I Learned About Flying From That

Mar 18 2024 246
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Tune in for the rest of the story—with exclusive interviews with pilots who have shared their emergencies, crises, and mistakes over 950-plus installments of Flying's iconic series, "I Learned About Flying From That." Host Rob Reider relates the tale as told by the author, then catches up with that pilot to ask the questions we know have been on your mind.

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79. Severe Turbulence

Mar 18 2024 42 mins  
Turbulence and windshear drove CFII Anna Serbinenko and her students to attempt a difficult diversion. Then, a search and rescue crew runs into trouble when they decide to push for their home airport following a hydraulic failure.

78. The Impossible Turn

Mar 06 2024 38 mins  
With a failing engine and unforgiving terrain all around, flight instructor Mark Henshall had a decision to make about whether or not to turn back to the runway. Also, picking up a mayday from a fellow pilot comes to a difficult end only to be followed by a surprising revelation.

77. Sleeping on the Job

Feb 20 2024 30 mins  
Finding the right teacher can be complicated, but when a flight instructor falls asleep on a student’s first-ever lesson it raises red flags. Also, low visibility and a failure to communicate lead to a head-to-head close call in the pattern.

76. Disoriented in the Dark

Feb 05 2024 29 mins  
A pilot faces an instrument failure in the clouds and recalls how a decision to head home in the dark—despite having never flown at night—led to a harrowing experience in the pattern.

75. Approach Into the Trees

Jan 22 2024 26 mins  
Experienced pilot Al Hewitt was proficient, current, and ready to go for a short IFR trip he’d made many times before, but when he broke out of the clouds on a familiar approach nothing was as expected.

74. Build Time-itis

Jan 02 2024 33 mins  
Wanting to build flight time and under pressure from another pilot, a young aviator decided to take a jump plane up for one last flight in spite of dangerously low fuel indications and the approaching sunset.

73. The Hazard You Can't See

Dec 05 2023 32 mins  
During a night proficiency flight, a pilot was practicing partial panel IFR when he had an emergency he did not expect.

72. NORDO Near DC

Nov 21 2023 35 mins  
Pilot Victor Vogel was left with only a flashlight and a pencil following a total electrical system failure in his Beech Sierra—and he was headed straight for the nation's capital region.

71. A Fuelish Assumption

Nov 06 2023 25 mins  
Pilot Scott Tomlinson hopped into his RV-6, ready to take his girlfriend on a flying date to Ocracoke Island. But a skipped part of the preflight just about ruined their day together.

70. Respond or React?

Oct 19 2023 31 mins  
An Air Force Warthog pilot suffered an engine failure during a training mission, but was his course of action the right one?