LONG: Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk about Christy’s extraordinary chance to be the first officer on an Envoy test flight to a Jamaica Airport that has never had an airliner land on it! Sounds like the perfect job for the Embraer E-175.

Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy update the listeners to whats happening at the TakingOff Channel — and what’s going on in each others life.

Small airports are the backbone of General Aviation, but what kind of obstacles and problems do they face?  And are they dying?  Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk with Sharlette Wright of the Cleburne Municipal Airport and Brad Stanford of the Dublin, Texas airport to learned more about what drives small airports in the United States.

Listen in as Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk about what life is like during the holidays for airline pilots.

Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk about the back story on her Envoy E-145 video about the venerable regional jet’s last flight for Envoy and retirement to the desert. She takes a look at how groundbreaking the jet was.

Watch the YouTube video here

Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk with James Spearman of Spearman Aircraft to talk about the shortage of airplane mechanics for General Aviation and also the benefit of the electronic ignition.

Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy sit down with Charles Cook, the founder of a new aviation video network, Aeroverse.  The new network will have over 300 aviation titles covering everything flying from lighter than air to the trip to the moon.

LONG: Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk about what’s going on at the TakingOff YouTube chanel and Christy talks strategy as to why she’s delaying as long as possible the move to the Captains seat.  Also, a new sponsor is testing out the channel to see if it would be a good partnership—so check out Abingdon Watches and use TakingOff for 10% off! https://abingdonco.com/?ref=takingoff

Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk to Seth @CommercialPilotinCommand who is a Commercial Pilot in Florida and makes his living from his certificate.  From ag flying to banner towing, there are a lot of jobs for pilots in which to make a living these days without necessarily going to the airlines.

October 20, 1977, a Convair crashed while transporting the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt and 5 others were killed while 20 survived. Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk about the crash and what led to the plane going down.