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 (imagine that!). It also is tech-enabled to show us the current weather, because we love VFR green.

Tim joins the crew to explore why midlife pilots are secretly makers and artists. From banjo picking to CNC machining, we dive into the creative minds of aviators who "glom onto things and take them way too far." Plus, discover how aviation's discipline actually enhances creativity, and why every pilot is creative whether they realize it or not.

As the crew discovers: "We chose this not because it was easy, but because we thought it was easy" - the same mindset that drives both flying and creating.

Mentioned on the show:

Community shoutouts: New Patreon supporters Anthony C, Jeff S, Justin G

Midlife Pilot Podcast:

Tonight's wisdom: "Flying IFR - where you trade scenery for stress."

Avsnitt(176)

EP161 - Information Whiskey Year End Spectacular

EP161 - Information Whiskey Year End Spectacular

Join the gang as they toast to 2025's greatest hits: Ben earning the coveted "you are a badass MF" landing review from his wife, Brian discovering his Cherokee is indeed "the Toyota Camry of the skies...

31 Dec 20251h 8min

EP160 - The Importance of Community

EP160 - The Importance of Community

Ben leads the crew through a heartfelt discussion on the power of aviation community, proving that even "internet pilot buddies who are somehow both extremely wise and definitely unsupervised" can cre...

24 Dec 20251h 1min

EP159 - The Sky Was Angry That Day, My Friend

EP159 - The Sky Was Angry That Day, My Friend

Like George Costanza pulling a golf ball from a whale's blowhole, Ben emerges from a harrowing 3.5-hour IMC flight through icing conditions with quite the tale to tell. Our intrepid Atlanta pilot find...

16 Dec 20251h 5min

EP158 - Dire Pragmatism with Absolute Lunacy

EP158 - Dire Pragmatism with Absolute Lunacy

1DullGeek casually announces he's signed a contract for a Czech-built TL Sparker and will spend a month in Prague building it – because apparently "24 cubic feet of cargo space" (more than his compact...

9 Dec 202559min

EP157 - Information Whiskey: A Countable Number of Summers

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

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

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"

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

Populärt inom Fritid

somna-med-henrik
uggla-ugglas-podcast
man-i-grupp
roda-vita-rosen
svenska-fpl-podden
rss-horrujeje
spokhistorier
rss-livsreglerna
elbilsveckan
travpodden
rss-max-tant-med-max-villman
rss-speljuntan
sexet
skillnadens-av-sara-backmo
rss-vara-klassiker
rss-odla
tp-podden
avsuttet-med-elsa-johanna
rss-tradgardssurr
rss-racerbilspodden