Airline startup? Or foundups? Need a job?

Recently a student sparked my interest in owning an airplane together. Being the way that I am, I lost allot sleep while researching. I don't tend to spend allot of money,and even a cheap aircraft would be my biggest purchase. So,I looked into exploiting any said purchase.

I've looked into a start up air charter as a way to solve quite a few of my personal goals, and do some good for others as well. This would be a part 135 charter. What this means is that I will be a little more flexible when it comes to departure times and locations. If the customer wants to leave at 2:00am from an airport that is only 5 miles from his house,we can do so. If you have flown commercially with say United, or American, then you have had to work around their schedule. Those airlines operate under part 121. There is very little flexibility for you under this system.

Need a job?

It's very difficult to get jobs in aviation. If you're a pilot, or business type marketing person, or have some other skill you think that I can use, send me a resume. We won't be ready for about a year, but why wait until then? Also, if you spread the word, and if it results in significant funding, I may hire you, or train you until I can hire you. *If you're a pilot, you know what that means. Yes, you do.

Where will I do business?
It's to be decided. I looked into certification in the USA under the FAA. It doesn't look to difficult,but will take time. I personally am biased towards business in Japan. And someone that I'm collaborating with has suggested Malaysia. Asia is a good choice. It's growing, and there are allot of customers there. Ultimately I'll go where the investors /customers are.

Which brings me to foundups. I'll leave contact info at the bottom. A few months ago,I looked into finding some Angel investors. Several wanted money that I didn't have. up front. It doesn't make since to me. Why should I pay five grand to fly your butt down here to discuss funding that isn't guaranteed? AND you want control of my company too? It sounds like a way to get free vacations, and after he has enough, then * maybe he will invest in a company. Probably not mine. Foundups is a corporation started by Michael J. Trout. His goal is to take the power away from the institutional machine, and put it in the hands of small investors, and this companies that they invest in. He will help start 100 companies (mine is one) for the first year. It's the alpha 100 program. His company is in the initial phase and he's looking to launch in November 2011. I'm sure there is room for a few more companies, but if you miss your chance, then you'll have to wait until next year. Its free,so if you have an idea,give it a try. There isn't much to lose,and you will meet allot of people with the same goals.

We're working on naming the company now, so in a few days, (hopefully,) I'll have something concrete. Until then, foundups info-

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Bastrop Texas Fires Aftermath - Aerial Video

Last week, near Bastrop Texas, a wild fire burned nearly 34000 acres, 600-1000 homes, and killed at least 2 people. It's been in national news all week. But no one is talking about the many fires that have been sprouting up all around Austin lately due to our drought, and watering ban. About one week prior to this fire, a rather large(but small in comparison) fire raged west of Bastrop on 8/5/2011. It was put out within a day by small aircraft with payloads of water and retardant.

Why then did the fire last week get so out of control? There were places where embers actually flew over the Colorado river and ignited brush on the other side. After Fukushima and a flooded nuclear power plant(Fort Calhoun)which also lost cooling due to a fire, our government would be a little more proactive. The Bastrop fire was within 5 miles of Sim Gideon Power Plant. While not a nuclear power plant, losing it could tax the infrastructure beyond limits. All this after requiring Texans to participate in mandatory blackouts.

So, let me get this straight.
A.Smaller planes carrying retardant could have put the fire out before it raged out of control?

B.After getting big enough to require a DC-10 Tanker, it still wasn't deployed due to
"delays in preparing the fire-retardant mixing facility" at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport?

C.Even though this was "the most destructive single wildfire in Texan history," the DC-10
tanker was sent to Houston before complete containment of the Bastrop Fires?

Is FEMA responsible? Did they tell Texas Fire Fighters to Stand down?
Do you think that Rick Perry will Be more concerned with the American people, and less concerned about his pointy
boots if he's elected president? The Gulf oil spill was Obama's Katrina. This is Rick Perry's Katrina. At least Obama, and Bush became president before 'not doing their job.'

Cockpit recording

I was asked by a few people on YouTube, how to record cockpit audio properly. You will need the following:
a camera with a microphone in jack. Mine has a 1/8" jack.


an attenuating cable like this one from Radio Shack. It's important to get this one, and not just a normal extension. This is an example of audio using a regular cable. And this is an example of audio using the cable from radio shack.

You will also need an adapter1/8" to 1/4.

If you are flying alone, you can simply plug your camera in any spare socket, but if you are flying with a full airplane, you will need a Splitter so that your headset and camera can share a socket.

Just adjust volumes to your liking, and you should be good to go. Here's a video of my setup.