160 George Bye has been on a 12-year quest to make electric aircraft a reality. He explains the many benefits to electric aircraft including aerodynamic efficiency since the aircraft nose can be smaller, improved propeller efficiency, vastly lower operating cost, no CO2, lower noise, and more reliable. He also discusses the purchase price and delivery timetable for the eFlyer 2.

160 Electric Aircraft 2020 and Why You’ll Want One - Interview with George Bye

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 Max talks about the accident of N51FM, a Cirrus SR22T at Paso Robles, CA, and emphasizes the importance of understanding approach procedures, particularly when starting an approach from an IF/IAF fix with a racetrack. The accident involved a pilot who failed to follow correct procedures, leading to a crash, though fortunately, all occupants survived. Max breaks down the mistakes made by the pilot and discusses the implications for instrument pilots. If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or Patreon.   Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! I love their tradeup program that let's you trade in an older Lightspeed headset for a newer model. Start with one of the links below, and Lightspeed will pay a referral fee to support Aviation News Talk.  Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset $1199  Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset $899Lightspeed Sierra Headset $699  My Review on the Lightspeed Delta Zulu   Send us your feedback or comments via email   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.   Mentioned on the Show  ADSBExchange.com ADS-B data for N51FM flight to Paso Robles  RNAV (GPS) 19 approach to KPRB, Paso Robles, CA   Free Index to the first 282 episodes of Aviation New Talk   So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon – Register for Notification    Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we’ll make a couple of dollars if you do.   Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android.   Check out Max’s Online Courses: G1000 VFR, G1000 IFR, and Flying WAAS & GPS Approaches. Find them all at: https://www.pilotlearning.com/   Social Media Like Aviation News Talk podcast on Facebook Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium   "Go Around" song used by permission of Ken Dravis; you can buy his music at kendravis.com  If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

325 N51FM SR22 Crash Paso Robles – When to fly the Hold at an IF/IAF 325 N51FM SR22 Crash Paso Robles – When to fly the Hold at an IF/IAF + GA News 325 N51FM SR22 Crash Paso Robles – When to fly the H

 Max talks with Rob Mark about thirteen different ways a pilot can build flight time. These jobs may be attractive to weekend pilots who are looking for a fun flying activity, or for pilots who are looking to reach the 1500 hours required for an ATP and an airline job. This is Part 2 of a two episode series.   In Part 2, we discuss Part 91 and Corporate flying, Air tours, Banner towing, time building programs, glider towing, working as a CFI, and flying a personal airplane. We also discuss the illegal P-51time, which has nothing to do with warbirds.   And I want to mention one other resource for pilots who are looking for low time pilot jobs.  I mentioned the Road to 1500 website where you can learn about a lot of these jobs. And just a couple of weeks ago, Ivan Rabarison, who runs that website, began offering what he calls the Ultimate Low Time Pilot Jobs Database, which sells for  $29.99. I haven’t seen it, but apparently it includes minimum hour requirements to apply, location, website, contact information and in some case information about pay, work schedules and more. So it sounds like a fairly efficient to help find these jobs. To get the website, just Google The Road to 1500, and of course I will also have a link to it in the show notes.   If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or Patreon.   Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! I love their tradeup program that let's you trade in an older Lightspeed headset for a newer model. Start with one of the links below, and Lightspeed will pay a referral fee to support Aviation News Talk.  Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset $1199  Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset $899Lightspeed Sierra Headset $699  My Review on the Lightspeed Delta Zulu   Send us your feedback or comments via email Full Show Notes and Links for this Episode

324 13 Ways to build flight time with Rob Mark - Part 2 + GA News

Max talks with Rob Mark about thirteen different ways a pilot can build flight time. These jobs may be attractive to weekend pilots who are looking for a fun flying activity, or for pilots who are looking to reach the 1500 hours required for an ATP and an airline job. This is Part 1 of a two episode series. In Part 1, we discuss Part 135 Charter flying, Part 135 Cargo flying, flying skydivers, Pipeline Patrol, working as a Ferry Pilot and working as an Aerial Survey Pilot. We also talked briefly about aerial photography. In Part 2, we discuss seven additional ways that pilots can build flight time.  If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or Patreon.    Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! I love their tradeup program that let's you trade in an older Lightspeed headset for a newer model. Start with one of the links below, and Lightspeed will pay a referral fee to support Aviation News Talk.  Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset $1199  Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset $899Lightspeed Sierra Headset $699  My Review on the Lightspeed Delta Zulu  Full Show Notes and Links for this episode

323 13 Ways to build flight time with Rob Mark - Part 1 + GA News

 Max talks about the details of the crash of a TBM 960, N960LP, at Truckee, California last weekend. He also talks in detail about his factory tour last week of Robinson Helicopter.   Weather at the time the pilot flew the approach was ½ mile visibility and snow with clouds scattered at 300 feet and overcast at 700 feet. However the approach minimums were 1 mile visibility and the MDA is 582 feet AGL.  The pilot flew the instrument approach more or less successfully, though he descended more than 200 feet below the minimums, and he started his turn for the missed approach 1.3 miles beyond the missed approach point. While he flew the approach with the autopilot, he flew the missed approach by hand, and lost control.   If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, the Cash app, Zelle or Patreon.   Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! I love their tradeup program that let's you trade in an older Lightspeed headset for a newer model. Start with one of the links below, and Lightspeed will pay a referral fee to support Aviation News Talk.  Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset $1199  Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset $899Lightspeed Sierra Headset $699  My Review on the Lightspeed Delta Zulu   Send us your feedback or comments via email   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.   News Stories     Committee Says Pilots Shouldn’t Have To Report ‘Talk Therapy’ Sessions Updated ACS/PTS Documents Available – Effective May 31, 2024  Cessna 172 damaged by jet blast  Hartzell Aviation rolls out FAA Safety Tip videos  How Sling Pilot Academy Made Their Trainer Whisper  Icon Aircraft files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer  American Airlines Pilot Arrested Before Flight for Suspected Intoxication  FAA halts Sequim wing-walking flights, revokes owner’s pilot license    Mentioned on the Show Robinson Helicopter Company Factory Tour video #227 My Near-Fatal Icing Incident #233 What You Need to Know about Advisory Glide Slopes Truckee Airport Procedures and Noise Abatement  Free Index to the first 282 episodes of Aviation New Talk   So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon – Register for Notification    Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we’ll make a couple of dollars if you do.   Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android.   Check out Max’s Online Courses: G1000 VFR, G1000 IFR, and Flying WAAS & GPS Approaches. Find them all at: https://www.pilotlearning.com/   Social Media Like Aviation News Talk podcast on Facebook Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium   "Go Around" song used by permission of Ken Dravis; you can buy his music at kendravis.com  If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

322 N960LP TBM 960 Truckee crash; Robinson helicopter factory tour + GA News + GA News

 Max talks about two critical factors, sleep inertia and false glide slopes, which played significant roles in an Air India Express accident. Despite being unrelated phenomena, they converged to contribute to the crash of Flight 812 in 2010. Air India Express, a low-cost airline operating in India, experienced its first fatal crash during this flight.   The aircraft, a Boeing 737, was returning from Dubai to Mangalore, India. However, the cockpit voice recorder revealed that the captain had been asleep for a significant portion of the flight, awakening only shortly before the crash. Compounded by issues such as inadequate descent planning and reliance on visual cues due to radar unavailability, the crew found themselves on an unstabilized approach, ignoring multiple warnings and calls for a go-around from the first officer.  The aircraft ultimately overshot the runway.   If you're getting value from this show, please support the show via PayPal, Venmo, the Cash app, Zelle or Patreon.   Support the Show by buying a Lightspeed ANR Headsets Max has been using only Lightspeed headsets for nearly 25 years! I love their tradeup program that let's you trade in an older Lightspeed headset for a newer model. Start with one of the links below, and Lightspeed will pay a referral fee to support Aviation News Talk.  Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset $1199  Lightspeed Zulu 3 Headset $899Lightspeed Sierra Headset $699  My Review on the Lightspeed Delta Zulu   Send us your feedback or comments via email   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.   Mentioned on the Show University of Southern California Final Report - Air India Express 812 Accident   Free Index to the first 282 episodes of Aviation New Talk   So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon – Register for Notification    Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we’ll make a couple of dollars if you do.   Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android.   Check out Max’s Online Courses: G1000 VFR, G1000 IFR, and Flying WAAS & GPS Approaches. Find them all at: https://www.pilotlearning.com/   Social Media Like Aviation News Talk podcast on Facebook Follow Max on Instagram Follow Max on Twitter Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium   "Go Around" song used by permission of Ken Dravis; you can buy his music at kendravis.com  If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 

160 Electric Aircraft 2020 and Why You’ll Want One - Interview with George Bye

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