OpenAirplane with Rod Rakic

Airspeed by Stephen Force

Nov 30, 201449:40Games & Hobbies

An interview with OpenAirplane co-founder Rod Rakic, as well as an account of my own OpenAirplane Universal Pilot Checkout at Crosswinds Aviation at Livingston County Airport (KOZW) in Howell, Michigan.

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