174 CAP Interview – Delivering Vaccine, Military Training Routes, Thunderstorms + GA News
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Summary
174 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 Air
Max on the Opposing Bases podcast – Not Available Yet
MIT Thunderstorm Study – PDF
Seth Lake Aviation
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