Season 6 Episode 12 - Week of March 25, 2024

Thanks for listening to the March 25th, 2024, edition of the Pilot Briefing podcast. Here’s what we talked about this week:

Will record-breaking hiring trends continue?
 
Florida GA license plate success
 
Avidyne STC will replace Cirrus Entegra panels
 
Michigan airshow future uncertain
 
AOPA launches aviation career prep curriculum
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13 Predicting the Future

Being human means making mistakes - even for pilots. Let’s see how real experts try to figure out when errors will happen and see how predictions of the future will further help us become safer pilots.

Episode 70: Ferry Flight

AOPA Western Pacific Regional Manager Jared Yoshiki recounts the story of purchasing his first airplane - a Cherokee 180. While ferrying it from Indiana to his home airport in California, things went awry.

Episode 199; Marchetti jet pilot Mauricio Frizzarin

Learn how Siai Marchetti S.211 owner Mauricio Frizzarin flies his jet and Aerospatiale SA 341 Gazelle helicopter from a hangar-home in West Palm Beach, Florida. Plus, Ian and David discuss feature stories you don't want to miss in the next AOPA Pilot magazine; Icon's bankruptcy; an NTSB safety lookout; Sun'nFun standouts; and the blame game between UND, SwiftFuels, and Lycoming. Become a member of the world's largest aviation community at www.aopa.org/join. Listen on a podcast app or AOPA Online.

Scud Running the Hudson (March 2024)

If lights, landmarks, and even buildings disappear and then reappear, you might be scud running. (By Ben Moses)

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