Aviation News Talk Podcast

249 IFR Safety – What your CFII Didn’t Teach You for the Instrument Rating 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 249 Max talks about flying IFR safely and professionally about things your CFII may not have taught you. Most of the things he observed pilots do incorrectly occurred in just the last few weeks. Many of these were in a Vision Jet with pilots transitioning into the plane. And two of the items were mistakes he made. Mentioned in the Show 61.31 - Type rating requirements Where to find TEC Routes in ForeFlight Check Out Lightspeed's ANR Headsets Lightspeed De

248 Eviation Alice Electric Aircraft’s First Flight, Pilots N Paws + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 248 Eviation’s electric aircraft Alice has its first test flight. Also, Max talks with Kate Quinn of Pilots N Paws talks about their mission and need for pilots. Millions of pets and animals are euthanized in the U.S. each year. However, many of them can be saved by moving then to urban areas where they have a better chance of being adopted. Flights are tax deductible to pilots who fly the missions. News Stories FAA Denies Republic Airways 1,500-Hour

247 Sean D. Tucker on the Bob Hoover Academy High School + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 247 Max talks with air show performer Sean D. Tucker about one of his passions, which is an alternative high school he’s created in Salinas, CA called the Bob Hoover Academy that helps students learn life skills through the metaphor of flight. Max also talks about the correct way to perform Unusual Attitudes on a checkride. News Stories First Vision Jet Parachute pull successful Fewer pilots using Flight Service for preflight weather planning Fatal Crash of LS

246 New Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset & Prepping for your FAA Flight Physical + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 246 Max tests out the new Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset with a CO monitor and frequency equalizer built into the headset. The carbon monoxide monitor is always on and alerts you if the CO exceeds thresholds you can set. It also has an equalizer that compensates for any hearing loss you may have, so you get a cleaner sound. A 5-minute setup lets you customize it for your ears. News Stories 2 planes flip over on Orlando Executive Airport

245 What You Need to Know about TIS, TAS, and ADS-B Traffic Systems + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 245 Max talks about Traffic Systems. Plus, GAMI’s G100UL gains FAA approval for all piston engines! Traffic Information Service or TIS, Traffic Advisory Systems or TAS, and ADS-B systems call all be found in glass cockpit aircraft. Pilots need to learn the limitations of each system and their different traffic symbols to know the type of traffic system installed in each aircraft they fly. News Stories G100UL Fuel Approved by FAA AOPA article on G100

244 Prepping to Pass your FAA Flight Physical – Dr. Dylan Caldwell + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 244 Max talks with AME Dr. Dylan Caldwell about Dos and Don’t pilots should follow when preparing for an FAA flight physical. Pilot’s should avoid drinking coffee, Red Bull or energy drinks before their physical, as these increase blood pressure. Pilots also shouldn’t exercise right before the exam. Get plenty of sleep the night before, and drink water ahead of time. News Stories Laser incidents reported by U.S. pilots hit record in 2021 Pilot surviv

243 Watsonville mid-air crash, slips with Catherine Cavagnaro + GA News Discussion on the mid-air starts at the 22 minute point. 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 243 Max discusses the mid-air collision at Watsonville, CA airport. A Cessna 340 flew a long straight-in approach and was still at 180 knots when it hit a Cessna 152 that had just turned from base to final. That’s 60 knots faster than this aircraft has been on prior landings at Watsonville. All pilots and passengers were killed. Also, Max talks with Catherine Cavagnaro about slips. News Stories KY w

242 CFII Mock Checkride – Interview with DPE Jason Blair 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 242 Pilot examiner Jason Blair talks about the CFII checkride. He discusses the pros and cons of getting the CFII certificate first. It’s also possible to get a multiengine instructor certificate first. However, the vast majority of people get the CFI first. He then talks about common items sometimes overlook in preparing for the checkride. He then talks about the checkride and ways to study for it. Mentioned in the Show Jason Blair’s Website Schedule a Checkride with Jason

241 Pilot versus ATC Controller Responsibilities + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 241 Max reads and comments on an email from a low time pilot who felt ATC was partially to blame for an RV-10 accident discussed in episode #239. Max explains that pilots are responsible for telling ATC when they don’t understand an instruction, which this pilot didn’t do. The pilot felt that since a chart didn’t match a controller’s clearance that ATC was to blame. News Stories EAA Mourns Loss of Tom Poberezny ForeFlight introduces the Sentry Plus AI-based PilotEye

240 Common Illusions That Kill Pilots with Dr. Victor Vogel + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 240 Max talks with Dr. Victor Vogel about Illusions that kill pilots: “The Leans,” graveyard spiral, and Coriolis illusion. They create powerful sensations that pilots must ignore and instead rely on their instruments. He also talks about a mid-air collision at North Las Vegas Airport. A Piper JetProp flying left traffic to 30L overshot the runway and hit a plane landing on 30R. News Stories Student pilot DUI Plane crashes after CFI takes controls without t

  239 Two Fatal IMC Accidents: a Low Time and a High Time Pilot + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 239 Max talks about two recent crashes. In one, a low time Private pilot flying a Vans RV-10 had what should have been an easily avoidable encounter with IMC near San Francisco. He was confused by a simple ATC instruction and didn’t have a plan B. Also, an IFR Mooney pilot took off from a coastal airport in SoCal into low IMC, experienced spatial disorientation, and crashed a mile from the airport. News Stories NTSB Cites Failure To Remove Control Lock

238 When can you Start Logging Flight Time and Other Logging Regulations & Opinions – DPE Jim Pitman + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 238 Max talks with DPE Jim Pitman about regulations and best practices for logging flight time in a pilot logbook. There are few regs around logging, though there are some FAA letters of interpretation. Jim talks about why accurate logging is important for Private and professional pilots. He also talks about night and cross-country logging and making correction. He also talks about PIC vs PIC time. News Stories Bl

237 Pop-up Request for IFR and Practice Instrument Approaches + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 237 Max answers listener questions about making a pop-up request for IFR and for a practice instrument approach. Where do you find Center and Approach frequencies, what should you say on CTAF when going into a nontowered airport, and when can you legally log an instrument approach for currency purposes. And more. He also talks about the Karl brothers, who have founded airplane kit company DarkAero. News Stories Abandoned 747 to be Sold at Auction Aviatio

236 Flying VOR approaches with GPS, Autopilot Gotchas + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 236 Max answers a listener question about how to use GPS to fly a full VOR approach. He also talks about how to fly a VOR approach with a course change at VOR. He also gives an update on VOR+V approaches and some autopilot gotchas with these approach types and with back course approaches. News Stories Garmin Hits 25,000 Delivery Milestone for Avionics Flight Decks Study finds no elevated lead levels in Reid-Hillview Airport’s soil FAA Fighting California County O

235 F-117 Stealth Fighter Designer Alan Brown + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 235 Max talks about his friend Alan Brown, who passed away. Alan was Chief Designer and later Program Manager for the F-117 Stealth Fighter. In 2015 Max interviewed Alan and he replays that interview. News Stories Miami Bridge crash update Pilot in STOL Fatal Crash Warned to “Lower Your Nose.” Presidential TFR Busts 91.113(g) and straight-in landings C182 hits severe wake turbulence from military transport FAA’s ‘Be ATC’ campaign to recruit new Controllers Four people

234 Staying Legal with Expense Sharing and Illegal Charters with Seth Lake + GA News News Stories Pilot's disorientation led to Lafayette plane crash that killed five Tragedy halts Nebraska STOL event Wauwatosa plane crash: Student pilot dies from injuries Fumbling with iPad leads to Near-Miss FAA Aircraft Registration: Long delays and expired registrations Distracted pilot hits skip loader while taxiing Pilot’s shoe gets caught in rudder pedal ITA A330 LOSS OF COMMS – ASLEEP PILOTS Woman Who Knocked Out Flight Attendant’s Teeth Sentenced FAA Inspector Took 'Money and Hookers' To Ignore Violations Mentioned in the Show FAA Spatial Disorientation safety brochure AC 61-42 Sharing Aircraft ExpensesAC 91-37B Truth in Leasing AC 120-12A Private vs Common CarriageSeth Lake’s VSL Aviation web siteSeth Lake's podcast Max’s Books – Order online or call 800-247-6553 to order. Max Trescott’s G3000 and G5000 Glass Cockpit HandbookMax Trescott’s G1000 & Perspective Glass Cockpit Handbook If you lo

233 What You Need to Know about Advisory Glide Slopes and Update on Cessna 208 Caravan Crash in Burley, ID + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 233 Max talks about advisory glide slopes found on some RNAV approaches and what most pilots don’t know about them. He also gives an update on the crash of a Cessna 208 Caravan that he talked about in episode 230, and how the advisory glide slope could have helped in that crash. We also hear from Marc Epner, who recently had an engine failure in his Cirrus SR22 and successfully landed in a field. News Stories Pil

232 Personal Minimums that Expand and Contract – Catherine Cavagnaro + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 232 Max talks with Catherine Cavagnaro about personal minimums and how some of those minimums may expand and contract based on pilot proficiency, while other remain constant. Catherine also shares a number of stories. In one case, a pilot who she gave a Private checkride, took off in low IFR in an airplane and instrument panel that were knew to him and he crashed and killed his family. News Stories FAA Revokes Pilot Certificates For Red Bull Plane

231 One Mistake Too Many: Fatal Pilatus PC-12 Crash + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 231 Max talks about the crash of a Pilatus PC-12 that occurred on takeoff in ½ mile visibility in snow in SD. The aircraft, which has 10 seats, was carrying 12 people on a hunting trip. It was overweight and operating outside its C.G. limits. The pilot spent three hours removing snow and ice, but couldn’t reach the tail. A simulation showed the plane could have flown except for one additional mistake. News Stories First U.S. Private Pilot Certificate Earned Using an

230 Visual Illusions and Map Errors in a Cessna C208 Crash + 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, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus. Join now as a member to support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon. 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. Summary 230 Max talks about the crash in April 2022 of a Cessna 208 Caravan in Burley, Idaho. The weather included light snow and mist, and Max talks about the visual illusion when pilots are flying in mist or fog that causes them to pitch down. Max also flew the instrument approach into Burley in a flight training device and noted an error on the moving map that may have led the pilot to descend early. News Stories Plane Swap Luke Aikins Instagram post Student pilo