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Midlife Pilot Podcast — 174 episodes
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