Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation,

with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe.

I'm Max Ruscott.

For our pilot skills topic today, we'll be talking in more detail about instrument departures and ODPs,

and in our safety focus segment, we'll be talking with Rob Mark about how GA pilots should be

applying sterile cockpit rules when they fly. And finally, we'll talk with a newsmaker, the CEO of a

company that has fully automated to Cessna aircraft. Last week in episode 172, we talked about

factors you should consider when choosing an instrument approach.

And we interviewed Sammy Kramer, the German pilot in the news for drawing a syringe.

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

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support the show by sharing it with a friend. This week in the news, the NTSB calls for better monitoring of flight

instructors. A fugitive pilot is arrested, and the Air Force has selected a popular GA tail

dragger for testing. All this and more, and the news starts now.

GA helps vaccine distribution.

Originally, I was planning to lead off the news with a story about how GA is helping vaccine distribution.

But in the process, I discovered that there's an error in a widely disseminated story about a pilot in South Carolina who was reported to be helping fly COVID-19 vaccines.

The following update comes from aircare alliance.org.

Underneath the title, will volunteer pilots be called upon to help transport the vaccine?

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