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176 Traffic Pattern Stall Myths, Listener Feedback + GA News

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Summary176 Max talks with Tom Turner about the reality of where stalls are most likely to occur in the traffic pattern. The myth is that stall are most likely to occur in the base to final turn, but that is not the case. A lady pilot pilot talks about an encounter as a teenager with an airline pilot that transformed her life and launched her aviation career. Plus listener feedback.

News Stories

• EAA launches AeroEducate for kids 5 to 18
• We Finally Know Exactly How Bad The Pandemic Has Been for Airline Pilots
• Production Start for eFlyer 2
• BRITTEN-NORMAN TO AUTOMATE ISLANDER
• Tragic Pilot Error Blamed For USAF Afghanistan Surveillance Plane Crash
• FAA Aviation Weather Cams Coming To Hawaii
• Man charged with posing as air traffic controller, giving fake flight orders
• Former FAA employee 'maliciously' caused a communications blackout between 10 planes and Air Traffic Control over Hawaii

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175 ForeFlight New Features Update with the Cofounders, Engine Out Emergency Interview + GA News

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Summary175 Max talks with ForeFlight cofounders Tyson Weihs and Jason Miller about their focus on new weather capabilities. Jason demonstrates recent new features including daily/hour forecasts, icing and clouds in Profile view and live traffic in 3D Preview. Also, Max interviews CFI Anise Shapiro about her engine failure in a Piper Malibu and how she would handle it differently in the future.

News Stories

• New Piper Wing Spar AD Affects 5,400 Aircraft
• Controller at Kirtland AFB credited with saving lives of Osprey crew
• FAA launches new safety data tool
• PILOTS: PLAN ON FLORIDA SUPER BOWL RESTRICTIONS
• A Drone Saves The Day In An Unusual Way
• Stemme adds inboard range extender to electric motorglider
• Jet Pack Guy Over Los Angeles May Be a Drone

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174 CAP Interview – Delivering Vaccine, Military Training Routes, Thunderstorms + GA News

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Summary174 Max interviews Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Robert Bowden and Maj. Rod Rakic about their five day mission flying a GA8 to deliver vaccine to remote areas of Wisconsin and Michigan. Max also discusses an MIT study that shows how pilots behave around thunderstorms. Finally, DPE Seth Lake talks in great detail about what pilots need to know about Military Training Routes or MTRs.

News Stories

• Report Calls For Multi-Pathway Approach To Mitigating Aviation Lead
• Airspace Restrictions Planned for Inauguration
• Used aircraft sales spiked at end of 2020
• Test pilot training course debuts
• Pilot loses control after being hit in head by a bird
• Pilot lands Pilatus at former RAF base without permission 'to go to the beach'
• Civil Air Patrol Joins Operation Warp Speed

Mentioned in the Show Study: Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft Prove of Negative COVID test required to enter U.S. by AirMax on the Opposing Bases podcast - Not Available YetMIT Thunderstorm Study - PDF Seth Lake AviationMax Trescott's GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook

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173 Remotely Piloted Cargo Aircraft, Sterile Cockpit for GA, Instrument Departures & ODPs + GA News

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Summary173 Max visits Reliable Robotics and talks with CEO Robert Rose about their remotely piloted Cessna 208. FedEx says they're looking at using small, self-flying turboprop aircraft to serve remote areas. Max talks with Rob Mark about the importance of the sterile cockpit rules, and how the rules for Part 135 and 121 can be modified for use by GA pilots. Max talks more about Instrument Departures & ODPs.

News Stories

• GA NOT Involved in Vaccine Distribution
• New Air Force Mission for XCub
• New COVID relief bill includes $45 million for GA airports
• NTSB Calls for Better Monitoring of Flight Instructors
• Nebraska Fugitive Pilot Indicted On Federal Fraud Charges
• Will Amazon Become the Next UPS?
• FedEx Seeks to Add Small Self-Flying Planes for Remote Areas

Mentioned in the Show Reliable Robotics websiteMax Trescott's GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook Ron's Book: The Compleat Taildragger Pilot Weather Service tells Congress radar gaps don't hurt warning accuracy Mark Kolber's article in IFR Magazine

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Summary172 Max talks about factors you should consider when choosing an instrument approach. Plus, we talk with Samy Kramer, the German pilot in the news for drawing a syringe. Air traffic controller RH of the Opposing Bases podcast answers listener questions.

News Stories

• In-Cockpit, Real-Time Special Use Airspace Updates
• Pilot killed after Jumping in a Rolling Plane
• Hawker 800XP crashes after landing at Republic Airport
• Potential Insurance Relief for Older Pilots
• Electric Cessna 208B suffered partial power loss during test flight
• Student pilot's selfie ends in forced landing in water
• Aithre introduces small refillable oxygen bottles
• Drunk Airport Snowplow driver arrested
• German pilot Samy Kramer draws a syringe

Mentioned in the Show Samy Kramer's Instagram Max Trescott's GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying HandbookOpposing Bases podcastMayo Clinic Clear Approach Podcast: Diabetes

Videos MentionedSlow Speed Citation Crash

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171 My Visit with the Pipistrel Panthera + GA News

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Summary171 Max sat in the new Pipistrel Panthera and talked with Andy Chan of Right Rudder Aviation, the U.S. distributor, about this exciting new aircraft. Pricing is $639K experimental, $672K certified. The Panthera is a fast, retractable landing gear aircraft that compares favorably with the Cirrus SR22. It has a useful load of 1100 pounds, and can fly over 1,000 nautical miles.

News Stories

• FAA REQUIRES PIPER WING INSPECTIONS
• Rusty Pilots Making Flying Errors Is Next Aviation Headache
• AOPA Scholarship Application Window Open
• LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Foundation Scholarships
• Canada Mandates 406 ELTs, Foreign Aircraft Need Beacon
• Personal Carbon Monoxide Detector for pilots debuts
• Embraer Working On Electric Cropduster
• Man dressed as Santa crashes aircraft into power lines

Mentioned in the Show Donate to AOPA Foundation Ep. #88 Four things you should know about CO Poisoning Ep. #90 Mooney Pilot Passes out from CO Poisoning Max's Favorite Book: Flight of Passage: A Memoir Pipistrel Panthera SpecificationsPipistrel Panthera Distributor: Right Rudder Aviation

Videos MentionedVideo of 3,000-gallon drop from CH-47 Chinook GA Aircraft taking Winter Coats to Indian Reservation

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170 Mastering the Go-Around – Safety Talk with Rob Mark You can also watch the YouTube version of this video.

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Summary170 Max talks with Flying Magazine Sr. Editor Rob Mark about some accidents and close calls involving go-arounds and techniques you can use when going around. Rob tells a story about how he nearly died during a go-around soon after he got his Private certificate. A doctor died in a Cirrus in NJ after an unstable approach, a bounced landing, and a poorly managed go-around.

Mentioned in the ShowFlying MagazineRob Mark's JetWhine.com blog SR22 Fatal Go-Around Accident in NJ

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169 Fuel Gauge Accuracy, IFR Visual Approaches, & Listener Close Calls + GA News

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Summary169 Max talks with American Bonanza Society Executive Director Tom Turner about FAA regulations for fuel gauge accuracy. Max discusses what to do if you have to go around after cleared for an IFR Visual Approach, and how it differs depending upon whether you're at a towered on non-towered airport. Max also reads listener emails about close calls including icing, fuel management, and weather accidents.

News Stories

• One Aviation's $5M Ch. 11 Sale OK'd Despite Opposition
• GAMA publishes Q3 2020 aircraft shipments and billings
• Charging the Pipistrel ALPHA electro with sunshine
• New AOPA Weather Available Online an in AOPA app
• Current Study on Pireps Needs Pilot Input
• Plane crash survivor shares his story
• Planes crash after student tries to pass on the taxiway
• Flying with an air cast boot leads to loss of control
• Neuroscience studies suggest pilot's brains are different
• Man Arrested For Crashing Drone Into LAPD Chopper

Mentioned in the Show Going Around after Flying an IFR Visual Approach PIREP Survey Link Medical Survey – Barriers Pilots Face When Seeking CareATC Zero events due to pandemic

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168 How to Avoid Deadly Weather-Related Accidents – Safety Moment with Rob Mark

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Summary168 Max talks with Flying Mag Sr. Editor Rob Mark about two recent fatal weather-related accidents and strategies for avoiding them. A family of four was killed in a SR22 after a low time Private pilot took off for a long trip at night and encountered weather. A doctor flying a Cessna 210 crashed in Texas while flying an instrument approach in freezing rain. A timely 180 could have saved both pilots.

Mentioned in the ShowFlying MagazineRob Mark's JetWhine.com blog SR22 Accident, weather in Arkansas Cessna 210 icing accident in Texas

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167 Fuel Exhaustion and Fuel Starvation Accidents + GA News

Summary167 Max talks about several recent fuel-related accidents and what the FAA's Risk Management Handbook and the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge say pilots can do to avoid these kinds of accidents. Listener feedback includes an FAA legal opinion on how pilots can use a non-CFII to get instrument current in actual conditions. And a controller asks about how pilots get to the MEA without an ODP.

News Stories

• Bye Aerospace Signs deal for 300 eFlyer Airplane
• Garmin Brings Out Upgrades to G500/G600 TXi Models
• SeaMax now assembled in U.S.
• Super Jet Meets Super Car: Embraer, Porsche Duet
• UK Lockdown restrictions: no sport or leisure flying
• Building successful lives, one plane at a time
• FAA Issues Aircraft Interior Disinfection Safety Bulletin
• Driver takes police on wild pursuit down Van Nuys runways

Mentioned in the Show Fatal Fuel Exhaustion Accident Jackson, TNFuel exhaustion leads to forced landing in a marsh FAA Bulletin: Aircraft Interior Disinfection Airports with Nearby Outdoor Activities Worldwide list of Airport Restaurants

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166 Instrument Flying Gotchas, Filing IFR Flight Plans, and a Pilot Deviation + GA News

Summary 166 Max talks about IFR gotchas he's encountered recently. He also talks about his recent five-day trip flying a Vision Jet around the West. He discusses closing flight plans at non-towered airports and how failing to do so can lead to a pilot deviation. He discusses his Rule of Two which led to going missed early, the DFC90 autopilot, and a restriction for RNAV-equipped aircraft starting at an IAF.

News Stories

• Nall Reports Show Drop In Accident Rates, Get New Platform
• DoD study suggests it's very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane
• Nearly 100 U.S. air marshals have been infected with COVID-19
• Texas woman died on a plane of Covid-19 in July
• California Getting State Of The Art Fire Fighting Helicopters
• Record Flight for Electric Airplane at Camarillo Airport
• Autonomous electric crop duster gets approval for US demos
• Garmin Autoland receives Aviation Week's Grand Laureate Award
• Incorrect altimeter setting results in CFIT
• Mexican military seizes private jet carrying $72 million worth of cocaine
• Delta pilot arrested for intoxication before flight sentenced

Mentioned in the Show AOPA's ASI Nall Reports Night CFIT Accident – Hobbs, NM FAA 7110.65 Controller Handbook FAA Instrument Procedures Handbook

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165 How to get a Helicopter License and a Job Flying Helicopters + GA News

Summary165 Max talks with Steve Bush, owner of Lone Star Helicopters, about FAA requirements for a Private helicopter certificate and the typical hours required. Steve also talks about the different types of helicopters used in the training and their typical cost. He also talks about the current strong market for helicopter pilots, and typical number of hours needed to qualify for different helicopter jobs.

News Stories

• Airline Loans
• Airline Layoffs
• Grounded Pilots Land Jobs In Agriculture
• FAA introduces aircraft pilot workforce development program
• Night-flying Chinook begins fire contract in California
• Pilot on wrong frequency hits another plane while landing
• Avidyne and Daedalean partner on detect-and-avoid system for GA aircraft
• Perfect Liquid Probe measures fuel level with ultrasonic technology
• Pilot Gets Prison Time For Obstructing Accident Investigation
• Man arrested over jailbreak attempt after helicopter booking blunder

Mentioned in the Show FAA Grants and Scholarships pagePilot on wrong frequency NTSB Report Oral Exam Guide: Airline Transport Pilot Lone Star Helicopter website

Videos Mention in the ShowHelicopter Tour over Downtown Austin, TXLone Star Helicopter - Getting a Helicopter Certificate

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Summary164 In September 2020, the California National Guard rescued nearly 400 people trapped by the Creek Fire. Max gets the inside story of the rescue by talking with Col. David Hall of the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade and helicopter pilot Kipp Goding. He also talked with Henri Laborde, one of the rescued hikers. Kipp talks about the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and the challenges of flying in heavy smoke.

Mentioned in the Show 40th Combat Aviation Brigade - Facebook pageCalifornia National Guard - Facebook pageNational Interagency Fire Center MapFresno Co. Sheriff - Creek Fire Updates

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Summary163 Max talks about his roundtrip from SFO to Knoxville on the airlines and an MIT study that estimates the chances of catching COVID on an airline flight. While the terminals appear safe, the highest risk is in flight, as not everyone is properly masked. He shares what he learned about the mask he was wearing and has recommendations for choosing a mask. While safe, airline travel isn't a lot of fun.

Mentioned in the Show KN95 Masks that Max Uses - 10 pack Powecom website to check masks; Click ANTI-FAKE CHECK below the photoFDA.gov Appendix A for authorized masksMIT Paper on Chances of catching COVID-19 on airline flightForbes article: COVID-19 can spread on long airline flights

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162 Max talks about a fatal crash with many risk factors including a pilot who had low total flying time and relatively little experience in an SR22. After a 5-hour flight, flown late at night, he diverted to buy cheap fuel at another airport close to his home. During that time, his home field went below minimums. He appeared to be unaware he was 0.6 miles off course throughout the entire approach.

161 Kobe Bryant Crash Update and Aviation News of the Weird with Flying Magazine's Rob Mark

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Summary161 Max talks with Flying Mag Sr. Editor Rob Mark about the latest events related to the Kobe Bryant crash plus recent aviation stories of the weird. Island Express Helicopters has sued two SoCal air traffic controllers for wrongful death. Illusionist David Blaine plans to hold onto hydrogen balloons until reaching 29,000 feet. Customs stops a private jet in Florida that was headed to South America with 82 firearms and 63,000 rounds of ammunition on board.

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• Kobe Bryant's Helicopter Operator Sues FAA Air Traffic Controllers
• Illusionist David Blaine To Ascend On Gas Cluster Balloons
• TSA Finding Three Times More Loaded Weapons
• US intercepts Venezuela-bound aircraft loaded with firearms
• Fighters Use Flares To Get TFR-Busting Pilot's Attention
• Takeoff with inoperative magneto ends in emergency landing
• Sometimes we're wrong

Mentioned in the ShowFlying MagazineRob Mark's JetWhine.com blog

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160 George Bye has been on a 12-year quest to make electric aircraft a reality. He explains the many benefits to electric aircraft including aerodynamic efficiency since the aircraft nose can be smaller, improved propeller efficiency, vastly lower operating cost, no CO2, lower noise, and more reliable. He also discusses the purchase price and delivery timetable for the eFlyer 2.

159 Aviation Weather Briefings and other Preflight Action Required by 91.103 + GA News

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Summary159 Pilots need to know how to do a weather briefing before they fly, and there are several other things you are required to do by FAR 91.103. For some flights, you're not required to get a weather briefing, and we explain why. We'll show you how to get a weather briefing from a free weather source. If addition to weather, you're also required to consider fuel, alternatives and known ATC delays.

News Stories

• Bye Aerospace Chooses eFlyer 2's Emergency Recovery System
• Pipistrel and Green Motion to create electric aircraft charging network
• Pipistrel offers type certified electric motor
• Rolls-Royce & Tecnam Hybrid Powertrain — H3PS
• Avionics sales plunge 37%
• SIRIUSXM Tour Brings Tunes to the Cockpit
• Garmin's G500 TXi option for older Cirrus SRs
• New Colorado Aviation Weather Cameras Operational
• NTSB: aircraft involved in mid-air collision had retardant on windshield
• Man pleads guilty to pot charges after Medford plane crash

Mentioned in the Show SiriusXM Tour Radio $149 - Order HereLatinas in Aviation Book - Order Here A Speck in the Sea - NYT Article about Fisherman 7-Day U.S. Prog Charts surface GFS Forecasts General Aviation Pilot's Guide to Preflight Weather Planning

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158 Emergency Landing of Student Pilot, Instructor Passes Out – Interview Max Sylvester

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Summary158 Last year, Australian student pilot Max Sylvester was taking his third flight lesson when his instructor had a seizure and passed out in the cockpit. Max managed to set the radio to the Jandakot Airport tower frequency and declare an emergency. Over the next hour, the air traffic controller, with the help of an instructor from Max's flight school, talked Max down to a a successful landing.

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157 5 Ways Somatogravic Illusion is Killing Pilots + GA News

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Summary157 Max talks about 5 ways somatogravic illusion continues to kill pilots, including private, instrument, commercial airline, and even glider pilots. It's particular dangerous when taking off at night over a poorly lit surface, when doing instrument takeoffs in zero zero visibility and when an instrument begins the missed approach. There's evidence it also affects glider pilots after cable breaks.

News Stories

• FAA Reexamination Order
• Bye Aerospace Receives $10 Million in New Funding
• Robert DeLaurentis Overflies the North Pole
• Garmin Suffers Ransomware Attack
• Garmin announces virtual AirVenture Oshkosh experience
• Redbird Connect Enables Virtual Pilot Proficiency Center
• Australians Sleuth Out CO As Cause Of Floatplane Crash
• Plane crashes into control tower in Germany
• Plane and Pilot Magazine version of story above

Mentioned in the Show Garmin Virtual OSH online videos Photos of Plane Crashed into Tower Ron Carmichael Obituary Sporty's Virtual Airshow online Cessna 310 crash at Palo Alto, CA Derek Piggott's paper on low G sensitivity in glider pilots NASA: Human Vestibular System and the Utricle FAA brochure: Spatial disorientation

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156 Atlas Air Crash Flight 3591 Explained & What GA Pilots Can Learn from It

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SummaryMax Trescott's 156 Atlas Air Crash, Flight 3591 explained and what GA pilots can Learn from It. Max plays clips from the 4-hour NTSB Board meeting on the Atlas Air crash. The flight was normal until the 767 suddenly plummeted from 6,000 feet into a bay near Houston. Like most accidents, there were many factors that led to the crash. The event started when the First Officer accidentally engaged GA mode.

Mentioned in the Show NTSB Atlas Air Crash Recreation Video NTSB Board Meeting: Atlas Air Flight 3591 Cargo Plane Crash NTSB: Links to the accident docket and other publicly released informationNTSB: Abstract of the Final Report[ATC AUDIO] Prime Air 767 CRASH in Houston

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155 Spins and Stalls Explained - Interview with Catherine Cavagnaro

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Summary155 Dr. Catherine Cavagnaro talks about how not everything you've been taught about lift or spins may be true! She debunks a common theory of lift and explains the difference between slipping stalls and skidding stalls and which is more dangerous. You'll learn how spin recovery varies in different aircraft. She also explains how wake turbulence begins at much slower speeds than taught by the FAA.

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Summary154 Max talks about a Las Vegas Class B violation by a pilot who ignored ATC instructions to exit the Bravo. The pilot whined and made excuses rather than comply with ATC. Max relates the incident to the FAA's five Hazardous Attitudes and adds a sixth attitude, loss of face, which has been proposed by some researchers. He explains that any of us can hold any of the attitudes in a given situation.

News Stories

• FAA expands extensions to medical, training and testing requirements
• Sporty's launches virtual airshow experience
• The impact of COVID-19 on flight schools
• Preowned Business Aircraft Values Fall 15% in Covid Era
• NBAA: Business Aviation Slowly Comes Back to Life
• NATA Drives Safety 1st Clean FBO Program, Airport Grants
• DIAMOND ANNOUNCES ALL-NEW DA50 RG
• Bye Aerospace to expand eFlyer family with six- to nine-seat model
• CUBCRAFTERS WILL PRODUCE NOSEWHEEL NXCUB
• Pakistani Air Disaster Prelim Is Out And It's Worse Than We Feared
• 40% pilots in Pakistan have 'fake' flying licenses
• India May Have As Many As 4000 'Fake' Pilots
• Portable Speaker May Have Sunk Amphib

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153 Normalization of Deviance and Red Bull Air Races - Interview with Mike Goulian

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Summary153 Aerobatic national champion and air show pilot Mike Goulian talks about how if a pilot or an organization gets away with deviant behavior, it becomes normalized. Mike shares observations on air show accidents, the changes brought about by the ICAS Safety Creed, and his own personal experience of being called out by an air show pilot for a subtle change Mike made in his air show performances.

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152 Understanding Aircraft Renters Insurance and the Starr Gate App + GA News

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Summary152 Max talks with airline pilot and entrepreneur Rod Rakic about renters insurance and Starr Gate, an innovative new iPad app that lets you buy renters insurance by the month. Pilots can also earn discounts on their insurance by uploading data from recent flights and having the Starr Gate app automatic score pilot proficiency and safety using CloudAhoy's CFI Assistant.

News Stories

• EAA To Hold Spirit Of Aviation Week
• Remote simulator flight training gains FAA approval
• Embry-Riddle to Return to Classes June 30
• Q1 Aircraft Shipments Down Across All Segments
• Avionics sales decline 8.8%
• Aviation Instructor's Handbook updated
• Epic Delivers First Two Certified E1000s
• Nav Canada Raising Fees 29.5 Percent
• Canada Allows For Online Aero-Medical Exams
• Police Helicopter Collides With Police Drone

Mentioned in the Show Aviation Instructor's Handbook - Free PDFFAA Safety Briefing - Radio CommunicationsCirrus SR20 Landing AccidentPakistan Airbus A320 crash First fully electric airplane certified Starr Gate Aircraft Renters Insurance

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151 Understanding Airworthiness - Interview with DPE Seth Lake

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Summary151 Pilot examiner Seth Lake talks about the many aspects of airworthiness that pilots and aircraft owners need to be knowledgeable to pass the Private, Commercial, and ATP checkrides. Topics include type certificate data sheets, preventative maintenance pilots can perform, STCs, Airworthiness Directives, Kinds of Operation Equipment Lists, Minimum Equipment Lists and more.

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150 Getting Back into Flying Safely, Fatal Cirrus SR20 Stall/Spin Accident + GA News

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Summary150 Max talks about a rash of plane crashes in a 2-day period in which pilots lacked proficient. Many of these were landing gear collapses or gear up landings. One was a student pilot who died in a base to final stall/ spin, while on a long cross country flight. DPE Jason Blair talks about how to regain proficiency, making sure your instructor is proficiency, and airplane cleaning protocols for COVID.

News Stories

• Garmin Ending GNS 430/530 WAAS Upgrades
• ForeFlight App Gets Enhancements
• Flyovers honoring First Responders and Essential Workers
• Watch First Electric Caravan Fly
• Alcohol wipes tied to electric problems in the cockpit
• Cessna SkyCourier Successfully Completes First Flight
• Turkish pilots, others, to stand trial over Ghosn escape
• US pilot jailed in Singapore for breaking quarantine order
• Stolen Cessna Crashes At Fullerton Airport, Pilot Arrested

Mentioned in the Show Electric Caravan first flight - Live May 28 Facebook Electric Caravan first flight - Live May 28 Twitter COVID-19 Guidance for Flight schoolsAOPA Pilot Proficiency Plan Preliminary Report Student Pilot Aerostar crash Reckless Flying Caused Fatal T-45C Crash Student Pilot stall/spin accident in SR20 CFI to CFI newsletter Doug Stewart's new IFR Video series

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149 How to Really Fly Commercial Certificate Maneuvers - Interview with DPE Jason Blair

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Summary149 Pilot examiner Jason Blair talks about what you need to know for the Commercial checkride. He focuses on how to Commercial maneuvers including chandelles, steep spirals, lazy eights, eights on pylons, and 180° accuracy landings. The oral portion is similar to the Private, but with an emphasis on Commercial certificate privileges, and no it doesn't allow you to immediately start flying charter.

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Summary148 Max talks about what you need to know about aircraft weight and balance theory. Plus a listeners asks whether to buy a 2003 Cessna 182 with a GTN 750, or a 2004 model with the Garmin G1000. We discuss several accidents involving weight and balance issues, and how to calculate a weight and balance. Finally, we talk about how %MAC is used in turboprops and jets to calculate a center of gravity.

News Stories

• Special FAA Rules for Medical, Knowledge Tests and CFI extensions
• FAA to temporarily reduce ATC tower hours
• Congressman calls on FAA to suspend airport bailout payments
• Flight Plan Errors on ICAO form
• FAA Revives Old Threat to GPS
• AirVenture 2020 cancelled
• Jet Deliveries Halved, Profits Plunge in Textron's Q1
• JetSuite Files for Chapter 11
• FAA Issues Medicals to Professional Pilots with Diabetes
• FAA Investigates Harrison Ford and His Plane Again

Mentioned in the Show FAA SFAR:Relief for Medicals, Knowledge Tests, CFI RenewalsControl Tower Hour AdjustmentsAirport Grants Announced on April 30, 2020 Sectional Chart MasksCareers in Aerospace Webinars Thief Tries to Sell Airplanes He Doesn't Own

Videos Mentioned in the Show Jonathan Weiswasser's EWR>LGA>JFK videoEngine out landing on freeway

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Summary 147 Max talks with Mike Busch, author of four books on general aviation piston aircraft maintenance, about essential aircraft ownership tips. Mike talks about how to protect aircraft engines from corrosion if the plane isn't flown and about post-maintenance test flights and how they should be flown. He also relates horror stories of pilots who tried to save money by buying a cheap airplane.

Mentioned in the Show Mike Busch's 70+ EAA Webinars on YouTube Savvy Aviation – Mike Busch's main web site

Order Mike Busch's Books on Amazon and Max earns a fee Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance Mike Busch on EnginesMike Busch on Airplane Ownership (Volume 1)Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership (Volume 2)

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Summary 146 Max talks about the seven different kinds of minimums used on WAAS-based GPS Approaches. These include LPV, LNAV/VNAV, LNAV, LP, LNAV+V, LP+V, and circling minimums. To measure GPS errors, the FAA has installed GPS receivers at 38 locations in North America. Error information from these sites is uplinked to two new geosynchronous satellites that retransmit it to WAAS-capable receivers.

News Stories

• Furloughed pilots deliver thousands of face shields to Michigan hospitals
• UK TV personality donates plane to carry PPE
• New Zealand doctor transports coronavirus samples in Cessna
• Jabiru Aircraft make face shields to help health workers
• Aerobridge looking for volunteers to fly PPE
• FSANA writes letter to the President offering help
• GA companies helping with coronavirus relief
• Tamarack making face masks
• Cirrus making face shields and powered respirators
• FAA Launches Coronavirus Site
• Tornado hits Monroe, LA airport
• ACLU sues Baltimore Police over contract for private planes
• Fire at a Florida airport destroyed more than 3,500 rental cars
• Least Expected U.S. Pandemic Effect? Airport Monkeys
• Robbers escape by air after stealing gold bars from mine

Mentioned in the Show FAA Coronavirus website Donate one Hobbs hour of money to coronavirus charities Scott Dennstaedt's Pilot Tip on Wind Shear Videos Mentioned in the Show Video: Flight Attendant Working at Home Xavion app displays wake turbulence at 10:42 in video

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Summary145 Max talks with Julian Alarcon about best uses of a flight simulator both at home and at a flight school. We also talk about things for pilots to do while sheltering at home, including studying for a new certificate, such as the Commercial or CFI. Julian also talks about Simtech Aviation, located in New York City, and its G1000 simulator from Precision Flight Controls.

Mentioned in the Show Simtech Aviation website Precision Flight Controls Max Trescott's blog article on PFC simulators

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Summary144 Max talks about NTSB 830 and 3 things to do if you have an accident or incident. The three things you have to do are: 1) Notify the NTSB immediately of an accident or a serious incident. 2) The operator of the aircraft is responsible for preserving all wreckage to the extent possible. 3) The operator is required to file a report about any accident, though that can be up to ten days later.

News Stories

• FAA Extends Medicals Until June 30
• Garmin Announces Aviation Webinar Series
• Piper To Manufacture Medical Face Shields
• Pilot flies COVID-19 testing kits from Hayward to Los Angeles
• Covid-19: US announces stimulus package for general aviation airports
• Cirrus Aircraft furloughs employees amid coronavirus disruption
• Aircraft Market Reacts to the Coronavirus
• Pipistrel and EASA announce world's first type certified electric aircraft
• eFlyer Gets Garmin Glass
• Jet Blast Overturns Hangar

Mentioned in the Show Fun Flying Destination: Spam Museum Staying at Home is Starting to work FAASafety.gov Online CoursesASA's Private Oral Study GuideASA's Instrument Oral Study GuideAviation Accidents iOS App

Videos Mentioned in the Show Video: Flight Attendant Working at Home

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Summary 143 Max talks about Wind Shear, which is one of the required topics for which student pilots must receive ground instruction in order to get a Private certificate. He talks about what wind shear is, and the accident that led scientists to research wind shear and how they used radar in their research. He also talks about where wind shear is found, how to avoid it, and how to report it.

News Stories

• Positive Drug Rate Rises in Pilots of Fatal Accidents
• Coronavirus Cancellations and postponements
• EAA Ford Tri-Motor Tour Temporarily Standing Down
• AOPA AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE CANCELS SAFETY SEMINARS
• AOPA URGES FAA TO LIFT 'IMPOSSIBLE' COMPLIANCE BARRIERS
• FAA says 11 air traffic facilities affected by coronavirus outbreak
• Free online courses to students and the public
• Textron furloughs 7,000 workers
• Massive Damage Left In Wake of Tennessee Tornadoes
• 2020 CFI of the Year Named
• New Flight School For Women
• NTSB: Alaska's high crash rate warrants a broad review
• FAA Steps Up Illegal Charter Clampdown
• Man Arrested For Shooting At San Diego Police Helicopter

Mentioned in the Show Wind shear article: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Wind shear escape maneuver Harold Livingston, guest on Airplane Geeks podcast in #348 Doctor uses helicopter to call on Tangier Island Avoid Tangier Island for Now due to COVID-19 The Happiness Lab PodcastJason Blair Book: Buying an Airplane Jason Blair Book: Owning an Airplane US Health Weather Map - smart thermometer dataBackstory on wake turbulence photo

Videos Mentioned in the Show DVD: Above and BeyondWake turbulence induced crash

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Summary 142 Max talks with Flying Magazine Sr. Editor Rob Mark about recent strange crashes and stupid criminals committing crimes involving planes and airports and advice for pilots becoming airline pilots. Plus commentary and tips for on the right way to fly an airplane. iPads are a new way for pilots to become distracted, and we talk about a number of crashes and near crashes involving iPads.

Mentioned in the Show Flying Magazine's On-Demand Video Service Rob Mark's JetWhine Blog

Coronavirus Resources MentionedMath Professor's YouTube video - explains why behavior change works in reducing coronavirus cases even when we have exponential growth

Article on Why Making Changes Today, Has a Big Impact on Total Coronavirus Cases

The Happiness Lab podcast #15 Coronavirus BONUS: Beat Your Isolation Loneliness

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Summary141 Max attended the final fly off for $1,000,000, the largest prize of the GoFly Prize competition, and he talks with GoFly founder and CEO Gwen Lighter and DragonAir's Mariah Cain. Boeing sponsored the $1,000,000 prize and Pratt& Whitney sponsored the $100,000 Disrupter prize. There were three phases to the competition and 855 teams entered from 103 countries.

Mentioned in the Show GoFly Prize websiteGoFly Prize Master LecturesGoFly Prize GuidelinesGoFly Prize Facebook pageDragonAir AviationDragonAir Facebook pageTeam teTra website

Videos Mentioned in the Show DragonAir Aviation 17-minute Flight Video

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Summary140 Max talks about how Coronavirus, COVID-19, is impacting airlines, charter flights, and flight training. Airlines are reducing schedules, grounding aircraft, and giving employees voluntary time off at reduced pay, and stepping up aircraft cleaning efforts. Oil prices have plummeted, but not enough to offset revenue decline. The charter flight industry is seeing some short term increase in demand.

News Stories

• United trims schedules up to 20%
• United Offers Pilots Time Off at Reduced Pay
• Airlines don't need those grounded Boeing 737 Maxes after all
• Airlines Could Benefit From Lowest Jet Fuel Price In Two Years
• Air France-KLM Faces $1 Billion Fuel Hedging Loss
• Airlines could get tax relief from White House
• President seeks to stamp out airline bailout talk
• Flashback: American Airlines CEO: We'll never lose money again
• Administration clashes with airlines over coronavirus
• Lufthansa To Ground Entire Airbus A380 Fleet
• Coronavirus: Airlines are flying 'ghost' planes to keep flight slots
• Southwest Airlines announces 'enhanced' cleaning procedures
• Delta Supporting Healthy Flying
• Aero Friedrichshafen Show Postponed
• 2020 SUN 'n FUN Aerospace Expo Proceeding
• Bizjet Operators See COVID-19 Bump
• Bizjet Opportunities and Challenges
• Coronavirus Appears To Shut Down Three Flight Schools
• United postpones new pilot class and warns of additional flight cuts

Mentioned in the Show Southwest Airlines Aircraft Cleaning Video

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Summary139 Pilot examiner Jason Blair gives Max a mock Private checkride and asks him typical checkride questions. This is also a great review for your Flight Review or BFR! Max pretends to have brought a Cessna 172/G1000 to the checkride. They talk about required documents, aircraft systems, rules and regulations, and a cross country trip that Max prepared prior to the checkride.

Mentioned in the ShowJason Blair's Website Schedule a Checkride with Jason Jason Blair's YouTube Channel

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Summary138 Max talks about wake turbulence accidents, what causes wake turbulence, and how to avoid it. He also talks about a recent encounter that he had with wake turbulence while flying a Cirrus Vision Jet.

News Stories

• Turn Off Your ADS-B, Go To Jail?
• FAA's Data Comm Tower Service Now Available at 62 U.S. Airports
• AOPA Pitches IPC Reforms
• ATP and SkyWest Enhance Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Collings Foundation Works to Resume Passenger Flights
• New Online Pilot Information Center Launches
• Applications for EAA's 2020 Sport Pilot Academy Now Open
• Gulfstream G700 Flies
• Thousands of UK pilots 'may be grounded' over PMD issue
• Hunter's gun brings down helicopter

Mentioned in the ShowImage Credit: Wake Turbulence from NASA.gov Sebastian Schuon's Fun Flying Destination in ItalyAIM Section 3 – Wake TurbulenceAC 90-23 Advisory Circular – Wake Turbulence LSAs log growth in 2019 Pilot looking at iPad hits another plane on the taxiway Transponder Buyer's Guide FAA Emergency AD Grounds Cirrus Jet Fleet

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Summary137 Max talks about risks associated with flying Special VFR and offers guidelines who when not to do it and about regulations for Special VFR, for pilots and controllers. He's also talks about why Kobe Bryant's helicopter wasn't flying IFR when it crashed. He also talks about some recent IFR challenges flying a Cirrus Vision Jet on an arrival into Salt Lake and into Hawthorne, CA.

News Stories

• National Warplane Museum Ends B-17 Operations
• EAA Encourages Caution Regarding Aircraft Registration Renewal
• IFR FIX: The Extra Airspeed Exception
• AIR FORCE PROVIDING $1 MILLION FOR PLANEENGLISH PILOT APP
• What A Bombardier-Textron Deal Would Mean
• Embraer's Best-selling Jet Gets Even More Phenomenal
• GA Precinct returns to Wings over Illawarra
• Diamond Crash casts Doubt on Incipient Spin Training
• Gone West: Alexander 'Sandy' Hill
• Student film celebrating Tuskegee Airmen premieres

Mentioned in the ShowSuperior, Wisconsin Airport Cirrus SR22 Fuselage Damaged During Crash After The Accident: A Single Pilot Was Not Enough Crash of a Cessna 500 Citation in Marietta, GA Why Upset Training Just Doesn't Work Southern California Airspace Users Working Group YouTube Videos MentionsStudent Video: Tuskegee AirmenVideo: JoAnn & Sandy Hill

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Summary136 Max flew 75 hours in the Vision Jet in the past five weeks, and he talks about those experiences, including landing at Chicago O'Hare. He also talks about a complicated IFR departure from Brackett Field that felt like it was from the 1950s, and he argues for updating some Obstacle Departure Procedures to make them easier to fly with new modern RNAV capable glass cockpits.

News Stories

• FAA Releases Advisory Circular Covering ADS-B Ops
• Mexico Delays ADS-B Mandate Until 2022
• Survey Seeks Pilot Input on FAA Tests
• Garmin launches electronic 'steam' instruments
• Mooney furloughs employees again, walks back holiday pay
• Toyota invests millions in Joby eVTOL
• New initiative launches to offer long term aircraft rentals to student pilots
• ForeFlight founder, astronaut among Texas Aviation Hall of Fame Class of 2020
• FAA releases NOTAM for Super Bowl traffic
• Cell Phone Departs Mooney Over Open Desert: Guess What Happens Next
• Pilot blames accident on his dog

Mentioned in the ShowJim's Shelter Cove Video C-130 Aircraft Incident UpdatePilot and two spectators killed in Guatemala airshow crashKobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter CrashWhy insurance rates are increasing 10 to 100 percent A lesson for Life – Air Facts Journal Downwind Or Downhill? Pilots, OTC Drugs Can Be Interactively Bad FAA Aviation Safety: Pilots and Medication

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Summary135 Flying to Mexico in a private plane is not as hard as it seems. Brian Dear has been a pilot for two years and just over 200 hours of flying experience. Over Christmas, he spent two weeks flying around Mexico with his wife and three children in a Cessna 206. He talks about the pleasure of flying in Mexico, the preparation he did, and what it takes to cross the border and fly around in Mexico.

Mentioned in the ShowCaribbean Sky ToursBaja Bush PilotsLos Medicos VoladoresPilots and PawsAOPA's Mexico Travel web pageGA Flying into Mexico and beyond Facebook Group

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Summary134 Max talks about several CFIT accidents, including a recent crash of a SR22 near Las Vegas. He also talks about why you might still hit terrain when getting ATC vectors during VFR flight. He also talks about relative terrain tools available in the cockpit and in EFB apps such as ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot, and how they can help keep you safe.

News Stories

• Almost 80,000 GA aircraft ADS-B equipped
• Test your ADS-B compliance
• ADS-B Privacy Now Available
• Owners Seek Battery ADS-B in Nonelectric Aircraft
• Change to Process for Taking FAA Written Exams
• FAA to decommission HIWAS in January
• Flight Service debuts new mobile-friendly site for iPhone and Android
• OpenAirplane, FlyOtto Shut Down Operations
• FAA Issues Important Charter Guidance to Pilots and Passengers
• ForeFlight adds cloud top forecasts and new IFR features
• Applications now open for more than $100,000 in scholarships
• Nitrogen Line Explodes at Wichita Beechcraft Plant
• Teen steals plane and crashes it into building at Fresno airport
• Dog rescue flies in to KGMU

Mentioned in the ShowSedona YouTube Video on Fly with the Guys ChannelProposal VideoFAA's website to request a Public ADS-B Performance Report AEA Scholarships Application Nov 2019 Las Vegas Plane CrashGA Joint Steering Committee's CFIT Brochure AC 61-134 - General Aviation Controlled Flight into Terrain Awareness NTSB Final Report - Dec 1995 CFIT accident at San Jose, CA NTSB Final Report - Nov 2007 CFIT accident near Las Vegas FAA Risk Management Handbook

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Summary 133 Max talks with people he's interviewed over the past year to get updates on their stories. He talks with Robert DeLaurentis the day after he circumnavigated the South Pole, Matt Bergwall for an update on the Cirrus Vision Jet, Jason Blair about our mock IFR checkride, and John Bone about his Antarctica trip.

Mentioned in the ShowRobert DeLaurentis' Pole to Pole website Robert DeLaurentis' AOPA Blog Robert DeLaurentis' Facebook Page Donate to AOPA Foundation

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Summary 132 Max tells stories about pilots who made all kinds of mistakes by rushing. He talks about the many bumps his gotten during preflight. He also discusses poor checklist habits and how skipping one checklist item led to the destruction of a new $900,000. He also talks about how rushing radio communications leads to stepping on other pilot transmissions and inaccurate position reports.

News Stories

• EAA to Give Free Admission to Youth at AirVenture
• Mooney Reopens Kerrville Factory
• BIPARTISAN BILL WOULD SPUR TRANSPORTATION CAREERS
• World's First Electric Race Plane Unveiled at Dubai Airshow
• Pilots Report Bogus Landing Fee Charges Based On ADS-B Data
• Pilot is rescued after his plane crashes and gets tangled in power lines
• Alaska pilot convicted of lying to investigators after crash
• Border jumper tossed bags out of plane before arrest at B.C. airport
• AOPA ANNOUNCES 2020 FLY-IN LOCATIONS
• GA AIDS MIGRANT FARMING COMMUNITIES IN RURAL MEXICO

Mentioned in the ShowMission Flight Mission Flight YouTube Video Flying Magazine: Slow Down Your Flying How (and why) Lufthansa trains its pilots in Phoenix, Arizona A Year Of Stewardship – Managing A Flying Club Airplane Caleb Carr, 25, Cofounded A Company To Help Stabilize Helicopter Baskets Greenland Air Trophy 2020 Greenland Air Trophy 2020 YouTube Video Columbia, CA Airport

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Summary 131 Max talks with Luke Fischer about their trip across the U.S. in a 2016 SR22. Luke talks about the buying process, prepurchase inspection, and acceptance flight. The aircraft is now for rent at West Valley at KPAO. During the trip, Max tested the tracking and satellite text message capabilities of the Garmin inReach. Max also tested a wireless Tango headset that Lightspeed lent for the trip.

Mentioned in the ShowNASA Super Guppy Lightspeed Tango Wireless Headset $800 at Amazon - dual GA plugs Garmin inReach Mini $274.98 at Amazon Garmin inReach Mini with Accessory Bundle $289.99 at Amazon NOTE: Garmin inReach requires a Service Plan - details here

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Summary130 Max talks with pilot Eric Gundersen, who created a video that shows some of the factors that led to the crash of a SR22 that was landing at Cable Airport in Upland, CA. The factors identified could apply to any aircraft type and is a cautionary tale for all pilots. And a group of pilots in Mississippi collected and delivered 1000 winter coats for needy children in Wounded Knee, SD.

News Stories

• Cirrus SR22 crashes into House in Southern California
• Mooney Shuts Down, Employees Furloughed
• U.S. Aviation Fatalities Increased in 2018
• Gender reveal stunt led to plane crash in Texas
• FLOAT Plans Launch For SoCal Short-Distance Commuter Service
• FAA Sees Trust Growing with Compliance Program
• CANADA ADS-B MANDATE DELAYED
• Cessna 206 design problem behind N.W.T. plane crash
• Area pilots shuttle coats to Wounded Knee

Mentioned in the ShowEmail Lynn and Anita Havens about Winter Coat Drive Statistics About Pine Ridge Reservation Donation Needs for Pine Ridge Reservation Erik Gundersen's video of SR22 crash Noise Abatement software tracking site Fingertip Oximeter for measuring inflight oxygen levels

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129 IFR Instrument Mock Checkride - Interview with Jason Blair

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Summary129 Pilot examiner Jason Blair gives Max a mock IFR checkride and asks him typical checkride questions. This is also a great review for instrument rated pilots! Max pretends to have brought a Cessna 172/G1000 to the checkride. They talk about required documents, instrument currency, aircraft systems, instrument rules and regulations, and how to brief an approach.

Mentioned in the ShowJason Blair's Website

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• FAA to allow pilots with diabetes to fly commercial jets
• Honeywell Predicts Single-Pilot Future
• FAA Completes Runway Status Lights Rollout
• Turboprop Aircraft, Design and Tooling Discovered in Kansas Barn
• BACKCOUNTRY FAVORITE 'DRACO' to fly again
• Report: Pilot who crashed into pickup worried about wet turf
• British Airways to fund flying lessons in 2020
• Pilot forced to abort landing after firework explodes next to plane
• Passenger's hat flies out of plane, hits propeller
• Epic Aircraft E1000 Receives Type Certificate
• A most unusual marriage proposal: Floating weightless in a plummeting plane

Mentioned in the Show Myers 200 and Interceptor 400 Offer British Airway applications Runway Status Lights FAA Video Mike Patey New Improved 'Draco' Video'Life in the Fast Lane' Piper Meridian videos

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