All Episodes

EP197 - I Just Passed My PPL at 1,005 Hours

EP196 - BasicTed: Luck Favors the Prepared

EP195 - I'm Temporarily Delayed, Not Canceled

EP194 - "That's Why I Wear the Propeller Hat" - PropHatCat!

EP193 - Getting in the Way of Our A&Ps

EP192 - I Can't Believe Someone Pays Me to Do This

EP191 - I'm Just Going Where He's Going

EP190 - Nothing Like the Real Thing

EP189 - Sport Pilot Extraordinaire

EP188 - Go/No-Go: Honoring Your Minimums When Everyone Else Is Leaving

EP187 - Information Whiskey: Super Scoopers, Springer Mountain & the Bachelorette Bravo

EP186 - Risk It for the Biscuit: The $300 Hamburger

EP185 - Flying the Long Way

EP184 - Information Whiskey: Event Events vs. Non-Event Events

EP183 - "What's Time to a Hog?" — Ron Horton, DPE (Part 2 of 2)

EP182 - "What's Time to a Hog?" with DPE Ron Horton (Pt. 1 of 2)

EP181 - Fly Like It's Your Job. Because It Kind Of Is.

EP180 - Getting Back in the Training Saddle

EP179 - Information Whiskey: Pimp the Plane or the Pilot, But You Can't Pimp Both

EP178 - Flying Silent: No Engine. No Seat Cushion.

EP177 - Momentum: The Pudding Skin of Aviation

EP176 - Flying With Pilots, Strangers, and Stranger Pilots

EP175 - Say Again, Slowly: Everything We Wish We Knew About ATC Comms

EP174 - Information Whiskey: Just Don't Do It. Just Don't Do It.

EP173 - Certified vs. Experimental - Do You Want to Fly or a Hobby?

EP172 - Live from Bentonville! The Thaden Invasion Fly-In

EP171 - Bracin' for Thaden with Seth Lake

EP170 - Information Whiskey: A Nothing Sandwich in the Clouds

EP169 - You Can't Fix the Mind With the Mind - with Gita Brown

EP168 - How The Turn Tables... Brian's Turn to Checkride Debrief

EP167 - Cockpit Tetris and Mess Management

EP166 - Information Whiskey: Flat Tires and IFR Reality Checks

EP165 - The Killing Zone Returns: Why 50-350 Hours Are Still the Most Dangerous

EP164 - The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Midlife Pilot - Part 3

EP163 - The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Midlife Pilot - Part 2

EP162 - The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Midlife Pilot - Part 1

EP161 - Information Whiskey Year End Spectacular

EP160 - The Importance of Community

EP159 - The Sky Was Angry That Day, My Friend

EP158 - Dire Pragmatism with Absolute Lunacy

EP157 - Information Whiskey: A Countable Number of Summers

EP156 - Checkride Prep Reality Check with CFII Erica Gilbert

EP155 - “This Guy Never Saw Me" - A Pattern Predicament

EP154 - "You've Got to Find Something Else to Do"

EP153 - Information Whiskey: "I've Studied My Brain Into a Porridge-Like Consistency"

EP152 - "Into the Wilds of GA": MOSAIC Day Celebrations, Carb Heat Confusion, and Airframe Chaos

EP151 - 2nd Chances at 46: Motion Sickness, Legacy, and Finding the Right CFI

EP150 - The Garmin 430 Is That Friend Who Peaked in High School

EP149 - Information Whiskey: Why Does This Plane Smell Like Grandpa?

EP148 - Camping on Mount Stupid: A Love Letter to Infrequent Flyers

EP147 - Trip, Fall, Succeed: Chip Away at Your Next Rating

EP146 - The Third Rail of Aviation Discussion

EP145 - Information Whiskey: Life, Spotted Cow, and Plane Jinxes

EP144 - It's Easier to Build an Airplane Than Get My A&P

EP143 - The IFR Imposters: A False Glide Slope to Aviation Knowledge

EP142 - Poof, You're a Milkshake! - MOSAIC Part Deux: What's Next

EP141 - Every Pilot Is Creative Somehow: Tim Lien from Banjo to CNC

EP140 - Information Whiskey: Leg Day, Dutch Rolls, and Answering Machines

EP139 - MOSAIC for All Pilots: Ted Read 700 Pages So You Don't Have To

EP138 - Cargo Pants Season and $70 Friends: CFII Nathan Ballard Answers Feedback (Ted Live from Oshkosh)

EP137 - OG Chris Returns! Taking Aviation Breaks Without Guilt

EP136 - Information Whiskey: The Tool in the Plane is Us

EP135 - Dehydrated to Perfection with Erica Gilbert

EP134 - CAF Adventures, Heat Domes, and Shredded Tubes

EP133 - Ice Bags in Your Nether Regions: Remote Field Breakdown Survival Guide

EP132 - Information Whiskey: Smart Charts and Fish Finders

EP131 - 4% Gain to Go Pants Less - Cross Country Cockpit Organization

EP130 - Debriefing the Debriefs: Part 2 - Instrument Checkrides

EP129 - Debriefing the Debriefs: Part 1 - Private Pilot Checkrides

EP128 - Two Bounces and a Skip: Planning vs. Reality

EP127 - Big Texas Send Live from T82: Between Two Wheelpants

EP126 - Information Whiskey: "Like Oregon Trail Without Dysentery"

EP125 - "What Am I Doing?": Extinguishing Helmet Fires Before They Consume You

EP124 - Parking: The Episode That Goes Nowhere

EP123 - The Answer to All Solutions: Level Seven Hangar Living

EP122 - "I Plan My Stops Around Food" and IFR Training: CFII Erica Gilbert

EP121 - Information Whiskey: Between Patience and Numbness

EP120 - Descending from Mount Stupid: with Paul Craig

EP119 - The Cockpit Lies, Data Doesn't: Flysto Debrief

EP118 - All Aboard the Pain Train: The Trials of Aircraft Ownership

EP117 - Park Bench vs. Swing Set: The High Wing-Low Wing Showdown

EP116 - Got Lazy, Not Rusty: Navigating Pattern Entries

EP115 - The $200 Time Machine: Flying GA For Business

EP114 - "This is a Checklist, Not a Do List" - Hustle and Flow(s)

EP113 - Information Whiskey: Very Plane Shaped, That's As Far As It Goes

EP112 - 'Just Doing a Bombing Run Here We Go': Master CFI Nathan Ballard's Military Adventure

EP111 - It's ALWAYS Fuel (and Never for Skywriting)

EP110 - An Appy Hour Special

EP109 - Information Whiskey: Dented Wings and Announcing Big Texas Send 2025!

EP108 - Trip, Fall, Succeed : When Bad Judgment Makes Good Stories

EP107 - Overcoming Perfectionism: Sexy Indifference for Mediocre Pilots

EP106 - From Dawn Patrol to Jumping Fences: Multi-Day Flying Tips

EP105 - Information Whiskey: Fly in planning, dad hats, saggy flaps

EP104 - Flying With Strangers From the Internet: Vetting Co-Pilots

EP103 - Finding Flight Time: If You're Not Lying to Yourself, You're Not Flying

EP102 - Cheaper Fuel is Cheaper: Flying on a Budget

EP101 - Information Whiskey: ATC Mumbling, Mountains & Mediocrity

EP100 - A Very Special Non-Event - Live from Fairmont Airport!

EP99 - 100 Hours of Questionable Decisions

EP98 - Embracing the Plateau, and Naptime

EP97 - A Little Stitious: Hula Girls, Lucky Socks, and Cockpit Voodoo

EP96 - With You or Without You - Pet Peeves

EP95 - Information Whiskey: Marbles in Mouths, Mitsubishi Misery, Malibu Miracles, and More

EP94 - Beyond the $100 Hamburger, no fence jumping

EP93 - Travels, checklists, flows, and did he call Ted Mark?

EP92 - Short memories and embracing the suck

EP91 - From Impostor to Aviator: 10 Tips for New Pilots

EP90 - Information Whiskey - NORDO in a Bravo, orcas diversion, cloud dancing

EP89 - Aviation Mentors, the freshmakers of pilots

EP88 - The Heat is On

EP87 - Owning bad weather routing with ATC and AJ

EP86 - Information Whiskey - Broken Things Happened

EP85 - Hazardous Midlife Attitudes

EP84 - Midlife radio tips with RH - reading the room

EP83 - 100 Hours vs. 500 Hours - feral cats in the pattern

EP82 - Flight Simulators and Jitters

EP81 - Information Whiskey: broken hoses, hangar rant, and mailbox lasagna

EP80 - Checkride Fails - a good thing?

EP79 - Airplane Partnerships: the good, the bad, the ugly

EP78 - OG Midlife Pilot - Carb Ice Anxiety and the Joy of Not Flying

EP77 - Before hour zero - Beginning in aviation before you can even begin

EP76 - When Flying Gets Boring

EP75 - Comparison is the thief of joy

EP74 - Pressures, External and Otherwise

EP73 - Nashville Fly In recap, Newts, and Chinchillas

EP72 - ATC Scott and the Nashville Fly-In Preview!

EP71 - Flying with kids, with Erica Gilbert and her offspring!

EP70 - The art of tailwheel flying: with CFI Ben Lehman

EP69 - Happy Hour, Annuals, BFR's, and a Zulu rant

EP68 - NO REGERTS and other things you would have done differently

EP67 - Ted's excellent adventure, birds on strike, and the race to get ratings

EP66 - Night flying, the perils of lifting old TVs, and a poignant acronym rant

EP65 - All things sport pilot license and LSA

EP64 - Exploring your knowledge gaps

EP63B - Find the right plane for your mission

EP62 - Ways to combat complacency

EP61 - Five ways to build confidence as a newer pilot

EP60 - Weather is fun with CFII Erica Gilbert

EP59 - Debriefing the debrief, memory logbooks, and the Nashville fly-in

EP58 - Record your flights safely, or maybe not at all

EP57 - Personal minimums, Spruce Goose, and Ben does Portlandia

EP56 - Crosswind landings and Galaga cheat codes

EP55 - Year end spectacular - icing on the vegetables

EP54 - The Sage Sells Out; Fixing Bad Habits

EP53 - CFII Nathan Ballard - question everything

EP52 - Checkride binders, Fritos on fire, and Nashville Meetup announcement!

EP51 - Your First Solo

EP50 - The OG Midlife Pilot

EP49 - We've Got Information Whiskey

EP48 - Nashville ATC! Controllers, pilots, realtors Scott and Shelley Weckler

EP47 - Josh Flowers - How Has Aviation YouTube Evolved?

EP46 - Flying With Your Spouse

EP45 - All about STCs

EP44 - Happy Hour! Guest Bryan Turner aka Just Plane Silly

EP43 - Flying Cross Country As A New Pilot - XC 101

EP42 - How To Get Started In Flying - Midlife Pilot 101

EP41 - Ways to Keep Flying Fun - Prevent Pilot Burnout

EP40 - The Podcast Handoff - a very special crossover episode!

EP39 - Osh Kosh Recap and Maintenance Discrepancies

EP38 - Tailwheel Training and Osh Kosh

EP37 - Looking for a flying purpose? Join the Freedom Aviation Network

EP36 - CFI/Flight School owner Jeff Ramsey on how to choose a flight instructor, and more!

EP35 - Other Ways to Be Involved in Aviation

EP34 - Flying and Filmmaking with Gareth/Zero Three Delta

EP33 - Weather planning tools, and how we make weather decisions

EP32 - Why the aviation community is so awesome

EP31 - Weird Things That Happen When Flying

EP30 - Ask Us Anything

EP29 - Guest Tom Kubat - From Paramotoring to PPL

EP28 - Aviation Goals for 2023 & Beyond

EP27 - 10 Tips For Your First 100 Hours as a Private Pilot

EP26 - Thankful for Aviation and Listener Messages

EP25 - Nashville Fly In Recap

EP24 - Everything About Flying Clubs with Drew Myers from AOPA

EP23 - Pilots Flying with Pilots (the good and the bad)

EP22 - Flying and filmmaking with Socal Flying Monkey

EP21 - Should you get your instrument rating now, or wait?

EP20 - Advice to newer pilots from more experienced pilots - with Ben Singer aka The Sage

EP19 - ATC Talk with RH and AG from Opposing Bases Podcast

EP18 - Top Five Bucket List Destinations

EP17 - How Do You Use ForeFlight?

EP16 - What Are You Most Afraid of in Flying?

EP15 - Things You'd Change About Your Flight Journey

EP14 - What They Don't Teach You In Flight School

EP13 - Outer Banks Fly In Debrief

EP12 - Ask Us Anything

EP10 - Live Q&A - Your Questions

EP9 - Good Days, Bad Days, and The Mental Game of Flying

EP8 - Flight Planning LIVE

Ep7 - Best Aviation YouTube Channels

EP6 - You Got Your PPL, Now What? (plus a Flying Club Breakdown)

EP5 - Nervous Passengers

EP4 - Demystifying the Private Pilot Checkride

EP3 - Flight Training Horror Stories

EP2 - The Challenges of Being a Midlife Pilot

EP1 - Why and how we record our flying