Aviation News Talk Podcast

229 Why Instrument Pilots Don’t File IFR and Crash in IMC + 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 229 A listener asks why instrument pilots crash in IMC, when they seemingly have the skills to survive an inadvertent encounter with a cloud. Max talks about why instrument pilots often don’t file IFR, and why they sometimes crash. He also talks about the percentage of instrument pilots who aren’t current and yet still file IFR. He also shares his thoughts on the Red Bull Plane Swap stunt. News Stories Two stunt pilots attempt first-ever skydive plane swap FA