meter glider wing using fly-by-wire technology. Zach will share with us more on this project as well as other soaring adventures he has had.

(01:11) Listener logbook. Christopher Stevenson returns with a new listener logbook as he chats with some west coast pilots about some recent winter flights they had.

(01:13:50) Sergio the soaring master is back with us with a brand new segment called, should I stay or should I go. All this and more now on episode 107 of Soaring the sky!

 

 
Released:
Dec 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Soaring the sky is an aviation podcast all about the adventures of flying sailplanes and many other aircraft we love to fly. Join Chuck as he shares his adventures and talks with other aviators around the globe. You never know who my be the next guest on Soaring the sky.