EP133 - Ice Bags in Your Nether Regions: Remote Field Breakdown Survival Guide

EP133 - Ice Bags in Your Nether Regions: Remote Field Breakdown Survival Guide

The guys tackle the inevitable reality of breaking down away from home - and yeah, "you did it to yourself by choosing to take on flying in midlife." They get real about emergency prep: "have a leatherman, have zip ties, have tape" and for the love of all that's holy, "cash is options, cash is flexibility." Brian drops wisdom about proactive maintenance ("we all do deferred maintenance") while Ted swears by Savvy Aviation as "AAA for aviation" after his windshield cracked mid-flight. Ben reminds everyone that mechanics are surprisingly helpful - "don't worry about it" seems to be their universal response to weekend pilot problems. The crew's advice boils down to: plan your route around services, know your call-out numbers, stay "calm and systematic" when things go sideways, and sometimes, if it's safe. just "put some duct tape on it" and "send it." Their six-point survival plan covers everything from building your network before you need it to knowing "when to walk away"—because "small town A&P's seem to be more available than you would expect."

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EP142 - Poof, You're a Milkshake! - MOSAIC Part Deux: What's Next

EP142 - Poof, You're a Milkshake! - MOSAIC Part Deux: What's Next

Welcome back to the aviation playground where three guys who "have a podcast and don't know what we're talking about" dive deeper into MOSAIC regulations! After Ted's fan-favorite first episode on the...

18 Elo 202552min

EP141 - Every Pilot Is Creative Somehow: Tim Lien from Banjo to CNC

EP141 - Every Pilot Is Creative Somehow: Tim Lien from Banjo to CNC

When Tim "Banjo Pilot" Lien's CFI's wife called his sectional chart maps "ugly," he didn't get mad - he got creative. The result? MyAeroGlass - stunning aviation art that actually makes spouses happy ...

12 Elo 202559min

EP140 - Information Whiskey: Leg Day, Dutch Rolls, and Answering Machines

EP140 - Information Whiskey: Leg Day, Dutch Rolls, and Answering Machines

Welcome to another Information Whiskey post-maintenance flight where apparently we need more whiskey. Ben's out here doing multi-engine training in a Beechcraft Duchess and discovering that single-eng...

5 Elo 20251h 2min

EP139 - MOSAIC for All Pilots: Ted Read 700 Pages So You Don't Have To

EP139 - MOSAIC for All Pilots: Ted Read 700 Pages So You Don't Have To

The aviation world just got flipped upside down! At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, the FAA dropped the MOSAIC bomb—the biggest shake-up to general aviation since 2004. Sport pilots can now fly aircraft ...

29 Heinä 20251h 21min

EP138 - Cargo Pants Season and $70 Friends: CFII Nathan Ballard Answers Feedback (Ted Live from Oshkosh)

EP138 - Cargo Pants Season and $70 Friends: CFII Nathan Ballard Answers Feedback (Ted Live from Oshkosh)

The crew tackles listener Zach R's dilemma about "feeding our souls and starving our wallets" when it comes to aviation passion. Ted broadcasts live from under his airplane wing at Oshkosh (complete w...

22 Heinä 202558min

EP137 - OG Chris Returns! Taking Aviation Breaks Without Guilt

EP137 - OG Chris Returns! Taking Aviation Breaks Without Guilt

After a year-long aviation hiatus, the legend himself returns! Chris Moran, the original midlife pilot who started it all, is back in the cockpit and spilling the raw truth about what happens when lif...

15 Heinä 20251h 1min

EP136 - Information Whiskey: The Tool in the Plane is Us

EP136 - Information Whiskey: The Tool in the Plane is Us

In this Information Whiskey session, Ben achieves peak midlife status by straining his back loading golf clubs into his airplane, proving that "we are the joke." Meanwhile, Brian gets voice recognized...

8 Heinä 202559min

EP135 - Dehydrated to Perfection with Erica Gilbert

EP135 - Dehydrated to Perfection with Erica Gilbert

Time for a heat dome intervention. Weather expert and certified mensch/CFII/CSIP Erica Gilbert returns to explain why we're all flying around in "the most expensive tin can you could sit in" and why B...

1 Heinä 20251h

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