Hello, and thank you for joining us for episode 55 of the Aviation News Talk podcast, where we talk about general aviation and related news.

Plus, we try to bring along relevant information that pilots like you can actually use someday.

Today, we're going to talk about some of the challenges of entering a traffic pattern safely, and in that context, I'll talk about the second time in two weeks.

The plane has gotten

way too close to me in the traffic pattern. It will also be sharing listener feedback and

answering some listener questions. Plus, coming up in the news this week, an Alaska

float plane pilot avoids jail time after a low buzz job that's left a man in a persistent

vegetative state. There's a new way to upgrade a Cessna 172 with a glass panel that gives you most of the

capability of a new Cessna G-1000 aircraft.

And a subsidiary of Airbus has an on-demand helicopter service, and we'll tell you the

city where you can now book a helicopter seat to shuttle across the city.

And finally, we'll tell you about an air race that's coming up that will replicate a race held nearly 100 years ago, but with a twist.

We'll tell you where that's going to be and what the twist is.

Welcome to Aviation News Talk, where we talk about what else, general aviation.

I'm Max Truscott. I'm here to educate and inform you, whether you're a pilot,

student pilot, or an aviation aficionado. Hopefully we'll have some fun along the way as I share my

recent experiences and those from the past 40 years as a licensed pilot, author of the G-1000

Glass Cockpit Handbook, and the 2008 National CFI of the year. I'm also a specialist in Cirrus

aircraft like the SR20 and SR22.

Now, last week in episode 54, we talked with friend of the show Senior Flying Magazine

editor Rob Mark, who gave us an update on ATC privatization.

And of course, this week we're going to talk about how to avoid getting too close to other

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