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-engine work is basically "leg day" for pilots.

Meanwhile, Brian's back in the air after a month-long hiatus (because life gets in the way when you're a midlife pilot) and Ted's just casually racked up 58 hours flying from Wisconsin to Oregon... by way of Indiana. Because that's totally how geography works.

Ben's living his best pleasantly primitive life at flight school, complete with actual answering machines (beep!), carbon copy receipts, and instructors who write everything out by hand.

Brian shares his mid-flight training technique: practicing wing-raising with rudder while just "bopping around doing kind of nothing" at 3000 feet, while Ted's been in a quasi-serious relationship with "the egg" for the last 90 days.

Community celebrations include our new Hershey Bar level Patreon members Greg T, William S, Joel R, Echo Kilo, Zach R, Matthew P, and Aaron G (thank you!), plus Scott and Mountain Rat Mat crushing their long solo cross-countries.


MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Northwest Aeronaut aka "Oregon CFI Sam", Dutch rolls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxUwSb40LD4

• Spirit aircraft's SE-1: https://flyer.co.uk/spirit-launches-se-1-at-oshkosh-after-ten-years-of-secrecy/

• Spirit aircraft website: https://spiriteng.com/se-1-aircraft/

• My Cousin Vinny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Cousin_Vinny

• Mike Busch, Ask the A&Ps, on post-maintenance flights: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-one-way-to-flat-spot-a-tire/id1527442466?i=1000717363376

• Ben's Beechcraft Duchess Multi-Engine Training

• Ted's Epic Oshkosh Return Journey (with Chicago skyline detour)

• Brian's Mid-Flight Rudder Training Techniques

• Community Wins and New Patreon Family


MIDLIFE PILOT PODCAST:

• Website: https://midlifepilotpodcast.com

• Patreon Community: https://patreon.com/midlifepilotpodcast

• Watch Live on YouTube - Mondays 8PM Eastern: https://www.youtube.com/@midlifepilot

• Email: midlifepilotpodcast@gmail.com

• Merch Store: https://store.midlifepilotpodcast.com

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