176 Traffic Pattern Stall Myths, Listener Feedback + GA News
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🗓️ 5 February 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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176 Traffic Pattern Stall Myths, Listener Feedback + GA News
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176 Max talks with Tom Turner about the reality of where stalls are most likely to occur in the traffic pattern. The myth is that stall are most likely to occur in the base to final turn, but that is not the case. A lady pilot pilot talks about an encounter as a teenager with an airline pilot that transformed her life and launched her aviation career. Plus listener feedback.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation, with relevant |
| 0:06.5 | news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Max Truscott. |
| 0:11.4 | Today we'll be talking with Tom Turner of the American Bonanza Society about myths about where |
| 0:16.3 | stalls are most likely to occur in the traffic pattern and where they actually do occur. |
| 0:24.1 | And we'll talk about the kind of training you can do to avoid those stalls. |
| 0:30.3 | And we're looking for an airline pilot who nearly 30 years ago helped inspire a teenage girl to pursue a career in aviation. And we'll share her story. |
| 0:34.1 | Last week in episode 175, we talked with co-founders of For Flight for an update on new features. |
| 0:39.7 | And we talked with the CFI about her engine failure in a Piper Malibu. |
| 0:43.1 | So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out. |
| 0:45.8 | I hope you learn a lot from the show today. |
| 0:47.6 | And here's the one thing I'd like to ask you to do, which is to share this show with your friends. |
| 0:51.9 | Just look for the share button on whatever app you're using to listen to me now. |
| 0:55.6 | Click on that and send it to a friend who you think might benefit from the show. And then follow up with him or her and suggest that they subscribe. Thanks so much for your help. This week in the news, we have startling numbers on how many airline pilots are out of work. A man is arrested for giving fake ATC instructions to airplanes, and a now former FAA |
| 1:15.1 | employee is sentenced for a crime. |
| 1:17.8 | All this and more, and the news starts now. |
| 1:24.1 | From generalaviation news.com, EAA launches Aeroeducate for kids 5 to 18. |
| 1:30.9 | Arrow Educate, the newest youth aviation initiative from the EAA, will bring an interactive |
| 1:36.2 | educational experience to young people ages 5 to 18 beginning in 2021. |
| 1:41.1 | Arroweducate's web-based resource provides age-appropriate pathways to aviation and aerospace |
| 1:45.6 | engagement as well as career paths, according to EAA officials. A multitude of easy-to-use aviation |
| 1:51.9 | themed activities for teachers and EAA chapters can be used at sites ranging from classrooms to |
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