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In this episode, Max reviews results of the latest listener survey on portable ADS-B receivers and revisits their limitations, namely that while they appear to show all traffic, they do not! Listeners share what they like best and least about these receivers. And Max shares the preliminary NTSB report on the Icon A5 crash that killed MLB pitcher Roy Halladay.

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News Stories

• NTSB Preliminary Report on Roy Halladay Accident
• AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT TOTALS DROP TO HISTORIC LOWS
• NEW 'FAA AERONAUTICAL CHART USER'S GUIDE' PUBLISHED
• FAA Warns of Unauthorized Use of Special Instrument Procedures
• Icom launches scrappage scheme for old radios
• LANCAIR MAKO OWNERS HAVE BRS PARACHUTE OPTION
• Lancair Builder Assistance Center takes off
• Caravan Hits Car On Takeoff

Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance.

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In this episode, Max reviews articles and eyewitness accounts of the Icon A5 crash that killed Roy Halladay. He then goes through the Icon A5 POH, listing its features and limitations and explains what instrument he would have included in the cockpit if he were designing the aircraft. He then discusses Icon's Low Altitude Flying Guidelines, which Icon Aircraft released a few weeks before the accident. Finally he talks about the need to examine Icon's marketing and training to see if there are any possible improvements that can be made.

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News Stories

• Roy Halladay Icon A5 Crash
• Flying Car Maker Terrafugia Acquired By Chinese Company
• Air traffic controller arrested with homemade bomb
• New Weather Technology Helps Forecasters in Puerto Rico
• Visual Approach Guidance now available for GTN 650/750
• Cattle farmers kick off two-year Australia/New Zealand SBAS trial
• AOPA Seeking Pilot Comments on FAA Knowledge Test Experiences
• Oxford Aviation Academy branch in to train women pilots
• Turtle Rescuers Seek Pilot Help

Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance.

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Max talks about three recent accidents where aircraft got in trouble while flying too close to the ground. One was Cessna 172 flying low over the Mississippi river, and another was a Cirrus SR22 that hit power lines while flying an approach at night to the Lancaster, TX airport. In that incident, the passenger pulled the parachute when the plane hit the first set of line, and the parachute snagged a second set of power lines, holding the aircraft three feet above the ground.

He also talks about Night Flying Safety and in detail about black hole approaches, how they create an illusion which causes pilots to fly a curved path into the ground, and the importance of using a visual or electronic glide slope when flying over dark areas on approach to land at night.

Listener Jeff from Massachusetts recommended this episode of the Omega Tau podcast on radar, transponders, and ADS-B.

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News Stories

• Air Canada Crew Fails To Respond To SFO Tower
• Congress Demands Medicals For Balloons
• Turning on Project Loon in Puerto Rico
• FAA Proposes $3.7 Million Fine Against NavWorx
• Prepare for Presidential flight restrictions in S FL
• MGL Avionics launches Vega line of instruments
• Airport Courtesy Cars upgraded
• Low Sealings in Alaska

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Jason Blair is a FAA DPE, or Designated Pilot Examiner, who gives checkrides to pilots, and he's also an active flight instructor. He got an early start in aviation, taking flying lessons at age 15, soloing at 16, and getting his private certificate at 17.

Jason explains that there is a shortage of designated pilot examiners who give checkrides, which is affecting people's ability to schedule a checkride. He also said that if someone feels that an examiner is not conducting checkrides in accordance with the ACS, they can send comments to this FAA Email address for DPE/Practical Test Concerns.

Then he talks about the important qualification process, which occurs at the beginning of a checkride. If a student doesn't have all the documents, correct endorsements, or hasn't met all of the experience requirements, he or she will be going home before the checkride even starts. He explains the most common oversights he sees during the qualification process, and encourages flight instructors to have a second CFI review a pilot's logbook and endorsements, to ensure that the pilot is qualified for the checkride, and won't be sent home early.

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Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance.

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Risk Management: The goal of risk management is to proactively identify safety-related hazards and mitigate the associated risks. Max talks about four fundamental principles of risk management, and then talks about how the word "probably" should be a trigger word that gets you to consider other options when you're flying.

He also talks about Pilot in Command and what it means. He suggests pilots think of it as a verb, meaning the pilot takes action when needed to prevent an incident or accident, and takes responsibility for whatever occurs.

Listeners have questions on starting instrument training, how the difference between magnetic north and true north comes into play when flying a VOR approach with a GPS receiver, and how to safely fuel an aircraft when it's raining.

Click here for the listener survey. Tell us what what ADS-B portable receiver you own or plan to buy, and what you like and dislike about it. News Stories

• Santa Monica's Runway Shortening to Proceed
• Alleged Serial Plane Shooter Charged
• Cal Fire Calls Out Supertanker
• Police cite drone operator in area of Wine Country fires
• Drone Hits Commercial Aircraft in Canada
• Drunk Pilot Sentenced To Prison
• NTSB: Balloon crash pilot was as impaired as a drunk driver
• EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT CO. APPEARS TO HAVE SHUTTERED
• Advanced Aero Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets
• Muroya Red Bull Champion
• Arkansas Pilot May Be In Hot Water Over Turkey Drop

Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance.

Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm

If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone.

Please visit my Patreon page to view many free posts and make a monthly contribution.

Risk Management: The goal of risk management is to proactively identify safety-related hazards and mitigate the associated risks. Max talks about four fundamental principles of risk management, and then talks about how the word "probably" should be a trigger word that gets you to consider other options when you're flying.

He also talks about Pilot in Command and what it means. He suggests pilots think of it as a verb, meaning the pilot takes action when needed to prevent an incident or accident, and takes responsibility for whatever occurs.

Listeners have questions on starting instrument training, how the difference between magnetic north and true north comes into play when flying a VOR approach with a GPS receiver, and how to safely fuel an aircraft when it's raining.

Click here for the listener survey. Tell us what what ADS-B portable receiver you own or plan to buy, and what you like and dislike about it.   News Stories

• Santa Monica’s Runway Shortening to Proceed
• Alleged Serial Plane Shooter Charged
• Cal Fire Calls Out Supertanker
• Police cite drone operator in area of Wine Country fires
• Drone Hits Commercial Aircraft in Canada
• Drunk Pilot Sentenced To Prison
• NTSB: Balloon crash pilot was as impaired as a drunk driver
• EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT CO. APPEARS TO HAVE SHUTTERED
• Advanced Aero Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets
• Muroya Red Bull Champion
• Arkansas Pilot May Be In Hot Water Over Turkey Drop