EP132 - Information Whiskey: Smart Charts and Fish Finders

Ben raves about Garmin Smart Charts as a potential ForeFlight killer, while the gang shares their biggest radio pet peeves - from the dreaded "with you" to "fish finder." Brian explains why his ignition wires "date back to when Jimi Hendrix was an unknown rising guitarist," and they dive into listener feedback about check ride prep (spoiler: don't get "tuned up" the day before). Plus, discussions of "meat missiles" falling from the sky at skydiving operations, whether Florida counts as the Southeast, and why we all struggle with remembering which runway we just landed on.

Mentioned on the show:

* "Polish doctor" with a CTLS, video 1, pilot hypoxic at 25k feet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xym_ADvX_2o:

* "Polish doctor" video 2, SP-SMED gets banned from airspace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lToh07ov5hQ

* Checkmate Aviation, passenger briefing: https://www.checkmateaviation.com/products/checkmate-crew-and-passenger-briefing-card

* Is pitot heat required to fly IFR? https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/100892/is-pitot-heat-required-for-ifr

* Happy Fun Ball disclaimers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmqeZl8OI2M

* Angel Flight Southeast: https://angelflightse.org/

* Garmin Pilot Smart Charts: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/aviation/garminpilot/smartcharts/

* Aviation101 promoting Smart Charts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKoEfHCn9ZA

* PilotEdge: https://www.pilotedge.net/

* VATSIM: https://vatsim.net/

* LiveATC: https://www.liveatc.net/

* Bill Dance (fishing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dance_(television_host)

* CMD - Cullman, Alabama: https://www.airnav.com/airport/CMD

* Dublin, Georgia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin,_Georgia

* Dublin's Redneck Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck_Games

* Vidalia Georgia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidalia,_Georgia

* Woodstock movie (1970): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(film)

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