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EP203 - Pause Not Included
October 20, 2026 · 54 minLast week's emergency deserves a sequel about the thing you reach for in the later phases of one: the checklist. Enter returning special friend of the show Checkmate Barry, two years to the day (October 1st) from taking over CheckMate…
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EP202 - Declared Mercy
October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minRyan and Jackie flew the beautiful RV-10 down for the EP200 hangar show. On the way home, the airplane had other plans: autopilot master fault, attitude indicator misbehaving in IMC, showing level while the airplane turned left, a wall of…
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EP201 - The Last Five Seconds of a Landing
October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minThe Discord kept circling one subject, and it happens to be printed on our favorite t-shirt: I forget how to land (or have never learned in the first place). So this one's all landings: the plateau, the last five seconds, and the sight…
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EP200 - It Took You Long Enough
September 29, 2026 · 54 minTwo hundred episodes, and this one comes with a studio audience: live from a hangar at McCollum Field, at a non-event event. "Come if you want, come as you are," and people came anyway, some from very long distances. Ben opened the show…
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EP199 - No Longer Sport Pilot Extraordinaire
September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minEleven minutes of "we're keeping it a mystery," and then out with it: our friend Timestamp Tedder went and passed his private pilot checkride. "No longer sport pilot extraordinaire." Theoretically he can still hold the title, he just kind…
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EP198 - How Dare You Try to Minimize My Suffering
September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minTed has a private pilot checkride on the calendar, so naturally the crew dedicated the evening to helping him prepare. And by helping, we mean: "You may not be nervous at all for the checkride. But you will be by the end of this…
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EP197 - I Just Passed My PPL at 1,005 Hours
September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minA listener comment set the agenda this week: as the hosts stack ratings and turbine job offers, do the 20-to-200-hour faithful still see themselves in the show? Ben answered by wearing his Nobody Cares hat, the one from the Nashville…
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EP196 - BasicTed: Luck Favors the Prepared
September 1, 2026 · 1 hr 15 minThe gag order is lifted. For ten months Ted answered "what have you been flying lately?" with a cheerful bunch of nothing, because he had quietly bet everything, sport pilot privileges included, on getting his FAA medical. If you apply and…
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EP195 - I'm Temporarily Delayed, Not Canceled
August 25, 2026 · 52 minBen, Brian, and Ted declare this one Oops All Feedback (or, as Ben coins it, "oopsitizers"): five tape machine clips plus reviews and community wins. Ben's avionics go pop-pop-pop over Columbus under an occluded front, and the crew lands…
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EP194 - "That's Why I Wear the Propeller Hat" - PropHatCat!
August 18, 2026 · 1 hr 13 minMarcus is a magician, an off-Broadway producer, and an en route controller at Houston Center, which is either an unusual resume or a perfectly logical one. To thousands online he's PropHatCat. He opens with the disclaimer (he doesn't speak…
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EP193 - Getting in the Way of Our A&Ps
August 11, 2026 · 49 minOwner-assisted maintenance, with all four hosts aboard: Ben, Brian, Ted, and Mark (1DullGeek), the show's resident expert, currently apprenticing in his mechanic's shop. What are you actually allowed to touch on your own airplane? The crew…
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EP192 - I Can't Believe Someone Pays Me to Do This
August 4, 2026 · 59 minFlying, and actually having someone else pay for it. The crew sits down with James Onieal of Raven Career Development: pilot, instructor, type-rated in the King Air, Citation, and Embraer 170/190, veteran of regional, fractional, and FAA…
About the show
Welcome to the Midlife Pilot Podcast, where we share the experiences and the challenges of flying in midlife. Whether you're a seasoned pilot, training for private or instrument ratings, or just thinking about getting started in aviation, we like to think of the podcast as your aviation companion, and your weekly dose of aviation inspiration. Hosted by the dynamic trio of Ben, Brian, and Ted - the show is not instruction - it's all about sharing real stories, personal insights, and the pure joy of spreading your wings in midlife.