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126 Charter Pilot in a Piper Meridian – Interview Rob Lober Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary126 Max talks with Rob Lober of Air Tahoe about what it's like to fly charter, and what it takes to start a charter operation. He talks about the process to get a Part 135 certificate, and about the rules for pilots, including drug testing, and maintenance of the aircraft. He also talks about the economics of the business, including how he finds customers and why he doesn't own the plane. Mentioned in the ShowAir Tahoe Charter If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

125 Deadly Propeller Accidents, B-17 Crash Update + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary125 Max discusses the NTSB preliminary report on the B-17 crash. And we talk about propeller safety and a number of accidents in which people were killed or dismembered by a propeller. Propeller accidents are more common than you might think, and many happen at night when a spinning prop is almost impossible to see. NEVER let anyone in or out of a plane while the engine is still running. News Stories New Details of B-17 Crash Emerge Flight Operated Entirely by Women Flies 120 Young Girls to NASA NASA's First All-Electric Aircraft Delivered for Testing R22 Converted For Unmanned Crop Dusting Embraer Tests Autonomous Aircraft New Owner For Stratolaunch Chipper Aerospace Up For Sale Airports are our Biggest Problem: AOPA Australia Mexico Welcomes Pilots Flying Under BasicMed Pilot retiring after 35 years gives wings to boy who has Down syndrome Mentioned in the ShowAviation News Talk Listener Meetup - Oct 30 5:30 PMEAA Chapter 1292 Food Flight Propeller Accident - Key West, FL Key West Accident - Miami Herald Hartzell Propeller on Propeller Strikes Ohio skydiving employee dies in propeller accidentUnited Airlines Employee Struck By Plane Propeller Louisiana Woman Struck by PropellerInside Edition Video: What Life's Like for Woman Who Lost Arm NTSB Report: Hayward Airport Propeller AccidentNTSB Report: Nut Tree Airport Propeller Accident If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

124 B-17 Crash, General Aviation Accidents, Nall Report, and CBD Oil + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary 124 We discuss the B-17 crash and possible causes. Max summarizes GA accident data from the AOPA Nall report. GA accidents have declined over the last ten years, and the fatal accident rate has dropped substantially Landings are the most common accident type. Experimental aircraft accidents have declined, but still have accidents at a higher rate than other aircraft. A listener asks about CBD Oil. News Stories NTSB investigating B-17 for Engine Trouble FAA completes final ADS-B milestone The Bahamas Needs You Policy Freeing DPEs of Geographic Limits Extended FAA Wants Action On Declining Pilot Skills FAA Investigating Money Drop ForeFlight, AOPA Offer Monthly Prizes CBP tracks ultralight across border, arrests pilot Plane Crashes Into Ski Lift Cable Mentioned in the ShowForeFlight Frequent Filer contest Patty Wagstaff Banquet NTSB Aviation Database NASA ASRS database 28th Joseph T Nall Report Grand Canyon National Park Special Flight Rules Area AOPA's David Tulis on Grand Canyon Beaumont Hotel Airport, Beaumont, KS Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont, KS Petition to Eliminate VOR Logging Requirement Add Your Comment Supporting VOR Logging Petition Aviation News Talk #5 on Deadly Distractions FAA Aeromedical Advisory on CBD Oil - page 5 If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

123 Getting Pilots To Speak Up When They See Something Wrong or Spot Risky Behavior + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary 123 Sometimes pilots see something wrong, like a plane taxiing and pushing a tow bar, or with a pitot tube cover on, or in the runup area with a baggage door open. In these situations, something is clearly wrong, and pilots must speak up. But the situation is more tricky when you see a pilot head off to do something you know is risky, but which they might be successful at. Still you should speak up. News Stories James Ketchell completes round-the-world flight Only 44% of GA aircraft equipped with ADS-B uAvionix Receives FAA STC For tailBeacon ADS-B OUT Solution NAFI, Avemco Highlight Insurance Claim Safety Lessons Cruz to revive air traffic control reform push PATEY, PAX UNHURT IN CRASH THAT DESTROYED 'DRACO' AOPA reinforces Calls for Self-certified Medicals Hoax caller Paul Sant to be sentenced for pretending to be an air traffic controller Tree company helps rescue pilot whose plane crashed atop trees near N.J. airport Every Student Flies Mentioned in the ShowAirtime - Dale Klapmeier Interview NAFI, Avemco Insurance Claim Findings Webinar Donation Site for James Ketchell Charities Beechcraft Heritage Museum in Tullahoma, TN If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

122 Air Traffic Controller Saves Lives – NATCA 2019 Archie League Awards Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary122 Two airliners departing Chicago come within a quarter of a mile of each other, an F-16 is nearly out of fuel and options, a C172 pilot is picking up ice, a Cessna 340 pilot lost pressurization and doesn't know he's hypoxic. An IFR Mooney has lost everything except his compass. A student pilot diverts because of high winds, and a C182 pilot in IMC is flying low because of bad altimeter readings. Mentioned in the ShowList of all 2019 Archie League Award winners NATCA Video: 2019 Archie League Awards Banquet If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

121 Getting a Multi-engine rating – Interview Seth Lake Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary121 Max talks with pilot examiner Seth Lake of VSL Aviation about getting a multi-engine rating in light twin aircraft and the most efficient order for pilots to get their Commercial and multi engine ratings. Seth also describes terms multi-engine pilots need to know including Vmca and Vyse and what to expect on a multi-engine checkride. He also gives a six step process for managing engine failures. Mentioned in the ShowSeth Lake's VSL Aviation web site If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

120 Troubleshooting Radio and Audio Panel Problems, Hurricane Dorian + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary120 Max talks about how to troubles shoot problems with the Com radios and the audio panel in general aviation aircraft. First you need to determine whether the problem is common to both the radios and the intercom. If it is, check for problems with the headset, such as whether it's plugged in all the way, or whether the jacks, or the headset cable is intermittent. Also check audio panel switches. News Stories Hurricane Dorian - AOPA says Follow Procedures for Bahamas Flights NATA Hurricane Resources Web Page Embry-Riddle Moves 68 Planes To Escape Hurricane Operation AirDrop - Registrations for Bahamas Flights Guangzhou commuters to use autopilot drone aircraft taxis Quantum signs for 26 electric airplanes from Bye Aerospace Deliveries start for Tecnam's mini-airliner ZeroAvia Breaks Silence on Hydrogen-Powered Matrix DOT: Appointees to Safety Oversight Committee 23-year-old Crosses Atlantic and Pacific in LSA Avionics Sales Continue to Surge Fake Mechanic Gets Airplanes Grounded Pilot Pleads Guilty to Buying Planes for Drug Traffickers Inspirational pilot to receive NBAA award Mentioned in the ShowNeeded Hurricane Supplies You Can DonateRegister: Learn to Fly/Buy a Cirrus, Sept 19 at KRHV Register: mini-CPPP, Sept 28 at KPAO Boeing and Open Airplane's Flight School Survey Boeing and Open Airplane's Flight Instructor Survey Boeing and Open Airplane's Pilot in Training Survey If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

119 Flying a General Aviation Aircraft Around the World Twice – Interview Robert DeLaurentis Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary119 Robert DeLaurentis, author of Zen Pilot, Flight of Passion and The Journey Within talks about his upcoming polar circumnavigation, and about his previous around the world trip. His new plane, Citizen of the World, is a highly modified 1983 Gulfstream Turbine Commander 900. Robert talks about the challenges of flying a 4200 nm round trip over Antarctica that will take 17 to 18 hours to complete. Mentioned in the ShowAmazon book: Zen Pilot, Flight of Passion and The Journey Within Amazon book: Flying Through Life Robert DeLaurentis' Pole to Pole website Robert DeLaurentis' AOPA Blog Robert DeLaurentis' Facebook Page Robert DeLaurentis' Instagram Robert DeLaurentis' Pinterest If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

118 Instrument Flying and IFR Listener Questions + General Aviation News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary118 GA news plus Max answers listeners questions on Instrument Flying and IFR including questions about how to save money on an instrument rating, using a simulator to get an instrument rating, when to switch from GPS to the Nav radio on localizer and VOR approaches, Legally using GPS on the entire VOR approach, whether to train in a round gauge airplane or a glass cockpit like in a Cirrus. News Stories FAA investigates report of Boston MedFlight pilot falling asleep Thieves Break Into At Least Nine Airplanes In N.H. Southwest Airlines Launches New Pilot Pathways Program Senator seeks input from GA pilots Pilot in Mesquite crash landing denies drinking and flying FAA: ICAO Flight Plan Format Becomes Mandatory Unleaded avgas for sale at KSQL Family sues FAA over crash, claims ATC gave pilot false information Silver Spitfire departs on round-the-world flight Boy who stole two planes for a joyride could receive pilot training Jessica Cox To Take Delivery Of Her First Airplane Mentioned in the ShowHow to Complete an ICAO Flight PlanSummary of Sen. Inhofe's Aviation bill Silver Spitfire Around-the-World Flight Tracker Max on Plane Talking UK #279 podcast Icon A5 crash video Icon A5 Wheeling, IL crash found by pinging cell phone Icon Workforce Reduced by 40 Percent NTSB: Pilot Error in Icon Crash in Wheeling, IL Flying Companion Seminar by 99s in San Jose, CA Airport Restaurants website If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

117 Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Pilots and Aircraft Owners – Interview Scott W. Williams Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary117 Scott W. Williams is an aviation attorney. He talks about some of the ten most common mistakes made by pilots, like what to do when the FAA says "Advise when ready to copy a phone number." He talks about common pitfalls when buying or selling a plane, getting insurance, and working with maintenance shops. He also talks the myth of a Delaware corporation, and problems with Part 135 charter. #1 The Purchase #2 Missing Title #3 Insurance Ignorance #4 Bad or No Contracts #5 Inadvertent Flight into Part 135 #6 Unauthorized Maintenance #7 Failure to Maintain Airworthiness #8 Shop Contracts #9 Selling Your Airplane #10 Not Asking the Right Questions Mentioned in the ShowScott Williams General Aviation Law website NASA ASRS Form If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies! So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do. Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android. Please Take our 2019 Social Media Survey. I'd love to understand how you use, or don't use, social media, so I can target social media posts and advertising for Aviation News Talk to other people similar to you. Social Media Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Follow Max on YouTube Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.