Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News
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426 Gear-Up Landings & Gear Collapses: How to Prevent Them with Tom Turner + GA News
August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 16 minGear-up landings are often dismissed as embarrassing pilot mistakes, but landing gear mishaps are far more common, complicated, and expensive than many pilots realize. In this episode, Max talks with Tom Turner of the American Bonanza…
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STEM Flights: How Volunteer Pilots Inspire Future Aviation Careers + GA News
August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minIn Episode 425 of Aviation News Talk, Max talks with retired Air Force General David Brubaker about STEM Flights, a nonprofit organization that pairs middle- and high-school students with volunteer pilot mentors for free, one-on-one…
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424 The Savvy Flight Instructor: Greg Brown on CFI Jobs, Getting Hired, and Finding Students + GA News
August 15, 2026 · 1 hr 22 minMax talks with Greg Brown about one of the most important—and often underestimated—roles in aviation: the flight instructor. Greg is one of aviation's most respected CFIs, writers, and pilot mentors. A pilot since 1972 and a flight…
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423 How Pilots Can Avoid Turbulence and Find Smoother Air with SkyPath
August 3, 2026 · 57 minMax talks with Maya Shpak, CEO of SkyPath, about how pilots can avoid turbulence and find smoother air by combining crowdsourced observations, aircraft data, and machine-learning predictions. The idea for SkyPath came from an airline…
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N249CP King Air Crash: GPS Jamming, Dark Night, and a Fatal Visual Approach + GA News
July 4, 2026 · 46 minMax talks about the fatal crash of Beech C90 King Air N249CP, an air ambulance flight that departed Roswell Air Center in New Mexico shortly before midnight on May 13, 2026. The aircraft was headed for Sierra Blanca Regional Airport near…
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New Zealand Mountain Flying in a CTLS: Fiordland, Microlights, and Safety Lessons
June 21, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minMax talks with New Zealand pilot Keith Froude during a scenic flight in Keith's Flight Design CTLS over Fiordland, one of the most dramatic flying environments in the world. Departing from a grass runway near Lake Te Anau, they discuss…
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420 Cirrus SR22T CAPS Pull: N39VF Power Loss and Parachute Drag Survival
May 26, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minMax talks with Troy Duck and John Von Fange about their dramatic Cirrus SR22T CAPS parachute deployment in N39VF after a power loss near Chanute, Kansas. What began as a routine flight quickly turned into an emergency when they heard a…
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LaGuardia Runway Collision: Why the Runway Lights Turned Off Before Impact + GA News
May 5, 2026 · 54 minLaGuardia Runway Collision and the NTSB Preliminary Report Max talks about the fatal LaGuardia Airport runway collision involving Jazz Flight 646 and an ARFF fire truck responding to an emergency near Terminal B. The accident occurred at…