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  • Save the Plane or Save Yourself

    October 15, 2026 · 42 min

    Guest Brian Norris joins host Rob Reider and talks about having an engine failure while ferrying the aerobatic biplane of one of most famous - and greatest - aerobatic air show performers of the last 50 years, Sean D. Tucker. His options…

  • The Impossible Turn - Yes or No?

    October 1, 2026 · 32 min

    A pilot had just launched from Lake Hood, Alaska when, only a few hundred feet above the surface, the engine malfunctioned. He couldn’t land straight ahead because of the frigid Alaskan waters. Further compounding his plight, he was…

  • Not Quite NORDO

    September 17, 2026 · 33 min

    You might have the latest and greatest in equipment in your airplane but if you can’t transmit audio to ATC, all that cool stuff isn’t particularly useful. It’s what happened to an instrument-rated pilot and his instrument instructor on a…

  • A Fire and a Key Fob

    September 3, 2026 · 52 min

    An in-flight fire in a part of a Beech Baron where one would least expect it and the part that a key fob played in the total loss of avionics in a Cirrus SR22 are the stories related in this episode by flight instructor Elliot Danner. He…

  • A Nearly Failed Ferry Flight

    August 20, 2026 · 43 min

    Test pilot, retired rocket scientist, and award-winning air show performer Bob Carlton recounts the unforeseen travails of a cross-country ferry flight that brought to life lessons he’d only learned about in ground school. What should have…

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  • Saratoga Surprise

    August 6, 2026 · 33 min

    A newly-minted, Atlanta-based instrument pilot on a business trip to northern Ohio encountered weather that included unexpected ice accumulation. It caused a loss of control that could have killed him and the five others aboard his Piper…

  • Incorrect Instrument Indications

    July 16, 2026 · 40 min

    A pilot took off in his Columbia 400 and noticed that the airspeed and altitude numbers looked a little off. He managed to handle the discrepancy during the cruise portion of his flight but when he began his descent, the airspeed indicator…

  • Fifteen Thousand Hours and Still Learning

    July 9, 2026 · 37 min

    It doesn’t matter how many hours you’ve logged — there’s still more aviation you haven’t seen or experienced. Join host Rob Reider and his guest, Mark Blois-Brooke, as Mark tells about a downwind landing attempt, a serious maintenance…

  • Dead Stick and Almost Dead

    June 25, 2026 · 47 min

    CFI Dan Bass is today's guest as he relates how he almost lost his life because carbon monoxide poisoning rendered him unconscious as he was returning home from a day-long business trip. He also recounts an engine failure at 14,500 feet…

  • An Arrow and a Stone Wall

    June 11, 2026 · 57 min

    A pleasure flight with co-owners of a Piper Arrow nearly turned deadly when the pilot realized he was too low to make a safe landing on an old grass field. But when he initiated the go-around, he heard a loud thump. He looked out at the…

  • Confidence or Complacency?

    May 28, 2026 · 27 min

    Twenty-one year-old Mason Rowe is the guest on this episode. He’s a flight instructor, has about 300 hours in Cessna Citations, and will soon join a major cargo airline to be type-rated in the Boeing 737. He recounts 2 stories of engine…

  • Why Do Those Houses Look So Big?

    May 14, 2026 · 37 min

    The crew of an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules was on a nighttime precision cargo drop practice mission. En route, they found themselves significantly lower in altitude than they should have been, putting their lives in jeopardy. What…

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About the show

The Reider Report brings you real stories told by real pilots. Join host Rob Reider and guests every two weeks as they explore hard-won cockpit experiences and the vital lessons we learn when things don’t go as planned. Authentic, collaborative, and educational—this is aviation storytelling for all pilots.