Aviation News Talk Podcast

90 Mooney Pilot Passes out from CO Poisoning and Survives Crash - Interview with Dan Bass Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. SummaryMax talks with Mooney pilot Dan Bass who passed out on his third flight of the day due to an exhaust system leak that let CO enter the cockpit. He talks about the symptoms he experienced, the treatment he received, and his belief that all pilots should fly with CO detectors. Get a Carbon Monoxide Detector! Pocket CO KWJ Carbon Monoxide Detector $163 Sentry ADS-B Receiver with Carbon Monoxide Detector $499 Sensorcon CO Tester and Meter $159 Sensorcon Certified CO Detector & Meter $179 Sensorcon Industrial Pro CO Monitor $199 Guardian Avionics Pane

89 General Aviation in Australia – Interview Benjamin Morgan, AOPA Australia Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. SummaryMax talks with Benjamin Morgan, Executive Director of AOPA Australia about the state of General Aviation in Australia. Number of Private pilots is declining. AOPA is working to inspire youth. They’ve acquired a bus full of simulators they drive around the country, and is buying low cost Cessna 150s for flight training. GA also faces regulatory challenges with CASA, which regulates all aviation in Australia. The number of flight instructors have declined, since independent flight instructors haven’t been permitted since a rule change in 1999. After that decision, flight training declined significantly. Smaller fl

88 Four things you should know about Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Carbon Monoxide Monitors + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Four Things to Know about Carbon Monoxide Poisoning88 Max talks in detail about Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and CO Monitors. 1. Know the symptoms, which include headache, dizziness, upset stomach, vomiting, weakness, confusion, and chest pain. Skin is pink or pale and the lips bright red. 2. Most CO in planes is from a faulty heating system. So shut off the cabin heat, open windows, and land as soon as possible. 3. 43 percent of poisoned patients still have cognitive problems a year after their encounter. 4. Get an electronic CO Detector. This is a perf

87 Night IFR Electrical Failure: ATC and a Cell Phone Save a Doctor – Interview with Controller Phil Enis Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Summary On Super Bowl Sunday, Dr. Peter Edenhoffer was flying IFR at night in a Cessna Cardinal when he lost his electrical system. He’d already texted his son to say goodbye. Then he received a text message from Fort Worth Center which gave him hope for surviving when he realized he wasn’t alone. Max interviews NATCA’s Archie League Medal of Safety President’s Award winner controller Phil Enis about this save. Watch the NATCA video to hear more of the ATC radio transmissions and see more of the text messages from this save. It also includes a lin

86 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Aviation Deals on ForeFlight, Garmin, iPads and more for Private and Instrument Pilots Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Black Friday and Cyber Monday Aviation Deals Garmin D2 Delta PX, GPS Pilot Watch + Pulse Ox Sensor $1249 Garmin D2 Delta, GPS Pilot Watch with Brown Leather Band $949.00 D2 Charlie Aviator Watch, Titanium Edition (Americas) $799.00 D2 Charlie Aviator Watch, Leather Band (Americas) $694.95 Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 Aviation In-cockpit Bundle $499.99 Garmin aera660 Touchscreen Aviation GPS Portable $749 Garmin inReach Explorer+ Satellite Communicator $449.99  ForeFlight DealsThis promo is for people who don’t have a ForeFlight subsc

  85 Private Pilot Secrets for Making Short-Field Landings, Red Bull Race Winner, Depression + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Short Field Landings85 Max talks in detail about what it takes to make a good short-field landing. Calculating an appropriate airspeed and selecting an aiming point are both critical Results from the 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship. A listener suffering from clinical depression and anxiety who is on two medications to combat these chemical imbalances asks about the process for getting an FAA medical. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you d

84 Ten Things Pilots Do that bug ATC Controllers - Interview with Brandon Gonzales Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Things Pilots Do that bug ATC ControllersHere's Brandon's List: 1. Monitor the freq. before you speak. 2. Cleared for immediate takeoff, but then not doing it. Or, worse yet, doing it too quickly when not prepared. 3. IMMEDIATELY- Used by ATC when such action compliance is required to avoid an imminent situation EXPEDITE− Used by ATC when prompt compliance is required to avoid the development of an imminent situation. 4. If you can’t accept or comply, advise. Maybe even provide an alternative that you can do. 5. If you don’t understand instructions. Please ask for clari

83 Flying to Antarctica, Wind Shear, & Identifying the Missed Approach Point + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. AntarcticaMax interviews John Bone about his upcoming flight to Antarctica. Last year, Bone circumnavigated the earth in a westward direction in his Cirrus SR22. This year, he plans to fly his plane and land in Antarctica. Max experiences wind shear on a night flight. And a listener asks for tips on setting up a G1000 to make it more obvious when you reach the missed approach point. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each mont

82 How to Increase Separation on Final without Dangerous S-Turns + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Increasing Spacing on Final without using S-TurnsMax talks about how to increase spacing on final without doing dangerous S-Turns on the final approach to landing. Two FAA Controllers wins Archie League Award for noticing a pilot with a problem. Listeners give feedback on things they wished they’d learned as student pilots. A listener ask where to fly the downwind when flying next to parallel runways, but cleared to land on runway on the far side. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts  in the Blog section. An

81 What You Need to Know about the Flight Review or BFR, NBAA Update + GA News. Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. NBAA Convention News & Flight Reviews (BFR)81 Max talks about what you need to know about doing a flight review with emphasis on Part 91 rules that pilots need to know. Also a news update from the NBAA convention. Sean Tucker retiring from his solo air show act. A CFI has feedback on a better takeoff briefing. An FAA controller asks about whether piston pilots could use reverse high speed exits. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts  in the Blog section. And if you decide to make a small donation eac

80 Fast Track to an Airline Pilot Career, Piper M-series, Pilatus PC-12 + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. COPA Las Vegas Pilot Interviews80 Max interviewed pilots while attending the Cirrus Owner Pilots Association (COPA) annual meeting in Las Vegas. One future airline pilot who is on track to fly 1500 hours in one year, and she talks about how she’s accomplishing that. Max also interviews pilots about using flight simulators and Angle of Attack indicators, and two dealers about the Piper M350, M500, and M600, and the Pilatus PC-12. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts  in the Blog section. And if you dec

79 AOPA Carbondale Interviews with Jack Pelton, Adrian Eichhorn, and Catherine Cavagnaro, Red Bull Update + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. AOPA Carbondale Fly-in Interviews Max interviews a dozen pilots at the AOPA Carbondale, IL Regional Fly-in including EAA President Jack Pelton, round-the-world Bonanza pilot Adrian Eichhorn, and 2018 FAASTeam Rep of the Year Catherine Cavagnaro, who is an expert in spin training and writes for AOPA Pilot magazine. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts  in the Blog section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month,  you can get some goodies! Check out our

78 Cirrus Owner Pilots Association (COPA) Aircraft Type Club Interview with Roger Whittier Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Roger Whittier Interview Max interviews Cirrus Owner and Pilot Association President Roger Whittier about aircraft type clubs, the services supplied by COPA, and the upcoming M16 Cirrus Migration convention in Las Vegas. He also answers a listener question about converting a TKS Cirrus aircraft to FIKI, and converting a normally aspirated Cirrus engine to a turbo charged or normalized one. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts  in the Blog section. And if you decide to make a small donation ea

77 Twenty Things your CFI Didn’t Teach You as a Student Pilot, NTSB Report on Air Canada 759 SFO Incident + GA News. Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Twenty Things your CFI Didn’t Teach YouListeners share stories about things they wished they had learned as student pilots, but had to figure out for themselves as Private Pilots. Here's my list of those items. 1. How to Prepare for a Flight Review 2. Using Clearance Delivery, approach and departure control 3. Complex and High Performance Endorsements 4. Checking Out in Other Airplanes 5. Flying in the Mountains 6. The dangers of flying at Night 7. It Can Happen To Me 8. Flying at Night without a Moon 9. Renting a Plane at another Fligh

76 Cirrus Jet Flying and Training, Aviation ANR Headset Benefits + GA News Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Cirrus Vision Jet Flying and Training 76 Max talks about getting a type rating and flying the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet. The checkride was to ATP standards, and took ten days in Knoxville, TN. A Waco pilot asks about the benefits of ANR headsets. Max also talks about a fatal accident at his home airport. After bouncing and going around, the pilot said he was too fast. He might have avoided the accident if started a go around sooner. If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts  in the Blog section. And if you decide t

75 Mental Health and Stress in Pilots, Seattle Stolen Plane, Blackfly and Sun Flyer 2 Electric Aircraft Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Mental Health and Stress and Pilots In the news, Max talks about electric aircraft at AirVenture. Then he talks about the rate of depression among pilots, two recent pilot suicide accidents, and two stories where the death of a family member or friend resulted in pilots having in one case a fatal accident, and in the other a pilot deviation. Here's a link to an FAA page on depression writen by Glenn Stoutt, Jr, who's an Aviation Medical Examiner. And this is the FAA's Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners on Psychiatric Conditions - Use of Antidepr

74 Red Bull Helicopter Aerobatics Air Show Performer – Aaron Fitzgerald Live Interview Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Max talks with Aaron Fitzgerald at AirVenture about how he got inspired as a child to fly helicopters, and how he came to fly aerobatics for the Red Bull Air Force. After serving as a paratrooper in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division he began flight training in 1994. Next he began flying news helicopters in Los Angeles. Today, he’s CEO of Airborne Images, and he has over 8,500 flight hours. He’s worked all over North America on over 100 film and television projects. He recently joined the Red Bull team flying aerobatics in a helicopter and his debut air show was earlier this week at AirVenture. Question of the Month Send us your audio recordings by August 12, 2018 answering this question: What did you learn after you got  your private pilot certificate that you wished you le

73 In-Cockpit Weather and WeatherSpork app for Private and Instrument Pilots – Scott Dennstaedt Live Interview Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Max interviews Scott Dennstaedt, a former National Weather Service research meteorologist talks about how to become a meteorologist, and about the new weather products available in cockpit from SiriusXM and ADS-B In weather services. He also talks about SkewT and the WeatherSpork app for training and trip planning. Question of the Month Send us your audio recordings by July 31, 2018 answering this question: What did you learn after you got  your private pilot certificate that you wished you learned while working on your private certificate? Click here to record  your answer.  If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts  in the Blog section. And if you decide to make a small donation each

72 Jolie Lucas Interview – Live from AirVenture 2018 Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Max interviews Jolie Lucas about Airport Advocacy, and what pilots can do to help promote their local airports. She also talks about what she and other pilots have done to save Oceano Airport in California from developers who wanted to close the airport. She also talks about the Mooney Ambassadors group she founded, and the movie she helped make about Mooney Aircraft called Boots on the Ground. Mentioned on the ShowCalifornia Pilots Association Oceano Airport Page Friends of Oceano Airport Movie Night – August 25, 2018 Jolie Lucas – AOPA Blog Got to Get that rating – IFR Mooney Mooney Girls – Right Seat Ready companion seminar Don Maxwell Aviation – Mooney Service Center Boots on the Ground Movie Please visit my new Patreon page and make a contribution to support me, so I can continue to produce the show f

71 Broadcasting live video from AirVenture - Watch Us Live on Facebook Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. Max interviews Air Show pilot Vicky Benzing about how she first got interested in flying, and how she progressed to flying in air shows and as a racer in the Reno Air Races, where she earned the title “Fastest Woman Racer” flying in a one-of-a-kind L139 jet. She also talks about the importance of being a role model for women and girls. You can watch the last Live versions of Aviation News Talk that will be streamed this week from AirVenture on Friday at 10 AM CDT from the Lightspeed tent. To get notified when the Live shows start, go to Facebook.com/maxtrescott and click the Like button. Please visit my new Patreon page and make a contribution to support me, so I can continue to produce the show for you each week.. Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes