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156 Atlas Air Crash Flight 3591 Explained & What GA Pilots Can Learn from It Jul 17, 2020

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156 Atlas Air Crash Flight 3591 Explained & What GA Pilots Can Learn from It

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SummaryMax Trescott's 156 Atlas Air Crash, Flight 3591 explained and what GA pilots can Learn from It. Max plays clips from the 4-hour NTSB Board meeting on the Atlas Air crash. The flight was normal until the 767 suddenly plummeted from 6,000 feet into a bay near Houston. Like most accidents, there were many factors that led to the crash. The event started when the First Officer accidentally engaged GA mode.

Mentioned in the Show NTSB Atlas Air Crash Recreation Video NTSB Board Meeting: Atlas Air Flight 3591 Cargo Plane Crash NTSB: Links to the accident docket and other publicly released information NTSB: Abstract of the Final Report [ATC AUDIO] Prime Air 767 CRASH in Houston

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155 Spins and Stalls Explained - Interview with Catherine Cavagnaro Jul 09, 2020

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155 Spins and Stalls Explained - Interview with Catherine Cavagnaro

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Summary155 Dr. Catherine Cavagnaro talks about how not everything you've been taught about lift or spins may be true! She debunks a common theory of lift and explains the difference between slipping stalls and skidding stalls and which is more dangerous. You'll learn how spin recovery varies in different aircraft. She also explains how wake turbulence begins at much slower speeds than taught by the FAA.

Mentioned in the Show Catherine Cavagnaro YouTube Channel University of Iowa Secret of Flight Videos Ace Aerobatic School

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154 Six Hazardous Attitudes and Las Vegas Class B violation + GA News Jul 02, 2020

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Summary154 Max talks about a Las Vegas Class B violation by a pilot who ignored ATC instructions to exit the Bravo. The pilot whined and made excuses rather than comply with ATC. Max relates the incident to the FAA's five Hazardous Attitudes and adds a sixth attitude, loss of face, which has been proposed by some researchers. He explains that any of us can hold any of the attitudes in a given situation.

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VideosAudio and position of pilot busting Las Vegas Class B

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153 Normalization of Deviance and Red Bull Air Races - Interview with Mike Goulian Jun 23, 2020

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153 Normalization of Deviance and Red Bull Air Races - Interview with Mike Goulian

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Summary153 Aerobatic national champion and air show pilot Mike Goulian talks about how if a pilot or an organization gets away with deviant behavior, it becomes normalized. Mike shares observations on air show accidents, the changes brought about by the ICAS Safety Creed, and his own personal experience of being called out by an air show pilot for a subtle change Mike made in his air show performances.

Mentioned in the Show Mike Goulian's Book: Advanced Aerobatics Mike Goulian's Flight School Mike Goulian's Air Show Website Mike Goulian's YouTube channel

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152 Understanding Aircraft Renters Insurance and the Starr Gate App + GA News Jun 11, 2020

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152 Understanding Aircraft Renters Insurance and the Starr Gate App + GA News

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Summary152 Max talks with airline pilot and entrepreneur Rod Rakic about renters insurance and Starr Gate, an innovative new iPad app that lets you buy renters insurance by the month. Pilots can also earn discounts on their insurance by uploading data from recent flights and having the Starr Gate app automatic score pilot proficiency and safety using CloudAhoy's CFI Assistant.

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151 Understanding Airworthiness - Interview with DPE Seth Lake Jun 05, 2020

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151 Understanding Airworthiness - Interview with DPE Seth Lake

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Summary151 Pilot examiner Seth Lake talks about the many aspects of airworthiness that pilots and aircraft owners need to be knowledgeable to pass the Private, Commercial, and ATP checkrides. Topics include type certificate data sheets, preventative maintenance pilots can perform, STCs, Airworthiness Directives, Kinds of Operation Equipment Lists, Minimum Equipment Lists and more.

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150 Getting Back into Flying Safely, Fatal Cirrus SR20 Stall/Spin Accident + GA News May 25, 2020

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150 Getting Back into Flying Safely, Fatal Cirrus SR20 Stall/Spin Accident + GA News

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Summary150 Max talks about a rash of plane crashes in a 2-day period in which pilots lacked proficient. Many of these were landing gear collapses or gear up landings. One was a student pilot who died in a base to final stall/ spin, while on a long cross country flight. DPE Jason Blair talks about how to regain proficiency, making sure your instructor is proficiency, and airplane cleaning protocols for COVID.

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149 How to Really Fly Commercial Certificate Maneuvers - Interview with DPE Jason Blair May 18, 2020

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149 How to Really Fly Commercial Certificate Maneuvers - Interview with DPE Jason Blair

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Summary149 Pilot examiner Jason Blair talks about what you need to know for the Commercial checkride. He focuses on how to Commercial maneuvers including chandelles, steep spirals, lazy eights, eights on pylons, and 180° accuracy landings. The oral portion is similar to the Private, but with an emphasis on Commercial certificate privileges, and no it doesn't allow you to immediately start flying charter.

Mentioned in the ShowJason Blair's Website Schedule a Checkride with Jason Jason Blair's YouTube Channel

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148 Understanding Aircraft Weight & Balance, Which Cessna 182 to Buy + GA News May 05, 2020

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148 Understanding Aircraft Weight & Balance, Which Cessna 182 to Buy + GA News

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Summary148 Max talks about what you need to know about aircraft weight and balance theory. Plus a listeners asks whether to buy a 2003 Cessna 182 with a GTN 750, or a 2004 model with the Garmin G1000. We discuss several accidents involving weight and balance issues, and how to calculate a weight and balance. Finally, we talk about how %MAC is used in turboprops and jets to calculate a center of gravity.

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Videos Mentioned in the Show Jonathan Weiswasser's EWR>LGA>JFK video Engine out landing on freeway

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147 Essential Tips on Aircraft Ownership – Interview with Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation Apr 22, 2020

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147 Essential Tips on Aircraft Ownership – Interview with Mike Busch of Savvy Aviation

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Summary 147 Max talks with Mike Busch, author of four books on general aviation piston aircraft maintenance, about essential aircraft ownership tips. Mike talks about how to protect aircraft engines from corrosion if the plane isn't flown and about post-maintenance test flights and how they should be flown. He also relates horror stories of pilots who tried to save money by buying a cheap airplane.

Mentioned in the Show Mike Busch's 70+ EAA Webinars on YouTube Savvy Aviation – Mike Busch's main web site

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