EP66 - Night flying, the perils of lifting old TVs, and a poignant acronym rant
Night flying is surreal, beautiful, and presents its own challenges and dangers. We read your feedback on sport piloting episode, talk night flying, and we get a glorious rant from 1DullGeek on ACRONY...
13 Mars 20241h
EP65 - All things sport pilot license and LSA
Ted talks about all things sport pilot. What are the limitations? How can a private pilot understand it? The crew talks about LSA planes, MOSAIC, and if Ted would want to fly night or IFR. Ben is out ...
6 Mars 20241h 1min
EP64 - Exploring your knowledge gaps
Join Ben, Brian, and Ted as they talk knowledge gaps, being aware of them, and what to do about areas of weakness as a pilot. Feedback has us on a rant about IFR traffic expecting VFR traffic to be ps...
28 Feb 202447min
EP63B - Find the right plane for your mission
After having to do a go around with episode 63 due to tech gremlins, we re-recorded the episode and are now back in the pattern! We talk about the problem with the term "mission", our quests for the p...
26 Feb 202453min
EP62 - Ways to combat complacency
Ben, Brian, and Ted talk about combating complacency as a private pilot. They also celebrate podcast supporters who have passed checkrides recently! The new midlife pilot podcast website: https://midl...
14 Feb 202458min
EP61 - Five ways to build confidence as a newer pilot
Ben, Brian, and Ted talk about gaining confidence as a new pilot. The team also reads feedback from Mike Alpha Golf about the importance of having friends in aviation- for one thing, they keep you sa...
7 Feb 20241h
EP60 - Weather is fun with CFII Erica Gilbert
We are joined by CFII Erica Gilbert of AeroSafe - she makes weather more fun! Erica speaks to her work as a CFII, the art of weather briefings, expanding your minimums, and how she came to sharing her...
31 Jan 202451min
EP59 - Debriefing the debrief, memory logbooks, and the Nashville fly-in
After talking about filming flights on the last episode, Ben, Brian, and Ted talk about debriefing flights- using a gopro as a "black box", looking at tracks, or using pen and paper. show mentions: *...
24 Jan 202451min
