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Airspeed Hits a Million

May 30, 2015 by 1 Comment

Airspeed MillionAs Airspeed has swung into a higher operational tempo with the recent River Days airshow episodes, I’ve had more frequent occasion to be logged into Libsyn, uploading and managing the episodes. And a funny thing happened. The odometer on downloads passed 1,000,000.

Airspeed moved to Libsyn during the second year of the show’s production.  And many episodes are served through other providers, so the real number is likely larger.  And a million is really just an arbitrary number.  But a million is a million and deserves at least this modest note.

I realize that there are shows that get that kind of exposure in weeks or months. But that’s okay. Airspeed isn’t for everyone. The show goes really deep and follows the passions of those who love to fly fast, slow, and upside down and want to understand how it’s done.  And, based on the people who flag me down or comment on the show, it reaches the people I most want to reach. Influencers, thought leaders, and  dreamers.  I couldn’t ask for a better audience. I’m talking to the people about whom I most care.

Thanks for listening and watching. There’s more where that came from!

 

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Rules of Engagement 2014 – Audio Episode Show Notes

June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment

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 These are the show notes to an audio episode. You can listen to the show audio by clicking here:  http://traffic.libsyn.com/airspeed/AirspeedRoEWithPreRoll.mp3.  Better yet, subscribe to Airspeed through iTunes or your other favorite podcatcher. It’s all free!

We’re taking a break from the usual avgas and airshow smoke here on Airspeed to go a little meta.  A few years ago, I wrote a FAQ section for the website.  I called it the Airspeed Rules of Engagement.  Mostly the backstory of the show and information about who I am, what I do, the philosophical bent of the show, and other information about why Airspeed exists and where it’s going.  I turned it into an audio episode and, strangely enough, it has become one of the most popular episodes and resulted in a lot of feedback.

So I thought I’d take an episode and update the Rules of Engagement here in Airspeed’s ninth year.  Here we go.

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The Airspeed Rules of Engagement are available here.

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I’m very proud of what Airspeed has become.  I was standing in a photo pit at an airshow a few weeks ago when a guy turned around upon hearing my voice and said, “Hey!  You’re him!”  It’s a great feeling when that happens and it happens more than I ever expected it to.

And I get e-mails from some of you who tell me that you’ve started flight training.  Or re-started flight training.  Or re-re-started or as many “re’s” as life makes necessary.  Some of you have undertaken other projects or begun or continued other journeys that are just as compelling.  Some of you tell me that you’ve made astonishing, terrifying, and courageous decisions and that something I said had a part in getting you on that trajectory.  Wow.  Just wow.

Brian Eno is reputed to have said that the Velvet Underground’s first album sold only 30,000 copies, but “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.”  If you happen to be in search of a proper measure of real success and a life well-lived, may I tender Brian Eno’s words as an excellent candidate.  And, though Airspeed is far from the “30,000” and “everyone” parts, some of you who have “started a band.”  In fact, many of you have.  You have flown, written, played, spoken, sung, counseled, taught, and – most of all – dared.

I am proud of Airspeed for many reasons.  But that’s the big one.  If something I said was a part of you daring to do a worthy thing, I’m flattered beyond any real ability to describe it.  Thanks for joining me on this journey.  And for what you’re going to do next.  And the thing after that.

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This episode’s Audible selection is The Martian by Andy Weir.  Get is for free today when you sign up for a free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/AIRSPEED.

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Subscribe on Facebook for More Immediate Airspeed Content

February 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment

When we decided to re-tool the Airspeed website, we also worked out a strategy to more fully connect Airspeed to other social media.  The show notes and the blog here at airspeedonline.com hold the long-form, detailed commentary that you’ve come to expect from the show and its related projects.  But you can also subscribe to get all of the as-it-happens content.  Here’s how!

Head over to Steve Tupper’s timeline on Facebook.  It’s at www.facebook.com/StephenLTupper.   Then click the “Subscribe” button (highlighted by the arrows above).  And done!  It’s that simple.

Thanks to Mark Curtis and the folks at C3Designs, we’re rapidly adding tentacles to the Airspeed octopus!

Keep coming to the website for show notes, think-pieces, and the rest of the in-depth content that you expect from Airspeed.  But, if I walk out of the flight surgeon’s office cleared to fly at some Air Force base or Naval Air Station, the as-it-happens commentary will be available immediately through the Facebook subscription feed and it’ll land right in your brain automatically.

Just another way that we’re making great content even more available to the best audience in all of online media:  You!

 

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