OB370: We Discuss the Tragedy at DCA
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
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🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Episode 370 Show Notes
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families that lost loved ones in the tragedy over the Potomac. There are no words to describe the pain you’re suffering and while a thorough investigation may answer your questions, it won’t bring your loved ones back. We are so sorry for your loss and want you to know the aviation community is right beside you in your time of need.
This accident will define the next generation responsible for maintaining the safest airspace in the world. Your lost loved ones will serve as vivid reminders that life is precious, our time on earth is often unfairly limited, and we must always strive to be better stewards of the aviation transportation system.
On today’s show, we will share our experience and hopefully give listeners the context they need to understand the accident and shape their safety practices moving forward.
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| 0:00.0 | We're not going to come out and say this is whose fault it was. |
| 0:03.6 | But what we're going to do in the future at some point is do what the NTSB says their whole job is to do, is to learn from this. |
| 0:12.0 | And when we understand more what exactly is happening, we'll do what we have always done here and relay it to you in a way that improves safety, that improves your |
| 0:24.5 | day-to-day operation and the things that we can take away from this. |
| 0:29.7 | This episode was just to sort of help explain what's happening. Ready. |
| 0:45.9 | This is Opposing Bases air traffic talk. |
| 0:48.7 | Your host, Alpha Golf and Romeo Hotel, |
| 0:51.6 | have a half century of aviation experience in combat helicopters, airliners, and air traffic control. |
| 0:56.0 | They answer your questions about flying aviation and ATC. |
| 1:00.0 | This weekly podcast is for entertainment and education and does not serve as a replacement |
| 1:06.0 | for a qualified flight instructor, an examiner, the FARs, the 7110, your best friend, your next pilot, or your cat. |
| 1:15.4 | November 628 Charlie Delft, the Squawk 1-200, frequency change approved. |
| 1:19.6 | The audio will be available on live ATC. |
| 1:21.9 | Good day. |
| 1:22.8 | November 643, July, Mike, clear visual approach. |
| 1:25.3 | One way, two, three left, Conach Tower. |
| 1:27.1 | November 3-222 Yankee, area of heavy to extreme precipitation to the clock to one o'clock, one-clock, one-five miles. |
| 1:34.6 | I mean, it's a 3-47 Charlie, try a departure, radar contact, climb and maintain 8,000. |
| 1:39.6 | November 747 Sierra Lima, reduce speed to 1-8080 your overtaking traffic ahead on final |
| 1:45.4 | Skyhawk 7 7 7 tango IFR came place to receive squawked AFR fix which a change |
| 1:49.9 | approved Sierra 720 Fox Tron Alpha flatting 190 vectors for the visual approach |
| 1:54.4 | skyhawk minor Sierra Popper to enter Triag class Charlie's surface area from the east |
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