EP121 - Information Whiskey: Between Patience and Numbness
Midlife Pilot Podcast25 Maalis 2025

EP121 - Information Whiskey: Between Patience and Numbness

Join Ben, Brian, and Ted for hangar talk about the joys (and pains) of annual inspections in this episode of the Midlife Pilot Podcast. The guys commiserate over their planes being simultaneously grounded, with Ben's Beast down to five cylinders and showing remarkable "patience" (or is it numbness?). Brian dishes on his new book of aviation essays "Make Small Corrections," while Ted smugly reminds everyone his oil-free belly never needs scrubbing. The fellas debate what aircraft they'd come back as in the next life, swap formation flying stories, and remind everyone about the upcoming Texas meetup. Pull up a chair in the hangar and settle in for another episode that'll make you feel right at home in the best pilot community around.


Mentioned on the show:

* Ernest Goes To Jail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Goes_to_Jail

* The Green Mile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Mile_(film)

* Nashville prison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_State_Prison

* Paul Craig episode 120: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/midlifepilotpodcast/episodes/EP120---Descending-from-Mount-Stupid-with-Paul-Craig-e30b2sb

* Cessna 195: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_195

* Stinson v77: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinson_Reliant

* Lockheed AC130: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130

* Continental IO520: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_IO-520

* Georgia Tech Wreck Racing: https://wreckracing.gatech.edu/

* RMG Rome airport: https://www.airnav.com/airport/RMG

* Sam's Burger and Deli: https://www.samsburgerdeli.com/

* XNX Music City Executive: https://www.airnav.com/airport/XNX

* "Cessna 140 Ben": https://flywithben.com/

* Centerline Aviation: https://centerlineair.com/

* Cessna 337 Skymaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_Skymaster

* TomAir's Cessna 337: https://www.youtube.com/@tomairtv

* The Green Machine: https://www.retroist.com/p/the-green-machine

* Brian's book, "Make Small Corrections": https://amazon.com/dp/B0DZWQKGJX

* Original Kindle with a keyboard: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Amazon_Kindle_(original_version)


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