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89. Full Feather in the Amazon
A pilot reacted quickly after the airplane he was flying went into full feather over the Amazon. The outcome was positive, but did he do the right th…
1 year, 8 months ago
88. Smoke in the Cockpit
After an annual inspection, condition inspection, or even an oil change, the airplane needs to be flown to make sure it’s operating at 100%. And if y…
1 year, 8 months ago
87. Putting Down Over the Pacific
This week is an amazing tale of a pilot doing something most would never want to do: ferry an airplane across an ocean. Meet the pilot, who in an unf…
1 year, 9 months ago
86. Engine Failure in a Stearman
Dr. Stan Markus is an owner and lover of antique aircraft. And when the engine quit on his Stearman, away from his home airport, he only had a few se…
1 year, 9 months ago
85. Trust But Verify
A recent equipment upgrade created an erroneous incompatibility with fuel flow sensing for pilot and social media influencer Kay Hall. Hear how it un…
1 year, 10 months ago
84. Views From the Cockpit and the Console
Landing in a parking lot on a private pilot checkride provides a powerful lesson in preparation and humility. Dave Schoen shares a story from his st…
1 year, 10 months ago
83. ‘I’m Unable to Maintain Altitude’
Joey and Rachel Brown give their Cessna 150 a workout flying from California to Florida and back. It was all good until the final leg, when headwinds…
1 year, 11 months ago
82. Relying on Plan C
Flying is unforgiving, soaring even less so. Hear how glider pilot Bob Katz turned a loss of lift out of range of his airport into a picture perfect …
1 year, 11 months ago
81. Personal Minimums, Proficiency, Prudence, and Panic
A low time instrument pilot launches into IMC with a gradually failing vacuum pump and learns a lesson about proficiency and instrument cross-checkin…
2 years ago
80. Trim Tabs on a Baron
British pilot Mark Brooke has flown many different airplanes, from light singles and 727s for DHL to the Dassault Falcon 7X and even a Bucker Jungmei…
2 years ago