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SMAC185 The Successful Go Around

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We rarely do them and when we do they usually don’t go as planned. Your instructors always told you to be ready for one and be spring loaded to perform one. We hear many accidents and incidents of pilots performing one with no success. What are we talking about? The go around. In this episode we will discuss how you can have a successful go around every time you fly.

Preflight Checklist:

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Cruise Flight:

Our successful and not so successful go-arounds.

What is a successful go-around?

Why go around?

Situations such as air traffic control (ATC) requirements

  • unexpected appearance of hazards on the runway
  • overtaking another airplane
  • wind shear
  • wake turbulence
  • mechanical failure
  • unstable approach

How to make all your go arounds successful.

  • Decide early
  • Unstabilized approach
  • Power and Pitch up.
  • Don’t point at the ground.
  • Assure airspeed is going up and altitude is not going down.
  • Know your airplane. Most planes pitch up but some pitch down when applying power.

Go arounds are a normal maneuver not an emergency.

Why we don’t go around when we should

  • Mission driven
  • We feel it will reflect negatively upon us as pilots
  • Get-there-itis
  • Pressure from passengers
  • Plane needs to be back at the FBO soon

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – Stuck Mic AvCast YouTube Channel

Bill -Hasselblad camera, 10 bit video:  https://store.dji.com/product/mavic-2

Tom – https://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/

Russ – http://boldmethod.com/ – 

Rick – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TppcWdsrqQA&t=151s – Flight Chops the Zen of the Super Cub

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

NASA ASRS Callback Newsletter – Go-Arounds We Wish Were Better https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_463.html

Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468 https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/AAR0001.aspx

“You Can Always Go Around” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqFTD-Bqwl8

Somatogravic illusion.  BEA study https://www.bea.aero/etudes/asaga/asaga.study.pdf

NTSB Finds Mismanagement of Approach to Airport and Failure to Go-Around Led to Crash of UPS Flight 1354

 

 

SMAC184 How To Be A Good Safety Pilot

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safety pilotHow to Be a Good Safety Pilot. In this episode I am joined by Russ, Tom, Larry, and Rick join me to discuss what a safety pilot is, what the rules are, and what the responsibilities are.

Preflight Checklist:

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News And Announcements:

Best Value Schools ranks Polk State Aerospace No. 2 in the country

Cruise Flight:

Listener mail sent to Russ Roslewski.
From aggiemike88

“How to be a good Safety Pilot”

  • What do the FAR/AIM have to say? 14 CFR 91.109
  • When can an average Private Pilot License not be an Safety Pilot?
  • What items are worth considering and discussing with the Pilot In Command to ensure a safe/successful flight?
  • What should the Pilot In Command and Safety Pilot discuss before they fire up the engine?
  • How does Safety Pilot time get entered into the Safety Pilot’s logbook?
  • What differences between Safety Pilot and instructor?
  • What are the “must do” items the Safety Pilot should be doing? What are the extras?
  • Under what conditions should the Safety Pilot do more than just point out something to the Pilot In Command?
  • How did BasicMed change the definition of who could be Safety Pilot?
  • Should the Safety Pilot be willing to pay his pro-rata share for aircraft rental?

The topic is one that is both easy to understand and easy to misunderstand. And sometimes there is lots of misinformation being repeated on the interwebz.

Which is why I think a discussion with your podcast crew would be a good topic.

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – Central Florida Aerospace Academy: a school right on the campus of Sun N Fun!

Tom – FltPlanGo App: A digital flight planning and logbook that is free. It’s great as a starting point if you are just getting started.

Larry – Learn more about WWII Top Ace and Test Pilot Richard Bong

AND the Bong Recreation Area

Russ – Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller’s Gunsight View of Flying with SOG, a book from a forward gunner’s perspective in Vietnam.

Rick – Carrot Weather: A snarky weather app for smartphones, which includes augmented reality.

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

Understanding BasicMed – AOPA

Safety pilot rules and logging

BasicMed and safety pilots

Photo Credit:
https://www.instagram.com/hallieschiaffo/

SMAC183 Interviews From AirVenture 2018

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AirVenture 2018Welcome to a special episode of the StuckMic AvCast. Today we bring you Interviews from AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The show was well attended and our reporters in the field really enjoyed visiting with friends and listeners.

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News And Announcements:

The July 2018 version of the Scholarship Guide has been published with 11 new scholarships! These scholarships cover Aviation Management, Maintenance, and Dispatching.

Cruise Flight:

Interviews From Airventure 2018:

AirVenture 2018AirVenture 2018After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

No Picks of the week.

SMAC182 Private-Airplane Passenger Safety: What You Need To Know

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Private-Airplane Passenger SafetyPrivate-Airplane Passenger Safety: What You Need To Know. As pilots we enjoy sharing our passion for aviation and want to take our friends and family flying. One topic which many times comes up in conversation with our potential passengers is how safe is flying. Well one person who has addressed this issue is John O. Graybill in his book “Private-Airplane Passenger Safety: What You Need To Know”.

Although John has written this book for passengers we can all learn from his advice in this simple to read and informative book. We can help our potential first time flyers by having them read this book along with reading it ourselves. This book can help everyone learn the advantages or private flying, dispel myths about private aviation, and help us as pilots project a positive image as an aviator and upon the aviation community as a whole.

Preflight Checklist:

Sponsor: AviationCareersPodcast.com/Scholarships. Scholarships for all ages, backgrounds, and ratings.

News And Announcements:

See you At AirVenture 2018 July 22-28. I’ll be the guy in the Orange Stuck Mic AvCast T-shirt. Please say hello.

Cruise Flight:

  • What Prompted John to write this book.
  • How do we answer the question is flying safe?
  • Common passenger fears and concerns.
  • Traits of private pilots.
  • Why fly a private airplane?
  • The different types of passengers.
  • Techniques passengers use to evaluate us as pilots.
  • Resources for passengers.
  • What passengers can do to prepare themselves for their flight.
  • Why we as pilots should buy this book and recommend it for our passengers.

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

No Picks of The week since this is an interview.

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

Private-Airplane Passenger Safety: What You Need To Know

AOPA