Cardinal Aviation Audio Briefings

In this Episode, Gord and I go full circle with this one where we discuss how Everyone is Dealing with Something, including his removing himself from work due to his emotional load, the stressors involved with moving across the country, his early challenges with training and subsequent observations as an instructor of what pilots actually may be dealing with when they struggle in training and how “outside the airplane’ stress is very real.

(Part 1 of 4 of Cardinal Aviation's Mindfulness With Gord Stevens which will be presented on the first week of NOV/20, DEC/20, JAN/21 & FEB/21.)

 

This Episode Is Brought To You By: Air1 Insurance

In this week's episode, we talk about making the perfect initial radio transmission on an IFR departure as well as share a funny story from a flight that we had today!

In this episode we talk about what has happened this week. We also continue our conversation with Vignesh Rajasekar and talk about what happened when someone reported him to the regulator for sharing his precautionary landing training method on a popular local Facebook group. 

 

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In this episode we talk with flight instructor and remote charter pilot Vignesh about some of his experiences as a pilot including the time he had an electrical fire in a C172 while on top of a solid deck of cloud. We also get personal and talk about what it was like coming to Canada and not only becoming a pilot but also becoming a "bush" pilot in northern Alberta.

Can you believe that it has already been 50 episodes? In this edition I share a few very well thought out emails from listeners that are full of great feeback, ideas and questions. Thank you to all our listeners and supporters for sticking with us!

In this episode we discuss the 5 hazardous attitudes. Do any of them apply to you? I am guilty of at least one of them. Sometimes it is important to listen to the tough subjects, the ones that makes us a little uncomfortable in the pursuit of becoming safer, more conscientious pilots.

 

This Episode is Brought You by Show Supporter: Jeff McKay

In this episode, we chat with Kliff Wight about his journey to finally becoming a Helicopter Pilot. Kliff shares some very personal and impactful stories about the road that he has travelled in pursuit of his goal. Kliff is a student at Chinook Helicopters in Abbotsford, BC. 

 

This episode is brought to you by: FlightCrew.ca

We talk about reduced visibility in smoke and share a story that shows that I definitely don't always make the best decisions. The most important thing is to learn from those experiences and share the lessons with others. 

 

This episode is brought to you by: fransflowers.ca

In this episode, we talk about off-airport landings and how we can learn a few things from the Helicopter flight training manual and apply them to our fixed-wing flying. We talk about a few recent flights and some tips and tricks to consider when assessing a landing spot. 

 

This episode is brought to you by show supporter: Ryan Mitchell

In this episode, I talk about why sometimes I coach from the backseat. Yes, far enough that I can't grab the controls or hit the push to talk. Sometimes all pilots need to push over a plateau is a little space. 

 

This episode is brought to you by show supporter, Lakshmikanth!