OB406: ATC-A Pilot's Best Friend
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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OB406: ATC—A Pilot's Best Friend
Released to show supporters on 10/7/2025
Public release scheduled for 10/21/2025
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| 0:00.0 | It's possibly a miracle that they saw the green light at all because if this happened at our tower, you might as well put a green filter over your cell phone light. |
| 0:11.0 | The old ones used to melt a hole through the glass. |
| 0:13.7 | They don't have the oomph. |
| 0:14.8 | Ready. |
| 0:29.8 | Welcome to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk, an aviation podcast by two air traffic controllers and rated pilots who love to talk about flying, controlling, and everything in between. |
| 0:36.9 | The show is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for your instructor, your supervisor, the FAA, the NTSB, or your cat. |
| 0:49.3 | The show will give you a better understanding of how things work in the national airspace system, |
| 0:54.6 | and maybe even make you laugh along the way. |
| 1:01.0 | Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf and first officer at Penguin Airlines Romeo Hotel. |
| 1:16.2 | Thank you. Romeo Hotel It's Tuesday October 7th, |
| 1:17.3 | episode 406 on today's show |
| 1:20.0 | We'll discuss ATC helping a pilot |
| 1:21.6 | Limp a broken airplane home |
| 1:23.1 | insane pattern operations out west |
| 1:25.5 | And more of your awesome feedback |
| 1:27.2 | What's up bay j hello hello |
| 1:29.2 | everyone happy tuesday tuesday how's your week been so far uh or post show last week |
| 1:38.6 | week between shows mm-hmm nothing significant to report. |
| 1:48.0 | There were some busy days. |
| 1:49.3 | There were some slow days. |
| 1:50.8 | Nothing too crazy comes to mind. |
| 1:55.2 | Markets next week? |
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