Episode 040 tells the story of a modern day biplane adventure that continues where Richard Bach and Spence Nelson left off 50 years ago!

If you’re not familiar with the book. Nothing by chance is one of the all time great aviation books. Written by the great author Richard Bach, who also authored Jonathan Livingston Seagull, perhaps you’ve heard of it?

First published in 1969 It follows the author on a biplane adventure throughout the midwest United States Making a living, day to day. Town to town, In a time gone by, that we’ll never see again. Or will we?

1. Watch Professional Flying Videos: http://justplanes.com , http://pilotseye.tv/en/ 

2. Upgrade your EFB: https://www.foreflight.com  

3. Join a Type Club: https://mmopa.com https://www.bonanza.org https://www.cirruspilots.org 

4. Write an Article: Shyam’s Article https://airfactsjournal.com/2017/04/where-is-the-upwind-leg/ 

5. Visit an Air Traffic Control (ATC) Facility

6. Join an online group: Ask a Pilot/Controller on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/153622105285631/ 

7. Listen to https://www.liveatc.net 

8. Read an aviation book. http://rodmachado.com?aff=316 or The Wind Beneath My Wings by John Hutchinson 

9. Find a good Mentor

10. Listen to Aviation Podcasts Aviation

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So, a little about Rob. As if you didn’t know, he’s the senior editor at Flying Magazine. You’ve all heard him for years on Airplane Geeks, and on his own JetWhine production at Jetwhine.com. 

He’s a journalism Alum @Northwestern University, and this is where our story takes a fun turn. I don’t think either one of us knew how much we had in common! 

My Wife went to Northwestern. And I went to Purdue. I flew up there a lot to visit, and I always flew into PWK airport. Now “Chicago Executive” whatever. 

A lot of people don’t know this, but Rob used to be a Controller too.

His office is something I’ve probably driven past 100 times in Evanston.

It looks like our careers are following a strikingly similar path so far. 

Him and I have gone back and forth before, and he’s even recorded a piece for this show called “the scariest takeoff I ever made” (Episode 023). 

Cool. But there’s still the matter of this whole “chat” thing. It’s probably time we get that sorted out… 

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Yet, a friend of ours just had one. The real thing. 

…and he’s here to tell us all about it! You’re not going to want to miss this one!

Today we’re going to pick apart a couple of Cirrus crashes, but not just any cirrus crashes. These are serious fatal accidents. In each case, the accident aircraft had a pilot plus 2 passengers.  And the reason Max and I are talking about these In particular, is because ATC played an interesting part in each one. Not necessarily a causal one, as we’ll see from the NTSB reports, but the interactions with ATC were key in one way or another in the events leading up to the occurrence. And that’s, of course, where our worlds overlap!

Max Trescott is a fulltime flight instructor. He started flying at age 15 and finished his pilot certificate in college. He has degrees in Electrical Engineering, Psychology, and a MBA. He spent 25 years working in sales and marketing for Hewlett-Packard.

In 2004 he left HP and he now devotes full time to teaching flying, writing, and giving speeches and seminars. He’s written two books, including Max Trescott’s G1000 Glass Cockpit Handbook, now in its fifth edition.  He holds an ATP certificate for all four airplane categories.

Max specializes in teaching in Cirrus Aircraft and a week ago he finished his type-rated in the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet. In 2008, he was named by the FAA as the National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year to represent the 96,000 flight instructors in the U.S.

He has a weekly podcast focused on General Aviation in which he shares GA news from around the world plus pilot skills and safety tips. The show is Aviation News Talk, and you can find it in the Apple App store and Google Play Store or wherever you get your podcasts.