Today's SWAPA Number is 3, as in our three executive officers giving us a brief on the third board meeting of the year. You received an email from the board of directors this past Friday that hit the high points, but three days of business are tough to capture in a quick email. So here's President Jody Reven, Vice President Kevin Hornburg, and second Vice President Hank Ketchum, to go over all the agenda items that were covered during the September board meetings. If you have any feedback for...

AVStar Fuel Systems' Ron Weaver talks about fuel injection, carburetors, and how to keep you airplane's fuel system happy and trouble free. Plus, David and Alicia break down a Georgia flight school under RICO investigation, record-breaking flights in a Risen, the latest on ATC modernization, and changes to sport pilot checkride standards. Join the world's largest aviation community at aopa.org/join

Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast was created to help student pilots learn their ground school during their busy schedules. These audio lessons were created as Dedicated Audio... meaning they are not just the audio from one of our video lessons because video audio would assume that you can see the video visuals. A dedicated audio lesson assumes you cannot see anything and therefore goes into detail with metaphors and audible descriptions of the images in our

Rear Admiral Doug "Woody" Beal came on the show having spent 35 years in Navy strike fighters, 13 on active duty and 22 in the reserves. Flying Intruders and Hornets from Whidbey to China Lake to the skies over Iraq. He has experienced everything from a medical disqualification at USAFA to combat ops over Somalia and Iraq as well asthe tense 2019 standoff with Iran as Vice Commander of NAVCENT/5th Fleet. Plus, fresh takeaways on EMALS and AAG from a recent Gerald R. Ford strike group

Welcome to the Vertical MRO Podcast, brought to you by HeliCASTS and in partnership with Vertical Plus. In this episode of Vertical MRO, hosts David Kreutzkamp and Scott Hayward are joined by Anneke Tucker of Attain Aviation for a conversation about human factors, leadership, mentorship, and building stronger maintenance organizations. Anneke shares her unconventional path into aviation, from serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working on CH-53 helicopters to a career spanning aircraft main...

Josh helps get you ready for the National convention.

Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS, in partnership with Valor Plus. In this special two-part series, hosts Jon Gray and Jack Schonely are joined by Vertical Plus editor-at-large Brent Bundy and Delaware State Police aviation commander Jeff Whitmarsh for a conversation about leadership, trust, and developing a high-performing multi-mission aviation unit. We break down the foundational frameworks driving excellence, including the pivotal reset that shifted J...

Send us Fan Mail Drew met up with Doug’s parents in DC, and Doug refueled a C5 Galaxy over the California coast. We discuss: Cruiseships are immune to elevated fuel costs?Fuel costsJetZero updateJetlag case study using an NFL game in Australia Aircraft maintenance, specifically deferred items and MELsAirmailbagJoin The Network! https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

What raises a flight attendant’s blood pressure before the airplane even leaves the gate? This week on Cabin Pressure with Shawn & G, we talk about the boarding habits that drive crews crazy — blocked aisles, misplaced bags, last-minute lavatory runs, confused seat assignments, and passengers who suddenly need everything just as the door is about to close.Then we go Around the Globe with some unbelievable aviation stories, including a passenger removing her clothes on an American Airlines

Send us Fan Mail Chris Fleer was a fit, healthy Qantas pilot when he collapsed in his backyard mid-workout and went into sudden cardiac arrest. He was clinically dead for 11 minutes. What kept him alive was a chain of near-impossible luck: his wife — an architect with zero medical training — started CPR she'd absorbed from watching Bondi Rescue, a neighbour who'd never done CPR leapt off his balcony to take over, and paramedics revived him on the fourth defib shock. His survival odds that da...

Dans cet épisode, Godou Franck Olivier Victor, courtier en jets privés à Abidjan, revient sur le développement de l’aviation d’affaires en Afrique francophone et particulièrement en Afrique de l’Ouest.Il explique les besoins des dirigeants et des entreprises en matière de connectivité rapide entre la sous-région, l’Europe et le Moyen-Orient.L’échange aborde également la question du carburant d’aviation durable : un sujet très présent dans les débats européens, mais qui se pose encore

Dr. Katie Mack is known best for being a theoretical astrophysicist who studies questions in cosmology (the study of the universe from beginning to end) at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. When she’s not studying dark matter and the origins of the universe, you can find Katie flying airplanes. Katie holds a private pilot license, instrument rating, and is a yellow bird pilot at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Windsor, Ontario. In this episode, Mike and Katie discuss what inspired

Today Joey takes us through his experience at the amazing Southport.

This week, Nick and Tom cover:9/11 25 years onA Harrowing update on the PrimeAir crashAir Baltic files for Chapter 11 protections in the USA post-game analysis on Jetstar's newest marketing campaign

In this episode, I get candid about the financial realities, sacrifices, and unexpected challenges I’ve experienced while pursuing my aviation career.I discuss the true cost of flight training, my decision to finance my Private Pilot Certificate, and why balancing flight school with a full-time IT career ultimately led me to leave my job and pursue training full-time. While that decision allowed me to earn my Private Pilot Certificate, it also created significant financial challenges that

Does general aviation have an organised crime problem? A report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) looks at the use of general aviation for smuggling drugs, weapons and people, and makes recommendations for tackling it. We discuss the report, the problems it identifies, and what some of its proposals could mean for GA pilots — including mandatory electronic conspicuity. Plus: News Popham remains under threat of development, with another consultation on the new local plan Coventr...

2026 is the 50th anniversary of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Perfect time to profile the museum, its history, and what its like to visit there today. Send us Fan Mail

Passengers board a plane for many reasons. A single plane can hold honeymooners, stag and hen dos, families, dream vacationers, people moving to a different country, pilgrims, and business travellers. People also fly for sad reasons, visiting a sick loved one, a death in the family or leaving a broken relationship. It's one of the reasons I used to ask my cabin crew to chat a little with their passengers during service - to see if anyone needed a little extra attention, help celebrate or prov...

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode they listen to a check ride story that had bad weather, unfamiliar airports and a different model helicopter, they get a list of all the cool and interesting people this listener meet from being a line tech in Charleston, finally a listener asked if stopping by the flight school on a cross country would be worth while. Want to submit an anonymous story to our show? Head to www.captainjohndoe.com & send us all the juicy