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Musician Dave Black discusses his new music, new label, and label mates

Musician Dave Black discusses his new music, new label, and label mates

Chit Chat and Music with Singer-songwriter Dave Blackwell

From a tough, black-shirt-wearing kid growing up in Masterton, to an accomplished CEO of a successful tech company operating on the world stage, the life of  is a fascinating journey. His courage in sharing a little-known part of his life as an addict, and his exploration of it in this episode is truly admirable. I feel very privileged to have been a part of this conversation. Dave notes that the  he refers to is worth a look, but cautions anyone attempting to find their own way through it without professional help. If listening to his story sparks a personal awakening and/or queries on how to get started for your own situation, Dave is happy to chat. Just send us an  and we’ll pass it on to him.  This podcast brought to your ears with the support of .

23 Dave Blackwell: CEO, Spidertracks

Dave Blackwell, CEO of Spidertracks has a freight industry and engineering background. The company’s tracking units are installed in over 5000 aircraft around the world. Spidertracks is a New Zealand company that produces a real time tracking solution for general aviation allowing owners and operators to know exactly where their aircraft are and to greatly increase the speed of rescue if something should go wrong.  Dave Blackwell is the CEO of Spidertracks. In this episode he talks about the technology behind real time tracking and Spidertracks including the Iridium satellite network. Dave was a managing director of a US freight business for 7 years before returning to New Zealand and formalising his qualifications with an engineering degree. He was hired on as the operations manager at Spidertracks, then chief operating officer and now CEO. The event that triggered the idea and development of Spidertracks was a 2005 EC120 helicopter crash in New Zealand. The helicopter crashed mid-morning but the search was not started until that evening. An ELT was fitted but the antenna was broken in the crash. The SAR effort lasted 15 days and cost over NZ$1,000,000 before the wreckage was found. [Tweet “With nightfall coming on &amp; absolutely no idea of where to start the search the RCC launched a SAR effort”] The company has clocked over 5 million flight hours of flight following since 2007 and have their products in 99 countries around the world. Plug &amp; play setup of a Spidertracks unit. The device needs 12V power from the aircraft and then can be mounted with adhesive strips in the cockpit. Once paired with the operator account through the website setup is complete. Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download In this week’s episode: 01:00 Heliexpo 02:10 Listeners in 118 countries 03:00 Competition for custom aviation drawing 03:45 Dave Blackwell bio 04:32 Spidertracks real time tracking 05:45 Who is using it and market growth 09:10 2005 EC120 helicopter crash in New Zealand 11:40 Creation of the first product – GPS receiver and Iridium modem 12:40 Early take up of Spidertracks – first 100 units 14:10 Office locations and core team of 13 people 14:40 What Spidertracks looks like and installation 16:20 Iridium satellite constellation – 66 satellites 18:08 Alaska charter flight case study 20:10 Use of Spidertracks in accident investigations and ownership of the data/privacy 22:00 Aircrew interface on the units – 3 buttons – SOS, Watch, Mark 29:30 African parks use of mark feature 30:20 Web/phone app display dashboard 31:25 Insurance rebate possibility 32:50 3rd party integrations and data feeds 35:45 Future features planned 38:20 Real time tracking doesn’t have to be complicated 39:50 SpiderTxt new feature for messages through satellite update 40:40 Opensignal.com mobile phone coverage around the world 41:30 Kayla – winner of custom drawing, a Hiller 12C 42:45 Episode Sponsors trainmorepilots.com – Instagram tip 43:50 AHIA Rotortech2016, Sunshine Coast, Queensland May 2016 Links from this week’s episode: Spidertracks website Marc Philipp Veenendaal’s Instagram account with aviation drawings Opensignal.com – mobile phone coverage areas worldwide [Tweet “Pole to pole coverage, always a satellite within view, 100mins to orbit the earth”] Video – Spidertracks unit sent into space. [leadplayer_vid id=”56D2E339B89A0″] Dashtop screen showing flight tracks of paired spidertrack units.  Congratulations to Kayla Segerstrom Perez from Texas for winning the random draw from Episode 39. Her Dad is a dual rated CFI and taught Kayla’s 2 brothers to fly helicopters with Kayla to finish her training sometime soon too. Her first helicopter flight was in a Hiller 12C that her dad still owns. Kayla is the owner of an aviation industry marketing and airshow production company – Rotorwash Media Kayla(Right) was the winner of the competition from Episode 39 and has won a custom drawing of a Hiller 12C owned by her Dad (Left) Marc Veenendaal has drawn a Hiller 12C for Kayla and that will be in the mail to her shortly. Thank you to everyone that entered.   A photo posted by Marc Philipp Veenendaal (@marc_mpv) on Feb 27, 2016 at 4:42am PST   Have you used a Spidertracks unit or have a comment about the episode? Be part of the conversation below. The post RWS 42 – Spidertracks Real-Time Tracking with Dave Blackwell appeared first on The Rotary Wing Show Podcast.

Dave Blackwell, CEO of Spidertracks has a freight industry and engineering background. The company’s tracking units are installed in over 5000 aircraft around the world. Spidertracks is a New Zealand company that produces a real time tracking solution for general aviation allowing owners and operators to know exactly where their aircraft are and to greatly increase the speed of rescue if something should go wrong. Dave Blackwell is the CEO of Spidertracks. In this episode he talks about the technology behind real time tracking and Spidertracks including the Iridium satellite network. Dave was a managing director of a US freight business for 7 years before returning to New Zealand and formalising his qualifications with an engineering degree. He was hired on as the operations manager at Spidertracks, then chief operating officer and now CEO. The event that triggered the idea and development of Spidertracks was a 2005 EC120 helicopter crash in New Zealand. The helicopter crashed mid-morning but the search was not started until that evening. An ELT was fitted but the antenna was broken in the crash. The SAR effort lasted 15 days and cost over NZ$1,000,000 before the wreckage was found. [Tweet “With nightfall coming on &amp; absolutely no idea of where to start the search the RCC launched a SAR effort”] The company has clocked over 5 million flight hours of flight following since 2007 and have their products in 99 countries around the world. Plug &amp; play setup of a Spidertracks unit. The device needs 12V power from the aircraft and then can be mounted with adhesive strips in the cockpit. Once paired with the operator account through the website setup is complete. Podcast: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ph/podcast/rotary-wing-show-interviews/id903691746?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe in iTunes</a> | <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/rotarywingshow/p/s3.amazonaws.com/rotarywingshow/RWS42-spidertracks-dave-blackwell.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play in new window</a> | <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/rotarywingshow/p/s3.amazonaws.com/rotarywingshow/RWS42-spidertracks-dave-blackwell.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a> In this week’s episode: 01:00 Heliexpo 02:10 Listeners in 118 countries 03:00 Competition for custom aviation drawing 03:45 Dave Blackwell bio 04:32 Spidertracks real time tracking 05:45 Who is using it and market growth 09:10 2005 EC120 helicopter crash in New Zealand 11:40 Creation of the first product – GPS receiver and Iridium modem 12:40 Early take up of Spidertracks – first 100 units 14:10 Office locations and core team of 13 people 14:40 What Spidertracks looks like and installation 16:20 Iridium satellite constellation – 66 satellites 18:08 Alaska charter flight case study 20:10 Use of Spidertracks in accident investigations and ownership of the data/privacy 22:00 Aircrew interface on the units – 3 buttons – SOS, Watch, Mark 29:30 African parks use of mark feature 30:20 Web/phone app display dashboard 31:25 Insurance rebate possibility 32:50 3rd party integrations and data feeds 35:45 Future features planned 38:20 Real time tracking doesn’t have to be complicated 39:50 SpiderTxt new feature for messages through satellite update 40:40 <a href="http://Opensignal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opensignal.com</a> mobile phone coverage around the world 41:30 Kayla – winner of custom drawing, a Hiller 12C 42:45 Episode Sponsors <a href="http://www.trainmorepilots.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trainmorepilots.com</a> – Instagram tip 43:50 AHIA Rotortech2016, Sunshine Coast, Queensland May 2016 Links from this week’s episode: <a href="http://www.spidertracks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spidertracks website</a> <a href="http://instagram.com/marc_mpv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Philipp Veenendaal’s Instagram account with aviation drawings</a> <a href="http://Opensignal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opensignal.com</a> – mobile phone coverage areas worldwide [Tweet “Pole to pole coverage, always a satellite within view, 100mins to orbit the earth”] Video – Spidertracks unit sent into space. [leadplayer_vid id=”56D2E339B89A0″] Dashtop screen showing flight tracks of paired spidertrack units. Congratulations to Kayla Segerstrom Perez from Texas for winning the random draw from <a href="http://rotarywingshow.com/rws-39-pete-gilies-learning-helicopters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 39</a>. Her Dad is a dual rated CFI and taught Kayla’s 2 brothers to fly helicopters with Kayla to finish her training sometime soon too. Her first helicopter flight was in a Hiller 12C that her dad still owns. Kayla is the owner of an aviation industry marketing and airshow production company – <a href="http://www.rotorwashmedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rotorwash Media</a> Kayla(Right) was the winner of the competition from Episode 39 and has won a custom drawing of a Hiller 12C owned by her Dad (Left) Marc Veenendaal has drawn a Hiller 12C for Kayla and that will be in the mail to her shortly. Thank you to everyone that entered. <blockquote> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BCSkPiYMhTK/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A photo posted by Marc Philipp Veenendaal (@marc_mpv)</a> on Feb 27, 2016 at 4:42am PST </blockquote> Have you used a Spidertracks unit or have a comment about the episode? Be part of the conversation below. The post <a href="https://rotarywingshow.com/rws-42-spidertracks-dave-blackwell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RWS 42 – Spidertracks Real-Time Tracking with Dave Blackwell</a> appeared first on <a href="https://rotarywingshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rotary Wing Show Podcast</a>.

RWS 42 – Spidertracks Real-Time Tracking with Dave Blackwell