EP128 - Two Bounces And A Skip: Planning Vs. Reality Midlife Pilot podcast

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

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Join the Midlife Pilot Podcast crew as they return from their epic Texas fly-in adventure with tales of triumph, near-misses, and one unfortunate set of wheel pants. Ted recounts his 28.3-hour post-fly-in journey that somehow went east instead of west ("Look, you can only chase tailwinds for so long"), while Brian shares his VFR limits revelation ("I have now taken VFR flying as far as one can take it"). Ben confesses to "two bounces and a skip" on one of his worst landings in recent memory, and the guys discuss the wisdom of testing boundaries safely: "Go up and have a look, but be fully prepared to land again." Featuring an impossibly flowery listener message that has Brian nearly falling out of his chair, frequent tangents, and what the hosts themselves describe as "an episode that is apparently all appetizers."

80V - Airmail Airport, Medicine Bow Wyoming: https://www.airmailaviator.com/
4R9 - Dauphin Island, Alabama: https://www.airnav.com/airport/4R9
Cap'n Todd flying to the Texas Send: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQ14WrGWXc
Fedex fast talking commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeK5ZjtpO-M
Micro Machines fast talking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLP6oT3uqV8
Avemco- increasing taxi crash rate outside of the Killing Zone: https://www.avemco.com/news-events/pirep-blog/taxiing-one-of-the-first-skills-you-learned
SRB - Upper Cumberland Airport, Sparta Tenn: https://www.airnav.com/airport/SRB
Plan continuation bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost#Plan_continuation_bias
Ted's Rockies turbulence video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GC-5BnhILU
Erica Gilbert, May 21, "When Mistakes Happen: The Flight Instructor's Response" https://my.nafimentor.org/events-calendar/mentorlive/mentor-live-92/704
Vans RV15 development video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtsJVNx72a4

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