Ep32: Icarus Device | The Future of Flight Training with Nick Sinopoli

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Nik Fialka

Business, Careers, Leisure, Aviation

4.8 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We invited Nick Sinopol to the show to discuss an innovative training tool to teach pilots how to survive low-visibility flights. Learn more about the Icarus Device, how it has transformed pilot training, and its numerous benefits to the aviation community. Always stay connected for more aviation-related topics!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

What is an Icarus Device and how it works
Foggles vs. Icarus Device
Ways to cope up from checkride failures
The developmental stages of the Icarus Device
Who typically use Icarus Device?
How the Icarus Device helps produce pilots

ABOUT NICK SINOPOLI

Austin native Nick Sinopoli is the Founder, Inventor and Managing Partner of the Icarus Device, which he patented in 2016. After a friend perished in an aviation accident, Nick was determined to make a revolutionary invention that would teach pilots to survive flight into low visibility. His creation is the most advanced flight training tool ever imagined. A dual rated aviator, Nick has had a lifelong love of aviation. He graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. Nick has logged time in Cessna, Piper and Cirrus aircraft, as well as gliders, Bell 206, EC145, T-6B and UH-60A/L/M variants. In his free time he enjoys flying, running, restoring old cars and spending time with his four nephews.

CONNECT WITH NICK

Website: ICARUS Devices

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Why are we doing arts and crafts time and using this piece of paper?
0:03.0	Life took a left turn and I went through a quarter life crisis.
0:07.0	I had this idea and I had all the time in the world for about six months and it was just like,
0:12.0	I'm going to start protecting it.
0:14.0	And now, you know what? Things happen for a reason.
0:16.0	Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation.
0:22.3	They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums,
0:28.0	meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details.
0:33.2	This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job.
0:40.2	Let's get ready for pushback.
0:42.3	Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.
0:46.3	Pilot, what is up? You're here. You made it.
0:49.9	It's another week. We're doing another interview.
0:53.4	This is a great interview. Nick Sinopoli,
0:57.1	rhymes with Monopoly, Icarus devices. If you are a pilot, if you own a flight school,
1:05.0	if you own a military, maybe you own the United States Army or the U.S. Navy. You're one of those kind of people
1:14.3	and you've got some training that needs to happen IFR-wise and you want it legit or some other
1:21.7	trashy way that you pretend to simulate instrument conditions. I want you to pay attention to the Icarus device.
1:30.5	Super cool, amazing technology created by a dude who failed at what he was going to do.
1:41.4	He failed at flight school because of the failure of his terrible
1:47.3	IFR training devices. And so because of that failure, it inspired him. And he worked to create
1:54.7	and engineer this amazing device. You'll hear all about it. Such a great story. He's a rising Phoenix. He should
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