210 CFIT Controlled Flight into Terrain Accidents and the Crash of Another Friend + GA News
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🗓️ 30 November 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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210 CFIT Controlled Flight into Terrain Accidents and the Crash of Another Friend + GA News
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210 Max talks about common myths about CFIT, or Controlled Flight into Terrain Accidents. More than 75% of CFIT accidents occur in daylight, and more than half of these are in visual conditions. 25% of accidents were VFR into IMC. CFIT accidents often occur while using the autopilot. In September, a friend crashed an Arrow 10 miles from the destination while flying straight and level in Day VFR.
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:09.6 | Hi, Max Ruskat. |
| 0:10.7 | Now we have a very full show today. |
| 0:13.0 | After the news, we'll be talking about C-Fit or controlled flight into terrain accidents and will shatter some of the myths around these accidents. |
| 0:20.7 | And then we'll talk |
| 0:21.9 | about a C-Fit accident that occurred just two months ago that killed a local gentleman that I |
| 0:26.8 | knew. Later, we have tons of your feedback and email you've sent, so thanks so much for sending |
| 0:31.6 | that, as I love hearing from you and sharing it on the show. And I'll also tell you about my Black |
| 0:36.1 | Friday purchases. Last week in episode 209, we talked with Jason Bialek about the new Honeywell Anthem Glass |
| 0:42.6 | Cockpit. So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out. And if you saved a few |
| 0:46.8 | bucks on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, I hope you'll consider using some of those savings to help |
| 0:51.3 | support the show as we are listener supported and still ad-free. You can sign up as a member at AviationNewsTalk.com slash awesome, and I'll read |
| 0:59.4 | your name on the show. This week in the news, older pilots are facing a new challenge. We have the |
| 1:05.4 | details of a historic crash involving a plane and a Macy's Day Thanksgiving Day parade balloon. |
| 1:12.1 | And finally, we have a dog ate my homework story involving a former air traffic controller. All this and more, and the |
| 1:17.8 | news starts now. From Engadget.com, this is a follow-up to a story we've talked about before. AT&T and Verizon |
| 1:29.3 | offered to limit 5G power over aircraft safety concerns. In a rare move to avoid a potential |
| 1:34.7 | conflict with the FAA, AT&T and Verizon say they will limit the output power of their 5G cell |
| 1:40.5 | towers for a period of six months while the agency investigates the effects of |
| 1:44.5 | C-band spectrum on aircraft safety systems. The carriers made the offer last week in a letter |
| 1:49.8 | they sent to the FCC, quote, while we remain confident that 5G poses no risk to air safety, |
| 1:55.7 | we are also sensitive to the FAA's desire for additional analysis of this issue, AT&T and Verizon wrote. |
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