178 Standard Operating Procedures for GA pilots, Minimum Safe Altitude Rule + GA News
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🗓️ 15 February 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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178 Standard Operating Procedures for GA pilots, Minimum Safe Altitude Rule + GA News
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178 Max talks with Rob Mark about Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and how GA pilots can use them. Rob talks about a tragic accident at Bedford, MA in which a Gulfstream crashed on takeoff because the gust lock was in place and the pilots had not followed SOPs. Plus, the Minimum Safe Altitude rule and a question from a student pilot, who plans a career in aviation, on cleaning up a messy logbook.
News Stories
- Bombardier Drops Iconic Learjet to Focus on Luxury Models
- Fatal helicopter accidents down 20% in 2020
- 56 seconds to live
- Cockpit Cam Now Available For Robinson Helos
- First Pilatus PC-24 With Commuter Configuration
- Archer Aviation gets a $1 billion order from United Airlines
- Joby Aviation Selects Garmin G3000 for eVTOL Aircraft
- Van's Aircraft Is Hiring
- Man Who Died in Plane Crash Not Certified to Fly That Plane
Mentioned in the Show
FAA AC 20-103
The mother daughter pilots forging a path for female aviators
91.119 Minimum Safe Altitudes Rule
FAA Safety Briefing Online Magazine
FAA Safety Briefing Article on SOPs
PAVE Personal Minimums Checklist
FAA AC 120-71B
Rob Mark's JetWhine blog
Rob's NBAA Single Pilot IFR Video
Gulfstream Accident, Bedford, MA
Why Student Pilots Shouldn't Carry Passengers
Max Trescott's GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation, |
| 0:06.0 | with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Max Ruscott. |
| 0:11.9 | Today we'll be talking with Rob Mark about standard operating procedures or SOPs and how GA pilots can use them. |
| 0:19.2 | Rob mentions a couple of GA accidents where SOPs were not followed. |
| 0:23.7 | Plus, listener feedback, and a question from a student pilot who plans a career in aviation |
| 0:28.3 | on how to clean up a messy logbook. |
| 0:31.5 | Last week in episode 177, we played portions of the recent NTSB board meeting, which discussed the probable cause for the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash. |
| 0:41.1 | So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out. |
| 0:43.7 | And here's one quick, easy way you can help out the show. |
| 0:46.4 | Take a moment right now and look for the share button on whatever app that you're using to listen to me. |
| 0:51.7 | And then share Aviation News Talk with a friend who you think might |
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| 0:59.4 | much for your help. This week in the news, it's the end of an era for a famous jet model. Joby Aviation |
| 1:05.7 | chooses the Garmin G-3,000, and it has lots of job openings. And the pilot of Assassin Citation 560 that crashed last |
| 1:13.0 | month was not typerated in the jet. All this and more, and the news starts now. |
| 1:22.5 | From Bloomberg.com, Bombardier drops the iconic Learjet to focus on luxury models. |
| 1:29.2 | Bombardier will stop making Learjet planes and cut 1,600 jobs as part of a wide-ranging |
| 1:33.7 | plan to boost profitability and reduce costs. And in a separate story from the Wichita Eagle, |
| 1:40.0 | they say that about 250 employees that will be cut are based in Wichita, Kansas. |
| 1:45.7 | They say that while production closes, Bombardier will ramp up service and maintenance work on the Lairjet in Wichita. |
| 1:51.9 | About 700 of the layoffs will be in Quebec and another 100 in Ontario. |
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