Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, a weekly show with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe.

I'm Max Ruscott.

For our main topic today, we're going to talk about somatogrammic illusion.

And if you're thinking, what the heck is that and why do I care?

Well, the reason is it continues to kill pilots, including private pilots, instrument pilots,

commercial airline pilots, and even glider pilots.

And once you understand it, it's relatively easy to avoid these kinds of accidents.

But if you don't, it can kill you before you know what happened.

And today I'm dedicating this show to my best friend, Ron Carmichael, who just passed away from cancer.

And I'll tell you more about Ron during the update section of the show.

Last week in episode 156, we talked about the crash of an Atlas Air 767 and that many lessons GA pilots can learn from that crash.

So if you didn't hear it, you may want to check it out.

I especially recommend

the YouTube version of that episode, now available on YouTube, just search for Aviation News Talk.

It shows the videos and graphics shown at the NTSB board meeting about the crash. And I'm happy

to announce a new video benefit for listeners who support the show via Patreon at the $20 month or higher level,

which I'll tell you about during my updates. And of course, you can donate to the show at any

level at aviationnewstalk.com slash awesome or aviation newstalk.com slash PayPal. This week in the news,

some pilots recently received a letter from the FAA saying they need to take their check rides over, and we'll tell you why.

There was a lot of virtual activity online last week related to Air Venture, and a light sport aircraft crashed into an operating control tower, and we'll tell you where that happened.

Fortunately, everyone survived.

All this and more, and the news starts now.

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