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The Stuck Mic AvCast is an aviation podcast about Learning to Fly, Living to Fly, and Loving to Fly, brought to you by @ExpertAviator with co-hosts @ToriaFly, @AviaSean, and @RFelty. Fly Smart. Fly Safe.

SMAC289 Preflight For A Safe And Fun Holiday Flying Season

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Welcome to episode 289. This holiday season is one we have much to celebrate. The pandemic is subsiding in most of the world, businesses are opening, and we are all ready to get out and enjoy the world again. This also means more of us are in the air both in the general aviation world and airline world. In today’s episode we will discuss how to prepare ourselves for a safe and fun holiday season.

Preflight Checklist:

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Cruise Flight: 

Joining me today is Chris Pezalla, flight instructor and aviation attorney.

Talking Points:

  • Why this show?
    • Local pilot crashes while traveling with family during a very low IFR. Put a very sour note on the holiday season.
    • Bartow FL Holiday Plane Crash
  • Preparing your plane for the Holiday Season.
    • Know your limits
    • Icing
      • NJ Plane Crash
      • I was in the air during this flight and heard this pilot report icing.
    • High Altitude.
    • Carbon monoxide detector
    • Oxygen concentration
  • Preparing Yourself for the Holiday Season.
    • Remind yourself of safety first.
    • Become proficient in instrument flying.
    • Try to remove the pressure to fly and have an option to fly to your destination.
    • Understand weather forecasting.
  • Overindulgence during the holidays.
    • Overeating.
    • Lake of sleep.
    • How certain “spirits can ruin your holiday”

After Landing Checklist:

Pick of the week – 

Carl – IMSAFE Checklist – Single-Pilot Crew Resource Management – https://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/2015/media/se_topic_15_03.pdf

 

Chris: GA2 – Peach State Airport

https://www.peachstateaero.com 

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SMAC287 Beyond the IFR Checkride, Part 2

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Welcome to episode 287. In this episode, we continue our series of IFR questions that started in Part 1, episode 245, and discuss a few questions many have discussed online:

“If I go around below MDA, am I in protected airspace?”
“Is there a “non-protected side” of a holding pattern?”
“The Missed Approach Point doesn’t mean you can land from there!”

We answer these questions coming up next.

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Cruise Flight:

Joining me today are Russ Roslewski, Tom Frick, and Chris Pezalla.

Talking Points:

  1. “If I go around below MDA, am I in protected airspace?”
  2. “Is there a “non-protected side” of a holding pattern?”
  3. “The Missed Approach Point doesn’t mean you can land from there!”
  4. Why these questions.

After Landing Checklist:

Pick of the week –

Carl Valeri – Pilot’s Guide to US Airport Operations book by Chris Pezalla.

https://amzn.to/3BzUxXg

Russ Roslewski – Catkiller 3-2: An Army Pilot Flying for the Marines in the Vietnam War

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Chris Pezalla – Bermuda high soaring in SC

https://bermudahighsoaring.com/index.html

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