EP182 - "What's Time to a Hog?" with DPE Ron Horton (Pt. 1 of 2)
The crew is joined by Charlotte-based Designated Pilot Examiner Ron Horton — 60 years of flying, Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, AOPA Regional Instructor of the Year, and the man responsible for b...
26 Maj 54min
EP181 - Fly Like It's Your Job. Because It Kind Of Is.
Brian's got a shiny new commercial certificate, Ben just logged 25 hours in three days in a flying potato over Florida, and somehow nobody declared an emergency — so naturally, it's time to talk about...
19 Maj 1h 10min
EP180 - Getting Back in the Training Saddle
Ben is about to climb into a Piper Apache, which our own blog has definitively declared the official airplane of twin-engine Russian roulette, and he's doing the responsible midlife thing: writing dow...
12 Maj 48min
EP179 - Information Whiskey: Pimp the Plane or the Pilot, But You Can't Pimp Both
It's Information Whiskey time, and we're only one episode late — which, as Brian would say, is basically on time. Brian's commercial checkride is less than two weeks out, which means Lucy has been get...
5 Maj 59min
EP178 - Flying Silent: No Engine. No Seat Cushion.
Ted soloed a glider this weekend. He went up at 3,500 feet and came back down at 9,500. Then eventually came back down from that too, but only because his butt hurt. One tow rope, zero engines, four a...
28 Apr 1h 10min
EP177 - Momentum: The Pudding Skin of Aviation
What do glider tows, five written tests in 32 days, and refusing to go home before a late concert all have in common? Momentum — and the sneaky ways midlife tries to steal it from you.This week Brian,...
21 Apr 1h 1min
EP176 - Flying With Pilots, Strangers, and Stranger Pilots
There's nothing more dangerous than a plane full of pilots. A wise man with a Pilatus once told Brian that, and he's been thinking about it ever since. Episode 176 is a deep dive into one of GA's most...
14 Apr 1h
EP175 - Say Again, Slowly: Everything We Wish We Knew About ATC Comms
That little button is not your enemy — but nobody tells you that when you're a student pilot white-knuckling your first radio call. In episode 175, Brian, Ben, and Ted dig into everything they wish so...
7 Apr 1h 1min
