LEARN TO FLY DAY: THE EPILOGUE
Pilot Journey's Gary Bradshaw speaks with Glenn Pew about the stunning successes (and a few unexpected failures) of Learn to Fly Day.

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LEARNING TO FLY KNOWS NO GENDER (BUT IT DOES HAVE ITS OWN DAY)
May 15 is International Learn to Fly Day, and there's a push on to interest girls in aviation, since only about six percent of the pilot population is female. AVweb's Russ Niles spoke with Lt. Col. Maryse Carmichael, the new commanding officer of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, about pursuing your aviation dreams.

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JEFF WISE, AUTHOR OF EXTREME FEAR: THE SCIENCE OF YOUR MIND IN DANGER
Science writer Jeff Wise, who is also a private pilot, discovered his own fear response when an assignment required him to bungee-jump off a cliff. He then wrote a book that explores the inner workings of our brains under stress, using many examples of aviators coping with extreme situations. He found that by understanding our own subconscious mechanisms, we can identify strategies to cope with and overcome fear. AVweb's Mary Grady interviewed Wise by phone at his home in New York City.

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THE STORIED HISTORY OF THE OSPREY, WITH AUTHOR RICHARD WHITTLE
The first fatal crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey in Afghanistan this April served as a reminder of the aircraft's costly and deadly development history — but comparing the current aircraft to the development aircraft may be apples to oranges. AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with Richard Whittle, author of the newly released book The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey.

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