250 Learning Airspace and Measuring Distances to Clouds + GA News
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🗓️ 21 October 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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250 Learning Airspace and Measuring Distances to Clouds + GA News
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250 Max talks about different types of airspace and how to remember each of their visibility and cloud clearance requirements. He spends a lot of time on Class E and Class G airspace, which are the most confusing to pilots. He also talks about his technique for measuring your distance from clouds.
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- Nall Report Finds Overall Accident Rate Decreased In 2020
- Plane destroyed in mid-air collision was not transmitting location
- Two Fatal Bird Accidents
- CFI killed on takeoff after student pitches too high
- Man Killed by Propeller of Plane He Rented for Date
- Plane Buyer Crashes on First Takeoff
- Pilot Dies in Inflight Breakup of Seamax M-22
- Parachute Saves Pilot after Pipistrel Inflight Breakup
- No mechanical issues found after Horsetooth plane crash
- Hydrogen-Electric Caravan Proposed
- Airport manager quits after accusations of drinking and driving on runway
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation with relevant news |
| 0:06.3 | and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. I'm Max Truscott. I'm the author |
| 0:10.9 | of several books on the Garmin G-1000, 3,000, 5,000, and prospective class cockpits. And I'm the 2008 |
| 0:17.4 | National Flight Instructor of the Year. Today we'll be talking about the different |
| 0:20.8 | classes of airspace and the visibility and cloud clearance requirements for each of those |
| 0:25.8 | classes. And I'll give you some explanations for why the different numbers were chosen, |
| 0:30.4 | which makes them a little easier to remember. And so that you don't miss next week's episode |
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| 0:44.0 | Last week in episode 249, we talked about flying IFR safely and professionally |
| 0:48.3 | and about things your CFWI might not have taught you. |
| 0:52.0 | So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out |
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| 1:11.2 | slash awesome. And when you do, I'll read your name on the show. This week in the news, |
| 1:16.0 | the Nall report says the overall accident rate is down. The Cessna Caravan is getting a new fuel type |
| 1:21.6 | and will tell you what an airport manager was doing that got her fired. All this and more, and the news starts now. |
| 1:31.8 | From Aveweb.com, Nall Report finds overall accident rate decreased in 2020. The overall GA |
| 1:39.3 | accident rate for 2020 decreased from 4.87 per 100,000 flight hours in 2019 to 4.69 for 100,000 hours, |
| 1:48.3 | according to the 32nd edition of the Joseph T. Nall report. Recently released by AOPA's Air Safety Institute, |
| 1:55.8 | the report also found that the rate of fatal accidents was down from 0.89 per 100,000 hours in 2019 to 0.83 in 2020. |
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