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294 Diamond DA50RG Demo Flight – 300 hp FADEC Jet Fuel Engine

Max Trescott test flies the new single engine DA50RG aircraft that was recently certified in the U.S. by Diamond. Diamond has been working on different configurations of the DA50 for over ten years, and the 5-seat DA50RG with retractable landing gear is the first version to be certified and delivered in the U.S. It uses a 300 hp, FADEC controlled engine that runs on Jet A fuel. Base price for the DA50RG is $1,150,000 and options include air conditioning, FIKI, and oxygen.

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Diamond DA50RG POH (DA50C)

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191 Thirty Ways to Save Money on Flight Training, PilotEdge’s SimVenture 2021 + GA News

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191 A young listener shares 30 ways to save money on flight training and interviews a Corporate pilot about how he was able to become a pilot and fly professionally. Also, Max talks with Kevin Meyers of PilotEdge about SimVenture 2021, an online event in July that will let pilots and flight simmers practice flying into AirVenture in Oshkosh using real FAA controllers and realistic scenery.

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#127 New Garmin G3000 Autoland for Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet and Piper M600
#128 Garmin Autoland Interviews with the Garmin Engineers
Air Traffic Control (ATC) Government Privatization Explained
Aerospace Scholarships
FAA Handbooks
Dag’s Board Game – flying planes in WWI
Jason Miller’s The Finer Points – Saving Money in Flight Training
PilotEdge
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X-Plane 11 Flight Simulator

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189 AOPA on Warbirds Adventures Case and its Impact on CFIs, Cirrus Safety Award + GA News

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189 Max talks with AOPA General Counsel Justine Harrison and Jared Allen about the impact of the Warbirds Adventures Case on Flight Instruction. The immediate impact is if you provide instruction for compensation in a limited category aircraft, you need an FAA exemption. The FAA has been asked to interpret how the decision affects other flight instruction. Max receives Cirrus 2020 Safety Award.

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NOVA – Hindenburg: The New Evidence
NOVA – Great Electric Airplane Race
Traveling Salesman Problem Solved for Airports in Every State

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

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158 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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Video of Max’s Landing
List of talkdown landings
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145 Best Ways to Use a Home or Flight School Simulator – Interview Julian Alarcon

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

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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

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DVD: Above and Beyond
Wake turbulence induced crash

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140 Coronavirus Hits Airlines and General Aviation + GA News

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140 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.

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Southwest Airlines Aircraft Cleaning Video

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134 How to Avoid CFIT, Controlled Flight Into Terrain Accidents + GA News

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134 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.

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Sedona YouTube Video on Fly with the Guys Channel
Proposal Video
FAA’s website to request a Public ADS-B Performance Report
AEA Scholarships Application
Nov 2019 Las Vegas Plane Crash
GA 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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126 Charter Pilot in a Piper Meridian – Interview Rob Lober

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126 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.

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Air Tahoe Charter

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119 Flying a General Aviation Aircraft Around the World Twice – Interview Robert DeLaurentis

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119 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.

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Amazon 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
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