{{Other uses|Flight Time (disambiguation){{!}}Flight Time}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=May 2024}} {{Promotional|date=February 2018}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox radio show | name = FlightTime Radio | image = FlightTime Radio Show logo.png | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = '''''FlightTime Radio''' - In the Air, On the Air, and Over the Internet!'' | other_names = | format = Aviation Radio Programming | runtime = Saturday morning | start_time = | end_time = | runtime_note = | country = United States | language = English | home_station = [[WBOB (AM)|WBOB]] AM-600, FM-100.3 and FM-107.7 | syndicates = | television = | presenter = | starring = C. Willwerth, Co-Host M. Shirley, Co-Host | announcer = | creator = | writer = | director = | senior_editor = | editor = | producer = The FlightTime Radio Show | exec_producer = | narrated = | rec_location = | rem_location = | oth_location = | first_aired = {{Start date|2008|01|05}} | last_aired = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | opentheme = | othertheme = | endtheme = | sponsor = | website = {{URL|www.flighttimeradio.com|flighttimeradio.com}} | podcast = {{URL|www.flighttimeradio.com/Podpage.htm}} }}
'''The FlightTime Radio Show''' is a weekly aviation [[radio program]] based in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida]]. The program delivers tips and information on all aspects of [[aviation]] to both pilots and non-pilots. The show features a diverse range of guests, from [[World War II|WWII]] [[veteran]]s to present-day students, pilots, and astronauts.
==History== In June 2006, the city of [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[Florida]], passed an ordinance prohibiting citizens from working on aircraft at home.<ref name="AMT Society">{{cite web |last=Danes |first=Lisa |date=12 January 2011 |title=Homebuilders Unfairly Targeted in Florida Ban |url=http://www.amtonline.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=3213 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716082509/http://www.amtonline.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=3213 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |website=amtonline.com}}</ref> The law specifically targeted owners and builders of aircraft. Milford Shirley, President of [[Experimental Aircraft Association|EAA]] Chapter 193, and chapter members joined forces with members of EAA Chapter 1379 to challenge the ordinance. The efforts to repeal the ordinance were successful. In October 2007, the City Council voted unanimously to remove the law.<ref name="Aero-News Network19Oct07">{{cite web |date=19 October 2007 |title=EAA Members Celebrate Victory In Jacksonville |url=http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?printable=1&ContentBlockID=971043be-417b-4280-b700-80c74b45fd55 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=aero-news.net}}</ref>
In a radio interview during the repeal process, it was suggested to Mr. Shirley that a [[talk radio]] program about the fun and joy of flying, covering all aspects of aviation, would serve the community well.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
On January 5, 2008, ''FlightTime Radio'' produced its first live broadcast from the studios of [[WBOB (AM)|WBOB]] AM-1320.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-08 |title=Let's Go Flying!: Talk Radio |url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2009/august/pilot/lets-go-flying-talk-radio |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.aopa.org |language=en}}</ref> During its time on the air, ''FlightTime Radio'' changed its broadcast frequency to WBOB AM-1530 and is now on WBOB AM-600, FM-100.3, and FM-107.7, covering [[Northeast Florida]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} The change has considerably increased the broadcast area of the program. Since the first show, the program has aired ''live'' every Saturday morning. The programming is now available through many [[Podcast|PodCast]] outlets, The ''FlightTime Radio Show'' is also available four times each day, seven days per week, on the world's only 24-hour internet aviation radio station, [http://www.flightlineradio.com/indexb.html ''Flight Line Radio''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023433/http://www.flightlineradio.com/indexb.html |date=July 23, 2011 }}. The show is known for doing "live" remote broadcasts in support of aviation events. In early 2010, the show was invited to be broadcast by the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center|Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] during the [[National Air and Space Museum|National Air and Space Museum's]] annual Father's Day "Become a Pilot" celebration and was invited back for a second year in 2011.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} The hosts from the [http://www.AirplaneGeeks.com Airplane Geeks] podcast joined Milford and Charlie for that 2011 ''FlightTime Radio'' live broadcast, which was incorporated into [http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2011/06/21/episode-152-become-a-pilot/ ''Airplane Geeks Episode 152''].
In 2010, ''FlightTime Radio'' introduced a new segment called ''Flying Down Under.'' Produced by Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast in [[Australia]], the segment appears every two weeks and provides insight into the world of aviation in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-07-31 |title=Introducing "Flying Down Under" on Flight Time Radio – Southern Skies Media |url=https://southernskiesmedia.com.au/2010/07/31/introducing-flying-down-under-on-flight-time-radio/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
The ''FlightTime Radio Show'' was thought at the time to be the only ''live'' over-the-air aviation broadcast in the world. Show sponsors include the Piper Aircraft Company, among others.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
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==External links== * [http://www.flighttimeradio.com Official FlightTime Radio site] * [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=241350643173 Official FlightTime Radio Facebook site] * [http://www.planecrazydownunder.com Official Plane Crazy Down Under Site]
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