Second Hand Planes This week join the guys as they discuss purchasing second hand airplanes. Everyone has a story about buying a used plane but this week the guys take you through some of the items to watch for when you agree to purchase second hand. Some items are excellent buys and others can be your worst nightmare. Join us as we go through what…

Gunsmoke 2024 This week we recount Shannons trip to Gunsmoke 2024. Shannon takes us through getting his airplane ready and what it took to compete in this years event. The event was hosted by Arizona Model Aviators in Mesa, AZ and had about 13 pilots competing Lots of fun to be had and the T-28 was a winner. Michael finished the motion RC OV-10 tha…

Warbirds and Classics AZ This week we join AZ Mike and Shannon at the warbirds and classics 2024 held here in Phoenix, AZ. We are joined by special guest Scott Berryman from Boulder, CO. This is Scotts first warbirds and classics event and we discuss our favorite planes and the flying we were able to do and some of the amazing things we saw during …

Happy Birthday Jay Last week our Host Jay from the Hills of Texas had a birthday, join the guys as they discuss the package that arrived at his door. Jay walks us through his gift from AZ Mike and gets it ready for maiden. AZ Mike also picks up a few new airframes just in time for Warbirds and Classics being held in Phoenix AZ. We appreciate everyo…

RedBeard Reviews RC – Shawn Lang During this years Arizona Electric Festival the ParkFlyer Podcast Staff had the wonderful pleasure of hanging out with Shawn Lang, who has a you tube channel called Red Beard Reviews RC. Shawn tells us his story of working with his grandfather to get into RC flying and the bond that RC flying was able to bring to th…

AZEF 2024 – Part 2 Join the guys as they wrap up this years AZEF. This week was fantastic and lots of flying by the guys. Shannon wraps up the AZEF and touches on the highlights of the weekend. Pilot raffle was a huge win for everyone and our Hosts won airplanes. This year was filled with great fun, friends and flying. AZ Mike wins an award and is …

AZEF 2024 – Part 1 Welcome to the AZEF. This is the 20th year of this event and we are excited to be a part of the festivities. Day one was spent setting up and dodging winds and weather and finishing up putting all the aircraft together and charging batteries. This year we added some video to our podcast over on our you tube channel and spent the …

Avanti S V2 This week we discuss the upgrades to the Avanti S version 2. One of our listeners, Scott, purchased an Avanti S from motion RC and had it shipped to AZ Mikes place for a quick build and set up. After opening the box and putting it all together we noticed a few upgrades from version one. After a little research it has come to our attenti…

Welcome to 2024 Welcome to 2024 everyone! As we launch into our 9th season here at the Parkflyer Podcast we cover the first quarter events of the new year. First up is Winter Warbirds followed by the AZEF 20th year. This quarter will also feature Warbirds and Classics and GunSmoke. We are excited to have Shannon join us as a host this year and look…

Merry Christmas 2023 Merry Christmas from the hosts of the Parkflyer Podcast! Join the guys as they discuss the early Christmas presents and the upcoming year. Thanks to everyone who has reached out to us over the year letting us know of any technical difficulties we have experienced. We always love to hear from our listeners and look forward to se…

Mesa Jet Rally 2023This week join the guys as they discuss the Mesa Jet Rally. Shannon and Michael attended the Jet Rally this year and both had lots of fun and lots of flying. Shannon recounts thursday and Friday fun and Michael walks us through the events on saturday. Congratulations to Shannon for his Trophy this weekend. Subscribe to our you Tu…

AZEF Preview 2024Join us this week as we make a request for any Black Friday sales items that you might know about and make sure to check our Facebook page for sale items that come up as we post them on our page so everyone can take advantage of them. Join Michael and Shannon at the 35th annual Mesa Jet Rally in Mesa,AZ. Finally the guys discuss th…

Scale Masters IIHAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week join the guys as they discuss Shannons trip to Scale Masters again. Last episode we mentioned that Shannon had completed again in the scale masters and this week we get to hear how he did. Scale Masters was held in Phoenix AZ and Shannon picked up a new aircraft to compete with this go around. Shannon walk…

Best In the West 2023Join Michael and Shannon as they discuss the best in the west Jet rally for 2023. Michael and Barry headed out early to Buttonwillow, CA to attend this years event. Fun was had by all and the only jet that didn't come home in one piece was the HAVOC. Join the guys as they discuss the flying and troubles during the week. Shannon…

How do I get a FRIAThis week we join the guys with Special Guest Gary J Porter.. Join Shannon and Gary as they discuss how they got their FRIA and the application and approval process. Remote ID is here and although it has been postponed for six months people are still waiting for their FRIA approval. Garry helps us understand the process and how t…

Flying the DolphinThis week we join the guys as they discuss Jim's new Dolphin gas airplane. As you may know version one of the Dolphin met its demise a few months ago and Jim has been looking for a new one but had no luck. AZ Mike found an Ebay ad that said they had some available and forwarded it over. In just a few days Jim received his new plan…

Shannon in HawaiiThis week join the guys as they discuss Shannons trip to Hawaii. We want to reach out to all the victims on Maui that have lost their homes and to those that have lost loved ones and share our deepest heartfelt sorrow. .We will keep everyone on that island in our prayers and hope and pray for a speedy recovery and know that our hea…

AZ Mike In TexasAZ Mike gets lucky as work brings him into Austin. Jay oversleeps and leaves Mike at the airport waiting but recovers in time to get hm back for some fun. Mike looks over the Ultra Mini Stick and suggests some repairs. After fixing it dinner was served and the guys headed to the field to test out the repairs and fly the Bison. AZ Mi…

Jay's Day at the fieldJoin the guys as they discuss Jays day at the field. Jay gets to fly the Sopwith Camel again and with no wind has a great time puttering around the sky. Flying the camel proves to be challenge but the finish is a greaser!. Jim takes the dolphin up again but much to his dismay it had other plans. AZ Mike is still out on his roa…

The VIsit IIJoin the guys as they follow up on AK Mikes second visit down to Jays field. Jay and Jim fly some gas airplanes and Jim brings out the WWI airplane. Jay takes a turn on the sticks and they head back to the house to charge batteries. Todays safety tip is brought to you by Jay and what to look for when parallel charging big batteries.…

The VisitAK Mike takes a road trip down to Jays place to have him help out with he Birthday present. Join the guys as they discuss the repairs of the ZOHD plane and the re-maiden. Things were set to go well and after a few troubled gyro set up mistakes they head to the field. AK Mike walks us through the ups and downs of this crazy weekend.…

BIG Jolt IIJoin the guys as Shannon discusses his trip out to california to the Big Jolt 2 Electric EDF event. Shannon heads out on an all electric weekend complete with electric transportation. AZ Mike informs the guys that he was able to secure the Skylink Cessna from Big Mikes estate.By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

Shannon's MaidenIn this episode join the guys as they discuss Shannon's maiden of the Big turbo Duster he just picked up. Shannon heads to the field to put it through its paces but the airplane had other ideas. Shannon takes us through the build, set up and flight and the mishaps that sometimes happen on maiden flights.…

Happy BDay AK MikeAs we continue the Birthday episodes Join the guys as they discuss AK Mikes new gift from the guys. AK Mike gets a big brown box for his birthday and his only clue is the return label that has the hobby shop address on it. Unlike some people he actually waited till his actual birthday to open it. AK Mike takes us through the very …

Happy Bday AZ MikeWell its that time of year again where the Mike's have birthdays. In this episode Join the guys as they discuss AZ Mike's gift. Looks like the guys got tired of producing products for AZ Mike and decided to make him do some of the work himself. Unfortunately the box that arrived had a huge picture of the contents of the box, so wi…

Shannon at GunsmokeShannon G heads off to the Gunsmoke contest and submits his aircraft for judging and flight. He takes us through what it takes to make it through the day of Judging. Jay and Jim head out to the field to do some flying and turns in to a great day! AK Mike is stuck with Dallas weather so no flights for him.…

Mike maidens the BisonShannon joins us again after getting bamboozled into the Gunsmoke qualifier, and takes us through how that happened. AZ Mike and Shannon recount the weekend at AZ warbirds and classics. Finally AZ Mike swings by Jay's place to maiden the Bison. Join the guys as they discuss the different events and flying the bison!. Lots of f…

Happy Birthday JayJay from the hills of Texas has a birthday and a coffin sized box showed up on his doorstep. Jay takes us through the new airframe he got on his birthday and some of the building struggles he encountered. AK Mike talks about taking his planes out to the field and trying to fly with Sarge.…

Gun Smoke 2023Join the guys this week as they bring back Shannon G and discuss the safety tip of the week. Always look over your planes before you fly something is always either loose or disconnected or in this case cut wires. Shannon takes us through what it takes to compete in Gun Smoke 2023 a Scale Masters Qualifier. This one will be held at the…

AEF 2023 Review Join the guys as they review the weekend fun at the AZEF 2023 with Jay and discuss meeting some new friends at the field. During the night fly Montana and Rochelle showed up looking for the event and wound up hanging out with us for a little bit Saturday night. Sunday morning they once again came by the field and AZ Mike gets to tes…

Arizona Electric Festival Part 2 Join the guys as they discuss Saturdays events at the AEF 2023. Saturday was nice weather and good flying had by all. Pilot raffle was fantastic and everyone received something. We wrap up the weekend with a night fly and look forward to next year.By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

AEF 2023Once again we attend the AEF here in Mesa Arizona. Join Michael and AK Mike as they enjoy the great weather and good friends and meet some new people. This episode covers Friday the first day of the festival and we are lucky to have Steve from FrSky on the podcast. With such great weather we were able to fly lots of planes and meet lots of …

Winter WarbirdsThis week Join the guys as they discuss getting prepped for the Winter Warbirds at Sun Valley Flyers club in Phoenix AZ. AZ Mike is working tirelessly to get the L-39 ready but in his haste creates a safety moment. When working around RC Planes there is always an opportunity to have something go wrong and thanks to Murphys Law it usu…

HELLO 2023Welcome to 2023 everyone. This year we have set New Years resolutions to build more airplanes and fly more at our fields. We have several events coming up....First up is Winter Warbirds held at Sun Valley Flyers club here in sunny Phoenix, AZ. Followed by the AZEF first week in February. But to start off the year AK Mike and Jay decided t…

SO Long 2022Well the year has come an gone and the guys say goodby to 2022. Michael and Jay discuss the fact that the years are clipping along at a faster pace as they get older. Michael shows off his addition to the turbine gear installed on the L39. Then they discuss working with Carbon fiber plates. Make sure you wear protective gear when doing …

SECIAL GUEST -AZEF 2023Join the guys as they have special guest Shannon Gallagher on the show to discuss the upcoming AZEF2023. This is Shannon's last year as the club president and being in charge of the event. Make sure you go register for the event to be in February 2023. Stop by and see Michael and Jay as they are usually podcasting from the ev…

Black Friday Sale Join Michael and Jay as they give a few suggestions for Black Friday. Every year the guys look around for the best sales during the Thanksgiving season and this year batteries were on the list. Several companies have some items on sale and the guys give you the places to find them. We wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving and ho…

Join the guys as they discuss Jims motor repair and the maiden flight afterwards. Jims repair works but now he has to fix the gear thanks to Jay. Join us for the rest of the storyBy Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIRJoin the guys as they discuss flying with Jim and having his electric motor failing. Jim asks all the right questions and with help from everyone he decides to take on the repair of his electric motor. Jay describes the flight and Michael provides the steps to rewind an electric motor. Thanks to some elbow grease and coaching J…

OCTOBER SAFETY TIPS Join Michael and Jay as they discuss safety tips for the RC Flyer. This week Michael recounts an article from his clubs newsletter "slow roll" which covers the use of preflights. Doing correct preflights at the house and field will make your day go well and keep your planes in shape. The article brought out the fact that you sho…

LABOR PLAY 2Join the guys as they continue to discuss the fun had by all on Labor Day. AZ Mike describes his plane flying through the fence and Jay discusses flying Jims gas airplane. We hope everyone had a great holiday and got out and flew their own planes. We also give a shout out to the Holly Springs Radio Control Group who had their annual Hol…

Join the guys as they discuss the Labor Day weekend of Play. AZ Mike builds a custom wire harness for the L-39 and Jay and AK Mike get together to fly planes with Jim. Fun is had by all and even though there were crashes they all got fixed and were back in the air for more RC fun!By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

CA to the RescueAfter several successful maiden flights on the Infinity Wing Mini, Michael and Jay tried to take flight once again. Much to our chagrin the exact same thing happened on both of the guys launches and the wings found the ground in a hurry. Join the guys as they discuss the disappointment of crashing their new Infinity Wings and how th…

AZ Mike and Jay continue the discussion of a new 3D printed airplane called the Infinity wing and other planes by 3d Aeroventures!By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

AZ Mike and Jay discuss the maiden of a new 3D printed airplane called the Infinity wing by 3d Aeroventures!By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

Mods Mods Mods In this episode we continue AK Mikes visit to Arizona and fly the fun racer at the field. We also meat a club member Jeff McCarthy who has done some incredible Modifications on his PBY and Cherokee Foam airplanes.By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

ransTRANSMORGIFYTRANSMORGIFYTransmorgify is the term that Jay used to address adding all the new functions on Jims radio. We originally thought that Jay was making up words as he is prone to do but Thanks to AK Mike he informed us that this is actually in the dictionary and Jay used it correctly...Very impressive! AK Mike gets to fly the L-39 and d…

The second half of the guys discussing proper thumb etiquette in a strong crosswind.By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

Flip flopping crosswinds made for an exciting day at the RC field! Jay's flying partner had a few mishaps that day. The boys discuss techniques on training for better crosswind landings and pattern work.By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host

Part II to "how do I chose the right Electric motor for a Glow plane?" AK Mike poses some follow questions to clarify the starting points when narrowing your Plane-Motor-Battery choices.By Michael Mohn / Jay Neeley - Host