Aviation Mentors
By Brandon Martini & Carson Vasquez
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🚀 We are The Aviation Mentors, a weekly podcast dedicated to creating an amazing space where we aviators can hang out and enjoy a wide range of conversations about anything aviation. We're aviators, we're mentors, and we're entrepreneurs. Whether you're a student pilot, professional pilot, general aviation enthusiast, or just an AV Geek like us, this is the podcast for you! 🌎 Join us every Friday as we share our passion for flying! Sponsored by Stratus Financial www.stratus.finance
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Runway Incursions and Airline Collapses: What Happens to Your Pilot Career?
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May 09, 2026 |
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Is an Aviation Degree Still Worth It? Plus Drones and Flight Fear
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May 01, 2026 |
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The Smelly Cockpit Problem
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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War, Fuel Prices, and GPS Spoofing
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Are Pilots AI-Proof? Answering Your Biggest Flight Training Questions
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Pizza Delivery to Phenom 300: Shaun Dawson's Pilot Story
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Flight Training Is Hard: Here's How to Handle the Obstacles Most Students Face
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Mayday in a Warzone: When ATC Can't Save You
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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From $7,300 in 9 Months to $100K: The Real Airline Pilot Salary Story
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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The Real Reason 80% of Student Pilots Never Finish Training
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Do You Actually Need an ATP to Fly Commercially? The Answer Might Surprise You
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Is the DPE Shortage a Myth? PilExOS CEO Adam Shimmens Reveals What's Really Happening
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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You Know You're A CFI When... (Part 5)
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Listener Questions (Part 13)
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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FAA Medical Certification with Dr. Daniel Monlux: What Every Student Pilot Needs to Know
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Garmin Autoland's First Real Emergency: Right Decision or Dangerous Precedent?
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Captain Curt's Journey: From Working 3 Jobs to Flying Gulfstreams | Aviation Success Story
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Winter Flying Safety for Pilots: Frost, Icing, FIKI Aircraft, and IFR Considerations
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Listener Questions (Part 12)
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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The Aviation Side of Pearl Harbor: Surprises, Warbirds, and GA Takeaways
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Listener Questions (Part 11)
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Overlooked Aircraft Cleaning Tips That Improve Safety
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Ep 201 - The Hidden Risks in Flight Schools—and How to Fix Them Before You Scale
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Celebrating 200 Episodes – Aviation Mentors Reflect on Growth, Stories & the Journey Ahead
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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S02E63: VFR Safety & IFR Traffic Awareness – Non-Towered Airport
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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S02E62: Hidden Airplanes, Tailwheel Flying & The Real Cost of Aircraft Ownership
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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S02E61: Reacting to Your Comments Part 1: MOSAIC, GA Costs & Burbank Tower
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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S02E60: Back in the Left Seat – Carson’s First Flight in Two Years
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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S02E59: Mentorship, Aviation Publishing & Inspiring the Next Generation
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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S02E58: Sport Pilot Certificates & MOSAIC Updates – Making Aviation More Accessible
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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S02E57: Pilot Demand Is Soaring – Boeing’s 20-Year Forecast and What It Means for Aspiring Aviators
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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S02E56: Brandon Martini Named NBAA 40 Under 40 – Celebrating Aviation Milestones
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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S02E55: Pilot Currency vs. Proficiency: What Every Pilot Should Know
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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S02E54: Oshkosh 2025 (Part 3)
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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S02E53: Oshkosh 2025 (Part 2)
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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S02E52: Oshkosh 2025 (Part 1)
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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S02E51: Answering your Questions on Reddit (Part 11)
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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S02E50: Small Pilot, Big Dreams
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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S02E49: You Know You’re a CFI When… (Part 4)
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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S02E48: The Price of Wings
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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S02E47: Listener Questions (Part 10)
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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S02E46: Letter Of Interpretation
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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S02E45: Answering your Questions on Reddit (Part 10)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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S02E44: Taxi Here, But Not There
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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S02E43: Aviation Without Limits
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May 30, 2025 |
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S02E42: Listener Questions (Part 9)
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May 23, 2025 |
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S02E41: Headset Showdown: Lightspeed Delta Zulu vs. Bose & David Clark
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May 16, 2025 |
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S02E40: From Outdated to Upgraded: The $18B ATC Transformation Plan
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May 09, 2025 |
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S02E39: Listener Questions (Part 8)
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May 02, 2025 |
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S02E38: Listener Questions (Part 7)
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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S02E37: You Know You’re a CFI When… (Part 3)
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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S02E36: You Know You’re a CFI When… (Part 2)
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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S02E35: You Know You’re a CFI When… (Part 1)
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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S02E35: You Know You’re a CFI When… (Part 1)
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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S02E34: Listener Questions (Part 6)
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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S02E33: Pilot Deviation
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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S02E32: F.I.R.C
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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S02E31: The Get-There-Itis Trap: A Real-Life Aviation Story
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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S02E30: AI and Digital Marketing with Tim Jedrek
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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S02E29: Flying With Confidence with Tammy Barlette
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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S02E28: Planes Need Homes Too
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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S02E27: No Mission, Just Fun
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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S02E26: California Fires
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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S02E25: Listener Questions (Part 5)
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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S02E24: Crossing the Line
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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S02E23: Listener Questions (Part 4)
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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S02E22: Listener Questions (Part 3)
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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S02E21: Christmas In The Skies
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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S02E20: From Training to Takeoff: How Pilot Salaries Stack Up
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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S02E19: How Airlines Make Money (Part 2)
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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S02E18: How Airlines Make Money (Part 1)
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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S02E17: Breaking Barriers: How Disabled Pilots Take Flight
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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S02E16: Pilot Professionalism
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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S02E15: Skies To Cellars
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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S02E14: Listener Questions (Part 2)
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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S02E13: Joe Conley - Stories Of One Of The Greatest Airmen (Part 2)
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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S02E12: Joe Conley - Stories Of One Of The Greatest Airmen (Part 1)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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S02E11: What’s A Dirigible?
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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S02E10: Ruff Skies, Smooth Landings
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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S02E09: Aviation Insurance: Is Age Just a Number?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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S02E08: Reckless Aviation (Part 2)
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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S02E07: Reckless Aviation
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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S02E06: Back in the Saddle
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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S02E05: Student Finance, Tragedy, and Military to Pro Pilot
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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S02E04: Oshkosh 2024 Highlights
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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S02E03: Scare in the Air
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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S02E02: From Student Pilot to 10 Years in the Sky: Q&A with Brandon Martini
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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S02E01: Father-Son Pilot Duo
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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S01E136: Fit to Fly
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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S01E135: Interview with Tait Duryea
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May 29, 2024 |
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S01E134: Scholarships and Stories from the Sky
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May 04, 2024 |
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S01E133: Aviation News
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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S01E132: I'm Spinning
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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S01E131: Listener Questions (Part 1)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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S01E130: First Real XC
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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S01E129: Common Pilot Misconceptions
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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S01E128: Answering your Questions on Reddit! (Part 9)
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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S01E127: Answering your Questions on Reddit! (Part 8)
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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S01E126: Why You Should Runup
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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S01E125: Interview with Dave Rohee
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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S01E124: Emergency Procedures
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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S01E123: Answering your Questions on Reddit! (Part 7)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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S01E122: Spatial Disorientation
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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S01E121: Answering your Questions on Reddit (Part 6)
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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S01E120: PIREP
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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S01E119: Old vs New
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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S01E118: Noise Pollution
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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S01E117: Unbelievable Aviation Incidents
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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S01E116: Inside the Student Pilot Experience
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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S01E115: New Year's Resolution
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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S01E114: Facing the FSDO
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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S01E113: Airport Security
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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S01E112: Christmas Special
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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S01E111: Fear of Flying
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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S01E110: Making Flying A Priority
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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S01E109: Ungrounded: Bringing the Icon Home
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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S01E108: Drones and UAVs - Part 107
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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S01E107: Winter Flying
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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S01E106: Automation in the Cockpit
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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S01E105: Living Right: Staying on the FAA's Good Side
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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S01E104: Is There Something in the Air?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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S01E103: Beyond the Cockpit: Understanding Pilot Retirement Age
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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S01E102: Navigating the Skies with Epic Flight Academy
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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S01E101: The Final Reno Air Race
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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S01E100: Celebrating 100 Episodes: Looking Back and Expressing Gratitude
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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S01E99: Flying High with Academy of Aviation: A Conversation with Aaron Hollowell
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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S01E98: US Aviation Academy: Helping Veterans Discover Their Path in Aviation
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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S01E97: Latino Pilot Association Expo 2023 - Buiqui Aerospace
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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S01E96: Brandon and Austin's Seaplane Adventure
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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S01E95 - Flying Coast to Coast
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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S01E94: Flying Over Different Terrain
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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S01E93: Oshkosh 2023 with the Stratus Financial Team (Part 2)
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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S01E92: Oshkosh 2023 with the Stratus Financial Team
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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S01E91: Oshkosh Insights with Mike Harris
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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S01E90: Experience at EAA Airventure Oshkosh
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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S01E89: Exploring Flying Clubs
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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S01E88: Packing for Oshkosh: Your Ultimate AirVenture Adventure!
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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S01E87: Raising A Pilot
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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S01E86: Oshkosh: Land on the Dot
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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S01E85: Hollywood Aviation
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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S01E84: Instrument Training - Deep Dive
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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S01E83: Towing Gliders
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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S01E82: Volunteering in Aviation
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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S01E81: Understanding ADS-B
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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S01E80: Earning Wings: Tavis Journey
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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S01E79: Mastering Unfamiliar Airports - A Pilot's Survival Guide
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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S01E78: Insider Look: What's Coming to Airventure 2023
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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S01E77: Checklist Usage
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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S01E76: Line-up of Pipers
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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S01E75: METARs and TAFs
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May 31, 2023 |
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S01E74: Flying with a Co-Pilot
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May 26, 2023 |
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S01E73: Flying in Hot Weather
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May 24, 2023 |
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S01E72: Jet Ownership
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May 20, 2023 |
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S01E71: Flight Reviews
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May 17, 2023 |
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S01E70: Flying with Passengers
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May 12, 2023 |
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S01E69: Test Pilot
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May 10, 2023 |
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S01E68: Preventive Maintenance
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May 05, 2023 |
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S01E67: Challenges of Instrument Training
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May 03, 2023 |
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S01E66: Owning An Airplane
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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S01E65: Flight Simulators
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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S01E64: Answering your Questions on Reddit! (Part 5)
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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S01E63: ASEL to AMEL Transition
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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S01E62: Medicals
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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S01E61: Ask A CFI - Check Rides
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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S01E60: Sun N Fun - Day 6
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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S01E59: Sun N Fun - Day 5
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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S01E58: Sun N Fun - Day 4
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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S01E57: Sun N Fun - Day 3
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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S01E56: Sun N Fun - Day 2
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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S01E55: Sun N Fun - Day 1
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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S01E54: Pilot Shortage
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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S01E53: Ferrying Airplanes
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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S01E52: Ask A CFI #2
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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S01E51: Declaring an Emergency
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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S01E50: CEO and Pilot Anthony Geraci
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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S01E49: Joni's Journey from Skipper to 747
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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S01E48: Answering your Questions on Reddit! (Part 4)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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S01E47: Buying a Plane and Pre Buy Inspections
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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S01E46: Currency vs. Proficiency
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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S01E45: Aeronautical Decision Making
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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S01E44: Mario’s Journey: Starting Jobs in Aviation, Entry Level to Avionics
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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S01E43: Seaplane Adventures
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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S01E42: Interview with Gema Goeyardi
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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S01E4: Ask a CFI
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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S01E40: Artificial Intelligence
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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S01E39: Airport Bucket List
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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S01E38: Myths in Aviation
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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S01E37: Answering your Questions on Reddit! (Part 3)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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S01E36: Answering your Questions on Reddit! (Part 2)
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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S01E35: Hazardous Attitudes
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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S01E34: The Go or No-Go Decision
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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S01E33: NASA ASRS
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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S01E32: Pilot’s New Year’s Resolutions
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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S01E31: What To Expect in Class B and C
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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S01E30: Non-towered Airport Communication
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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S01E29: Answering your Questions on Reddit!
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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S01E28: What Causes Common Aircraft Incidents?
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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S01E27: What to do: Stranded Far from Home
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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S01E26: 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Flight Training
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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S01E25: What It’s Like Being a Student Pilot
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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S01E24: Cessna Single-Engine Tailwheel and Multi-Engine Aircraft
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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S01E23: Becoming a Great CFI
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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S01E22: Cessna Single-Engine Nosewheel Aircraft
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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S01E21: How To Speak Pilot: Aviation Abbreviations and Jargon
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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S01E20: Airport Jobs
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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S01E19: What Flight Training is Right for Me?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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S01E18: Story Time: Setting a World Record
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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S01E17: Aerial Firefighting with Ryan Elssmann
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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S01E16: Am I Too Young to Fly?
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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S01E15: The Coolest Airplanes We've Flown and Seen
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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S01E14: Communicating with ATC
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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S01E13: What to Check Before You Fly
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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S01E12: Hurdles to Flight Training – from Zero to Hero
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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S01E11: 21-year-old Airline Transport Pilot
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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S01E10: Logbook Memories
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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S01E09: What It's Like Being a Commercial Pilot
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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S01E08: 15 Things To Do as a Private Pilot (Part 2)
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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S01E07: 15 Things To Do as a Private Pilot (Part 1)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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S01E06: A&P Mechanic - Experiences in Aviation
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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S01E05: What's In your Flight Bag
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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S01E04: Flight Instructor's Journey
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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S01E03: Why We Fly
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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S01E02: Overcoming Fears in the Cockpit
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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S0101: The First Solo Flight Makes You A Pilot
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Aug 26, 2022 |