217 $202 Million F-22 Crash Report, Light Gun Test for Colorblind Pilots + GA News
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🗓️ 25 January 2022
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217 $202 Million F-22 Crash Report, Light Gun Test for Colorblind Pilots + GA News
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217 Max talks about the Air Force's report on an F-22 Raptor fighter crash that occurred in the Florida Panhandle in May 2020. The accident chain shows several mistakes including maintenance, pilot and technology errors, plus a wayward piece of tape combined to cause the crash. Later, Max talks with Jason Blair about the light gun test that colorblind pilots can take to get night flying privileges.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, where we talk in general aviation, |
| 0:05.9 | with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Max Ruscott. |
| 0:10.9 | Once again, we've got a very full show. |
| 0:13.3 | After the news, we'll talk about the $202 million crash of an F-22 Raptor fighter, |
| 0:18.8 | and like most accidents, there were many small items in the accident chain |
| 0:22.7 | that led to that crash. Later, I'll play audio from a seat rail incident that occurred during |
| 0:28.2 | takeoff in a Cirrus SR22 in which I was teaching. And then we'll talk with Jason Blair about |
| 0:33.3 | the light gun test that colorblind pilots can take to restore their night privileges |
| 0:37.2 | and several |
| 0:38.2 | nuances to that test. Later we'll have some of your emails and comments. Thanks so much for sending |
| 0:42.8 | those, as I love hearing from you and sharing them on the show. Last week in episode 216, we had updates |
| 0:48.9 | on the Learjet crash in San Diego, including ways to use the Garmin visual approaches and for flight when |
| 0:54.7 | circling to land. |
| 0:55.9 | And we talk with Matt Lane about the free Virga app for entering Pireps, so if you |
| 0:59.9 | didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out. |
| 1:02.5 | And hey, it's still January when people make New Year's resolutions. |
| 1:05.6 | And while you might give up on going to the gym next month, here's one resolution you can stick to for the |
| 1:11.7 | full year. We're a listener-supported show and still ad-free, so make a resolution now to sign up |
| 1:17.5 | to become a member of the show at AviationNewsTalk.com slash awesome. And when you do, |
| 1:22.5 | I'll read your name on the show. This week in the news, Teenage Pilot completes around the world flight in a microlight. |
| 1:29.6 | The NTSB asks FAA to require CO detectors, and we have two tales of pilots who flew very low |
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