OB416: Only You Can Prevent Helmet Fires
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 86 minutes
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OB416: Only You Can Prevent Helmet Fires
Released to show supporters on 12/16/2025
Public release scheduled for 12/30/2025
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| 0:00.0 | was IFR at 8,000, had a hydraulic failure. We declare an emergency. We start an emergency descent |
| 0:06.2 | in a Chinook. This is 6,000 feet a minute. And we're talking to the center. The last thing I said |
| 0:11.6 | before we lost comms and radar was, I don't think we're going to make it. Ready. Welcome to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk, an aviation podcast by two air traffic controllers |
| 0:30.0 | and rated pilots who love to talk about flying, controlling, and everything in between. |
| 0:37.1 | The show is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute. controlling, and everything in between. |
| 0:37.6 | The show is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for your |
| 0:42.2 | instructor, your supervisor, the FAA, the NTSB, or your cat. |
| 0:50.4 | The show will give you a better understanding of how things work in the National Airspace |
| 0:54.0 | System and maybe even make you laugh along the way. The show will give you a better understanding of how things work in the national airspace system |
| 0:54.5 | and maybe even make you laugh along the way. |
| 1:01.2 | Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf and First Officer at Penguin Airlines Romeo Hotel. |
| 1:15.4 | Thank you. Romeo Hotel. It's Tuesday, December 16, 2025, episode 416. |
| 1:19.4 | On today's show, we'll share a listener's real-life emergency, |
| 1:23.1 | reminisce about scenic Atlantic crossings, |
| 1:25.3 | and share more of your great feedback. |
| 1:27.2 | What's up, AJ? |
| 1:28.2 | Hello, hello, everyone. |
| 1:30.3 | Happy Tuesday. |
| 1:31.7 | Tuesday. |
| 1:32.8 | This episode will be, I think, the last one in 2025 for the public feed. |
| 1:40.9 | This will come out on the last Tuesday of the month of December, completing our eighth year of podcasting. |
| 1:47.6 | Wow. |
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