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I Learned About Flying From That

Flying Magazine

Tune in for the rest of the story—with exclusive interviews with pilots who have shared their emergencies, crises, and mistakes over 950-plus installments of Flying"s iconic series, "I Learned About Flying From That." Host Rob Reider relates the tale as told by the author, then catches up with that pilot to ask the questions we know have been on your mind.

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77. Sleeping on the Job

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2024/02/20

Finding the right teacher can be complicated, but when a flight instructor falls asleep on a student’s first-ever lesson it raises red flags. Also, low visibility and a failure to communicate lead to a head-to-head close call in the pattern.

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00:29:38

76. Disoriented in the Dark

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2024/02/05

A pilot faces an instrument failure in the clouds and recalls how a decision to head home in the dark—despite having never flown at night—led to a harrowing experience in the pattern.

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00:26:56

75. Approach Into the Trees

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2024/01/22

Experienced pilot Al Hewitt was proficient, current, and ready to go for a short IFR trip he’d made many times before, but when he broke out of the clouds on a familiar approach nothing was as expected.

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00:33:20

74. Build Time-itis

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2024/01/02

Wanting to build flight time and under pressure from another pilot, a young aviator decided to take a jump plane up for one last flight in spite of dangerously low fuel indications and the approaching sunset.

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00:32:42

73. The Hazard You Can't See

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/12/05

During a night proficiency flight, a pilot was practicing partial panel IFR when he had an emergency he did not expect.

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00:35:45

72. NORDO Near DC

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/11/21

Pilot Victor Vogel was left with only a flashlight and a pencil following a total electrical system failure in his Beech Sierra—and he was headed straight for the nation's capital region.

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00:25:47

71. A Fuelish Assumption

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/11/06

Pilot Scott Tomlinson hopped into his RV-6, ready to take his girlfriend on a flying date to Ocracoke Island. But a skipped part of the preflight just about ruined their day together.

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00:31:49

70. Respond or React?

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/10/19

An Air Force Warthog pilot suffered an engine failure during a training mission, but was his course of action the right one?

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00:44:09

69. Making It Make Sense

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/10/10

Pilot Charles Turner witnessed an accident and tried to save one of the occupants. It took him 20 years to share the story, and where it led him.

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00:31:56

68. Hidden Hazard

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/09/21

Sometimes we conduct a careful preflight, and we still don’t find everything that might go wrong under the cowl. This Bonanza pilot discovered fuel all over the engine—after returning to the airport.

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00:28:15

67. What Is that Smell?

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/09/08

A pilot practicing aerobatics nearly lost a critical part of the airframe of his project Pitts S-1, a problem that couldn't be found during preflight.

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00:42:01

66. Treat It Like an Engine Failure

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/08/23

Instructor Josh Harnagel acquired a Beech B36TC Bonanza and was flying on a work trip when the turbocharger failed, leading to an off-airport landing.

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00:34:06

65. A Freight Dog's Icing Lessons

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/08/09

Pilot and instructor Doug Rozendaal recounts stories of flying the Douglas DC-3, Beech 18, and Cessna 402 across the upper Midwest for a freight operation—and key lessons on avoiding or mitigating icing encounters..

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00:39:00

64. Wire Strike

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/07/27

An expert pilot in the airshow and movie business recalls a shoot in Hawaii when a trio of cables appeared where they had not been before, and almost killed him.

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00:33:01

63. Twice the Ice

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/07/14

A former flight test pilot for the U.S. Navy had two encounters with icing--in a Piper Seneca and in an Aero Commander--that he'll never forget.

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00:26:50

62. Procedural Issues

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/06/29

A former Air Force pilot was taught to always follow the procedures—but a foray into weather almost cost him his life as a student.

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00:36:32

61. Callsign SAM

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/06/16

Helping a cousin get to college orientation turned exciting for pilot Ford von Weise, and the ensuing emergency caused a VIP aircraft to break off its approach.

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00:28:36

60. Impromptu Landing at JFK

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/06/05

Pilot Tom Hill heard a loud bang and saw something fly off of the front end of his 1974 Cessna 210, and the closest runway was at one of the busiest airports in the U.S.

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00:32:33

59. The Misinterpreted Meter

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/05/10

Pilot Ryan Worley suffered an electrical system problem in the Cessna 172 he was flying, exacerbated by the fact the ammeter wasn't working to clue him into the issue.

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00:29:04

58. Out of the Formation

I Learned About Flying From That ·

2023/04/26

After the photo mission was done, the wake turbulence generated by a PT-19 trainer was enough to upset a Cessna 170, as pilot and photographer Leonardo Correa Luna found out.

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