Dan (@TakingOffDan) and Christy (@PilotChristy) talk with FAA Regional Administrator Rob Lowe about the FAA and how they work with pilots on issues of safety.  They also take questions from a studio audience.

Learn to Fly US when International join Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotCHristy for this weeks Taking off podcast.

On this episode of The Taking Off Podcast, we talk to the creator of the Aviation Accidents / This Day in History Facebook page.

From the ARCHIVES Flying Clubs with Bryan Turner

Are Flying Clubs a possible answer to the high cost of purchasing an airplane? How do Flying Clubs work? Bryan Turner from @JustPlaneSilly sits in the Host chair and asks the questions from two different Flight Club organizers, Christy Wong (@PilotChristy) of the Aerovalley Flying Club and Gary Larsen from the Nate Abel Flying Club. Visit Bryan’s channel: justplanesilly   Nate Abel Flying Club: https://www.nateabelflyingclub.org/ Aerovalley Flying Club: https://www.aerovalley.org/

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Dan (@TakingOffDan) and Christy (@PilotChristy) talk about the struggles, victories and defeats in their battle with weight loss.  In flying General Aviation, weight is an important issue on these airplanes, and besides the obvious of being more healthy, weight can make a difference in the cockpit

Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy play the game of posing certain situations for Christy to advise on best possible paths to become an airline pilot.  If you would like Christy to possibly address your own situation, go to the YouTube page for this podcast and leave a comment with your scenario.

Dan @TakingOffDan is joined by Joe Casey and Robert Johnson to investigate the theory that twin engines are better than one. Is it safer? Do two engines double what you can carry?

Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy reminisce about their favourite and most memorable episodes fo the aviation talk show “In The Hangar.”

From the Archives, Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk to Chandra Patey and Suzy Patey about being married to aviation superstars Mike and Mark Patey. Captured on location at Stearman Field in Kansas.

It was the deadliest US crash with the Boeing 727 collided with a small Cessna 172 in San Diego and resulted in some big changes in air travel and in the way air space is controlled.  Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotCHristy talk about the crash the its aftermath.