EP157 - Information Whiskey: A Countable Number of Summers
The spotted cow tradition lives on as the crew discusses building instrument flows (Wendy's "source-morse-course" wisdom), why updating flows is harder than you think (law of primacy), and the great E...
2 Dec 20251h
EP156 - Checkride Prep Reality Check with CFII Erica Gilbert
Checkride prep reality check with CFII Erica Gilbert! Brian passes his instrument written ("a solid grilled cheese sandwich with slightly better ingredients than Kraft singles"), Ben confesses his mul...
25 Nov 20251h 10min
EP155 - “This Guy Never Saw Me" - A Pattern Predicament
Pattern predicament! Discord member Dom shares audio and flysto.net data from a close call at an untowered airport—100 feet of separation, spotty ADS-B, garbled radio calls, and the eternal question: ...
18 Nov 202550min
EP154 - "You've Got to Find Something Else to Do"
Airplane down! Not a crash—just 65 days and counting of repair purgatory. Special guest 1DullGeek (Mark) joins to talk about what happens when your plane is out of service for months, Keith C's emotio...
11 Nov 20251h 2min
EP153 - Information Whiskey: "I've Studied My Brain Into a Porridge-Like Consistency"
Information Whiskey strikes again! BIG NEWS: The Thaden Invasion is official—March 13-15, 2026 in Bentonville, Arkansas! Brian confesses his Sheppard Air conversion after weeks of IFR written torture ...
4 Nov 20251h 2min
EP152 - "Into the Wilds of GA": MOSAIC Day Celebrations, Carb Heat Confusion, and Airframe Chaos
("One Fifty Two") Ted celebrates Mosaic Day by breaking free from the "walled garden" of light sport aviation and "soloing" both a purple lightning-bolt Cessna 152 and a 172. As our friend Dominic elo...
28 Okt 20251h
EP151 - 2nd Chances at 46: Motion Sickness, Legacy, and Finding the Right CFI
Listener Chris T. writes in with a powerful story about his WWII pilot grandfather, a 25-year-old discovery flight that ended in motion sickness, and the question: Is it too late to try again at 46? T...
21 Okt 20251h 1min
EP150 - The Garmin 430 Is That Friend Who Peaked in High School
Episode 150! Ben has a hilarious ATC mix-up flying into Nashville at night ("The other controller told me it was two zero...I could hear him laughing in the background"), Ted gets stuck at an abandone...
14 Okt 20251h
