EP97 - A Little Stitious: Hula Girls, Lucky Socks, and Cockpit Voodoo

EP97 - A Little Stitious: Hula Girls, Lucky Socks, and Cockpit Voodoo

Join Ben, Brian, and Ted as they explore the wild world of pilot superstitions. Brian admits to thanking his plane after flights, while Ben confesses to repositioning his dashboard hula girl based on landing quality. Ted reveals his habit of wearing outlandish socks during training flights. The chat chimes in with their own quirks, like bringing stuffed animal co-pilots. Brian recounts his thrilling experience at a STOL competition, and hundreds of spectators judging his landing. The guys debate whether announcing checkride dates jinxes the outcome, and Ben explains his obsessive attachment to his beat-up kneeboard. Plus, hear about new podcast merch and their upcoming 100th episode celebration at Fairmont airport.


The 100th episode is coming up! Oct 28, at 4G7 Fairmont West Virginia. Not an official meetup, RSVP is required (on discord or midlifepilotpodcast@gmail.com) if you're planning to attend.


mentioned on the show:

* Music City STOL: https://nationalstol.com/musiccity/

* XNX Music City Executive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_City_Executive_Airport

* 5-hour Music City STOL competition video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtKlqQsl54o

* Master CFI Nathan "Mallard"'s bird video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrN15HLL0AQ

* UAO Aurora: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_State_Airport

* Origins of knocking on wood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocking_on_wood

* Folklore of mirrors as windows to the soul: https://leanbhpearson.com/2023/02/02/mirror-folklore/

* Master CFI Nathan Ballard hosting NAFI mentorLIVE: https://www.mentorlive.site/program/85.html

* Jason Miller, The Finer Points Podcast, When It All Goes Down: crashing a plane, Garmin Inreach: https://www.learnthefinerpoints.com/podcast

* Aviation Newstalk 352, interviewing Hurricane Helene volunteer helicopter pilot: https://aviationnewstalk.com/podcast/352-r44-helicopter-pilot-stories-delivering-supplies-after-hurricane-helene/

* Opposing Bases 353, Hurricane Reponse: All Hands on Deck: https://opposingbases.libsyn.com/ob353-hurricane-response-all-hands-on-deck


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EP188 - Go/No-Go: Honoring Your Minimums When Everyone Else Is Leaving

EP188 - Go/No-Go: Honoring Your Minimums When Everyone Else Is Leaving

Ben's coming back to McCollum with his wife in the right seat and the winds at 340, 18 gusting 28, basically direct crosswind, and he's already named the two north-south runways he'll divert to if he ...

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EP187 - Information Whiskey: Super Scoopers, Springer Mountain & the Bachelorette Bravo

EP187 - Information Whiskey: Super Scoopers, Springer Mountain & the Bachelorette Bravo

A whiskey episode, the non-format format where we catch up, work the live chat, and let it fly. Ted spots a pair of Canadair Super Scoopers fighting fires over Utah and IDs them on ADS-B in about ten ...

30 Kesä 53min

EP186 - Risk It for the Biscuit: The $300 Hamburger

EP186 - Risk It for the Biscuit: The $300 Hamburger

Avgas hit 8.85 a gallon, so the $100 hamburger is now a $300 hamburger, and if you're renting, congratulations, it's a $1,000 hamburger. Brian, Ben, and Ted dig into how midlifers actually keep flying...

23 Kesä 1h 2min

EP185 - Flying the Long Way

EP185 - Flying the Long Way

You earned the ticket. Now what? Most VFR pilots get their certificate and then spend the next few years doing pattern laps and $100 hamburger runs, never quite working up the nerve for the big trip. ...

16 Kesä 1h 1min

EP184 - Information Whiskey: Event Events vs. Non-Event Events

EP184 - Information Whiskey: Event Events vs. Non-Event Events

Brian is hiding from CMA Fest, Ben is back from the British Virgin Islands, and Ted has finally sprung the Egg from a two-month annual. Time for an Information Whiskey episode.Brian gets back in the a...

10 Kesä 1h 7min

EP183 - "What's Time to a Hog?" — Ron Horton, DPE (Part 2 of 2)

EP183 - "What's Time to a Hog?" — Ron Horton, DPE (Part 2 of 2)

If you haven't listened to Episode 182 yet, go back — this conversation picks up about five minutes later. Ron Horton, DPE extraordinaire, returns with the crew to finish what he started: a data-drive...

2 Kesä 53min

EP182 - "What's Time to a Hog?" with DPE Ron Horton (Pt. 1 of 2)

EP182 - "What's Time to a Hog?" with DPE Ron Horton (Pt. 1 of 2)

The crew is joined by Charlotte-based Designated Pilot Examiner Ron Horton — 60 years of flying, Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, AOPA Regional Instructor of the Year, and the man responsible for b...

26 Touko 54min

EP181 - Fly Like It's Your Job. Because It Kind Of Is.

EP181 - Fly Like It's Your Job. Because It Kind Of Is.

Brian's got a shiny new commercial certificate, Ben just logged 25 hours in three days in a flying potato over Florida, and somehow nobody declared an emergency — so naturally, it's time to talk about...

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