Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk

OB458: To Wake or Not to Wake

Released early to show supporters on 10/7/2026 Public release: 10/28/2026

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OB457: Home Field Advantage

Released early to show supporters on 10/5/2026 Public release: 10/21/2026

🐧 Supporters heard OB457 more than two weeks before it reached the public feed.

⚾️ Controllers know their home field. RH and AG explore five tips from the ATC home team!\

📖 This week's discussion draws from "Shifting the Odds in Your Favor: Tips from the ATC Home Team," featured in the October edition of COPA Magazine, published by the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA).

👏 Special thanks to Echo Whiskey (EW) for writing the article, bringing pilot and controller perspectives together, and letting us share and expand on his work.

✈️ Listener questions also explore published approach altitudes versus vectoring limits, conflicting IFR reroutes, and a missed approach through a firefighting TFR.

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OB456: Rebel Vectors and Royal Holds

Released early to show supporters on 9/28/2026 Public release: 10/14/2026

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OB455: A Tale of Two Missed Approaches

Released early to show supporters on 9/14/2026 Public release: 10/7/2026

✈️ This week, one flight, two missed approaches, and two very different perspectives from opposite sides of the frequency.

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OB454: Anything But Dandy – ILS Pilot Deviation

Released early to show supporters on 9/7/2026 Public release: 9/30/2026

✈️ This week, a routine ILS vector doesn't go quite as planned, leading RH and AG into a discussion about mistakes, communication, and knowing when it's time to stop trying to quietly fix the problem yourself.

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OB453: Free From the Bonds of Mortal Flying: Mission-Specific Pilot Training

Released early to show supporters on 8/31/2026 Public release: 9/23/2026

🏔️ This week, RH and AG head for the mountains and the flight levels with a bigger question in mind: does being legal and current really mean you're ready for the flying you want to do?

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OB452: Both Sides of the Frequency

Released early to show supporters on 8/26/2026 Public release: 9/16/2026

🎧 If you're new to Opposing Bases, this may be one of the best places to start. RH and AG dig into one of the ideas at the heart of the show: pilots understanding controllers, controllers understanding pilots, and recognizing how much work is happening on the other side of the frequency that you may never see.

✈️ Cockpit workload, controller workload, patience, frequency discipline, hidden ATC constraints — and why your direct may be someone else's delay. After 452 episodes, this conversation gets remarkably close to explaining why Opposing Bases exists in the first place.

🐧 Supporters heard this episode 21 days before the public feed. They also get the full Opposing Bases archive, bonus audio, private live recordings, and the supporter email channel that supplies many of the questions and stories you hear on the show.

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OB451: Malfunction Master Class

Released early to show supporters on 8/26/2026 Public release: 9/9/2026

⚡️ A developing electrical problem, two pilots working the problem together, and some exceptionally thoughtful help from ATC. RH and AG break down what went right, why communicating early mattered, and how a relatively ordinary malfunction became a master class in teamwork and shared situational awareness.

🐧 Supporters heard this episode 14 days before the public feed. They also get the full Opposing Bases archive, bonus audio, private live recordings, and the supporter email channel that supplies many of the questions and stories you hear on the show.

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OB450: Pilot MATH

Released to show supporters on 8/19/2026 Public release scheduled for 9/2/2026

✈️ 450 episodes. Nearly 10 years. Not a single week missed.

Opposing Bases has always been built a little differently. No traditional ads, no corporate network — just two aviation nerds talking about flying, controlling, and the National Airspace System every single week. The reason we've been able to keep doing it is simple: the listeners who support the show.

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OB449: Squeeze Played

Released to show supporters on 8/16/2026 Public release scheduled for 8/26/2026

✈️ Do you remember what you were doing 449 weeks ago? We do. We were recording our first podcast.

Somehow, we're still here every week. Along the way, Opposing Bases has grown into an aviation community built around honest feedback, real-world flying and controlling, and the combined experience of AG, RH, and the listeners who bring their own experience to the conversation.

No traditional ads. No corporate network. The reason the show has been able to keep going week after week is simple: the listeners who support it.

🐧 Supporters hear new episodes first, get the full archive and bonus content, and send in the questions, stories, and feedback that regularly become part of the show itself. They aren't just listening to Opposing Bases — they help make it.

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