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

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

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150 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.

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Electric Caravan first flight – Live May 28 Facebook
Electric Caravan first flight – Live May 28 Twitter
COVID-19 Guidance for Flight schools
AOPA 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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Drone flies close to Blue Angels

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

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Summary
149 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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Jason Blair’s Website
Schedule a Checkride with Jason
Jason Blair’s YouTube Channel

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148 Understanding Aircraft Weight & Balance, Which Cessna 182 to Buy + GA News

148 Understanding Aircraft Weight & Balance, Which Cessna 182 to Buy + GA News

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Summary
148 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.

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FAA SFAR:Relief for Medicals, Knowledge Tests, CFI Renewals
Control Tower Hour Adjustments
Airport Grants Announced on April 30, 2020
Sectional Chart Masks
Careers in Aerospace Webinars
Thief Tries to Sell Airplanes He Doesn’t Own

Videos Mentioned in the Show
Jonathan Weiswasser’s EWR>LGA>JFK video
Engine out landing on freeway

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147 Essential Tips on Aircraft Ownership – Interview with Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation


147 Essential Tips on Aircraft Ownership – Interview with Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation

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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.

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Mike Busch’s 70+ EAA Webinars on YouTube
Savvy Aviation – Mike Busch’s main web site

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Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance
Mike Busch on Engines
Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership (Volume 1)
Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership (Volume 2)

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146 Understanding WAAS GPS Approach Minimums + GA News


146 Understanding WAAS GPS Approach Minimums + GA News

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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.

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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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145 Best Ways to Use a Home or Flight School Simulator – Interview Julian Alarcon


145 Best Ways to Use a Home or Flight School Simulator – Interview Julian Alarcon

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Summary
145 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.

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Simtech Aviation website
Precision Flight Controls
Max Trescott’s blog article on PFC simulators

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144 3 Things To Do Immediately When Reporting an Accident per NTSB 830 + GA News


144 3 Things To Do Immediately When Reporting an Accident per NTSB 830 + GA News

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144 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.

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Fun Flying Destination: Spam Museum
Staying at Home is Starting to work
FAASafety.gov Online Courses
ASA’s Private Oral Study Guide
ASA’s Instrument Oral Study Guide
Aviation Accidents iOS App

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Video: Flight Attendant Working at Home

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143 What You Need to Know about Wind Shear + GA News


143 What You Need to Know about Wind Shear + GA News

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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.

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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 Podcast
Jason Blair Book: Buying an Airplane
Jason Blair Book: Owning an Airplane
US Health Weather Map – smart thermometer data
Backstory on wake turbulence photo

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

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142 Aviation News of the Weird and iPad Incidents with Flying Magazine’s Rob Mark


142 Aviation News of the Weird and iPad Incidents with Flying Magazine’s Rob Mark

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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 Mentioned
Math 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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141 GoFly Prize – $2 Million Dollar Contest to Create a VTOL Aircraft


141 GoFly Prize – $2 Million Dollar Contest to Create a VTOL Aircraft

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Summary
141 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 website
GoFly Prize Master Lectures
GoFly Prize Guidelines
GoFly Prize Facebook page
DragonAir Aviation
DragonAir Facebook page
Team teTra website

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

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