Flight Line Internet Radio™ Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary of Radio Station Launch

Flight Line Internet Radio™ passes a milestone, achieving over 600,000 unique web site visits in the first year of existence.

Flight Line Radio launched Flight Line Internet Radio™ (FLiR), the worlds first "Aviation Radio Station", on October 1st, 2008 .

"We have primarily grown by word-of-mouth" says FLiR Marketing Director Don Costanza . Don continues, "We get e-mails on a daily basis telling us how people found us through a friend, and that it is about time somebody created something like this". "With the level of growth we have seen, Flight Line Internet Radio has tapped into the audiences' desire to hear a myriad of aviation-related topics available on their computer 24/7 while at work, in the hangar or even FBO."

Flight Line Internet Radiotm is a new and unique approach to radio programming. FLiR is not just talk radio, it is full-service radio station designed for an affinity group instead of an age group or geographical audience.

"We designed Flight Line Internet Radio to be the background for the aviation enthusiast. We put together a mixture of aviation-related talk segments, unique programming and music to entertain just about anyone that loves flight," according to Jamie Till , Flight Line Radio Technical Director.

Flight Line Internet Radiotm continues to add new segments such as the internationally acclaimed and ever popular Warbird Beer Show. There are also daily top-of-the-hour updates regarding all things related to "aero-tainment" from the Indy Transponder, and at the bottom of the hour there are regular updates from General Aviation News providing interesting details on all aspects of aviation. Due to the rapid growth of Flight Line Internet Radiotm, there are many new contributors which the global audience will soon be able to hear.

Flight Line Internet Radiotm is the world's only 24/7aviation radio station that caters to aviation enthusiasts and features news, information and entertainment from a myriad of sources within the community. The station has a global reach, with various topical segments that will entertain almost anyone that enjoys flight. The radio station follows a general format of a traditional radio station, mixing topical segments with music and normal radio commercials. The concept is to attract listeners because of their hobby or passion instead of their geographical location. For more information or to view the show schedule, visit www.Flightlineinternetradio.com.

After 6 Months Flight Line Internet Radio Turns 200,000

Internet radio makes big impression on the aviation industry as Flight Line Internet Radio surpasses 200,000 and continues to grow.

Flight Line internet Radio (FLiR), launched in October of 2008 is pleased to announce that they have exceeded 200,000 visitors to their website.

Flight Line Internet Radio is a radio station that caters to aviation enthusiasts. FLiR is a 24/7 internet based radio station that has a global reach, with various topical segments that will entertain almost anyone that enjoys flight. The radio station follows a general format of a traditional local radio station, mixing topical segments with music and normal radio commercials. The concept is to attract listeners because of their hobby or passion instead of their geographical location.

Flight Line Radio is a partnership of Jamie Till and Don Costanza. Both Don and Jamie are Fort Wayne Indiana natives with diverse backgrounds and a passion for all things aviation related. They have been providing a unique radio service to venues like AirVenture and Sun ‘N Fun for over 4 years.

“We set out to build something that would compliment our core program as well as be interesting to aviation enthusiasts, something that could be the “background music” in their office, shop, or FBO.” states Jamie Till. The station carries news and commentary from several prominent aviation podcasters, as well as articles from GA News. The Indy Transponder is a daily contributor, providing top of the hour overviews of aviation entertainment news.

FLiR also produces the Warbird Beer Show, from the Warbird Brewery. The Warbird Beer Show is a 1 hour talk show hosted by “Sidney”, a flight surgeon / psychiatrist / brewer / warbird owner, and “Scratch”, a quick witted, cigar smokin’ warbird restoration specialist. The show features topical aviation related news, interviews, and occasionally they talk about beer. The Warbird Beer Show is recorded each Saturday and replayed throughout the week.

“We recently made arrangements with the FAA Production Studio to have them produce segments for us. They will be providing segments on a myriad of topics ranging from safety to regulatory issues.” according to Don Costanza. “We think this will be a strong addition to our programming lineup, and we are looking forward to a long relationship with the FAA Production Studio.” he continued.

“Our organization has been extremely thrilled by the response within the aviation community. We are honored by the support given to us by the listeners and our contributors we knew that this would be popular, but we had no idea that it would grow this big, this fast, we have thousands of listeners from all over the world. It is pretty amazing. What is equally amazing is that it doesn’t show signs of slowing done.” said Don.

Flight Line internet Radio surpassed 100,000 visitors in less than 4 months of operation and 200,000 two months later. “We have reached a point now that we are comfortable with our capabilities and with the interest level from the aviation community. We have attracted an audience that seems to be hungry for our product, and we think that advertisers will recognize the value of our service as well.” states Don.

Don Costanza
1 TTTrail
Fort Wayne,IN 46845 USA
Phone: 260-748-8156
Website: http://www.flightlineinternetradio.com

Business Aviation Defended by Unusual Source

For Immediate Release:
Flight Line Internet Radio

Business Aviation Defended by Unusual Source:
The Warbird Beer Show

Fort Wayne, IN, November 25, 2008:
As corporate flight departments shake their heads over the furor created by US auto executives flying in corporate jets to Washington, DC, support for business aviation came this week from an unusual source: The Warbird Beer Show.

Rising star Internet radio talk show hosts Dave Holmes and Greg Muir usually get more kudos for their banter than anything else. "Sidney and Scratch," hosts of The Warbird Beer Show are known for covering all types of aviation and space stories, most always with an ample dose of humor.

This week’s show, however, featured a serious segment on the true value of business aviation. Regarding the "business jet furor," Holmes stated flatly, "Business jets are tools and not toys. They’re not frivolous assets that need to be parked." Clearly understanding how business aviation reduces travel time waste, co-host Muir asked, "What does it cost per minute to run that business?" Holmes pointed out the "complete nonsense" of ‘looking bad’ by showing up in a jet. "Congress should focus on the actual problem, not on the distraction of how people showed up to the meeting." Holmes dismissed the inappropriate mainstream media focus on business aviation as "ridiculousness."

According to Holmes, his opportunity in Internet radio has been the perfect vehicle to entertain audiences, and also to occasionally educate. "Greg and I aren’t young guys. We’ve been around the patch and seen enough that sometimes we just have to get serious. The show is fun, but if we have a chance to remind people of reality, that is okay, too. We talk directly to people who are about the topic, which is great."

Starting up in September 2008, Flight Line Internet Radio is a 24/7/365 streaming Internet radio station targeted at the global aviation community. The concept appears to be a success. In their first 11 weeks of broadcasting, the station has accumulated over 40,000 unique listeners and is growing at an average of 1000 new listeners per day.

Flight Line Internet Radio co-founder Don Costanza attributes the station’s popularity to the focused attention it gives to its listener’s passion. "Aviation people really love being able to think about airplanes all the time. It’s amazing that we have been able to give them something to latch onto like this. We’re actually quite humbled by the success."

The Warbird Beer Show can be heard daily at http://www.flightlineinternetradio.com/ as well as from their home page, http://www.warbirdbeershow.com/ . For more information, contact Don Costanza at don@flightlineradio.com.

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XP-38K: P-38 with Merlins?

(Photo credit: Warren Bodie)
From Dave - Warbird Beer Show: We got some requests to see the XP-38K. Here is a grainy black and white photo. Looks like a P-38 to me. I bet those twin Rolls Royce Merlins sounded awesome!
(Photo credit: Warren Bodie)

The guys at The Warbird Beer Show on Flight Line Radio were talking about the plane above the other day on their show. Dave, at Warbird Beer, was nice enough to post the picture on his website so we could see what he was talking about.

Thanks Dave!

Update: 11/5 - Some discussion about this post took place here.