I Learned About Flying From That
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.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 113
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
92. Staring Down a Storm
Aviation is full of acronyms. And over the years, many have been forgotten because of great strides in technology. NDB, MLS, PAR, GCA, even VOR are gone or going away. FSS is seldom used because of t…
00:28:42 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
91. A Student Pilot and a Crowded Pattern
NOTAMs are important. And as student pilots, we're taught to check them thoroughly before every flight. Even at our home airports things can change quickly, and NOTAMs can affect flight-planning deci…
00:23:17 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
90. Incapacitation in the Cockpit
How well do you know the people you fly with? In corporate flight departments, you get to know the other pilots pretty well, but in the airline world, crews often meet for the first time only hours b…
00:47:20 |
Tue 01 Oct 2024
89. Full Feather in the Amazon
A pilot reacted quickly after the airplane he was flying went into full feather over the Amazon. The outcome was positive, but did he do the right thing?
00:30:19 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
88. Smoke in the Cockpit
After an annual inspection, condition inspection, or even an oil change, the airplane needs to be flown to make sure it’s operating at 100%. And if you’re the owner, you’ve got to do that flying. One…
00:31:02 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
87. Putting Down Over the Pacific
This week is an amazing tale of a pilot doing something most would never want to do: ferry an airplane across an ocean. Meet the pilot, who in an unfamiliar plane, was forced to put it down in the Pa…
00:31:57 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
86. Engine Failure in a Stearman
Dr. Stan Markus is an owner and lover of antique aircraft. And when the engine quit on his Stearman, away from his home airport, he only had a few seconds to find a suitable landing field that would …
00:28:57 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
85. Trust But Verify
A recent equipment upgrade created an erroneous incompatibility with fuel flow sensing for pilot and social media influencer Kay Hall. Hear how it unfolded in this episode.
00:29:00 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
84. Views From the Cockpit and the Console
Landing in a parking lot on a private pilot checkride provides a powerful lesson in preparation and humility. Dave Schoen shares a story from his student pilot days.
00:37:28 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
83. ‘I’m Unable to Maintain Altitude’
Joey and Rachel Brown give their Cessna 150 a workout flying from California to Florida and back. It was all good until the final leg, when headwinds and downdrafts exceeded aircraft performance and …
00:38:12 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
82. Relying on Plan C
Flying is unforgiving, soaring even less so. Hear how glider pilot Bob Katz turned a loss of lift out of range of his airport into a picture perfect off airfield landing on a golf course after his Pl…
00:38:55 |
Thu 30 May 2024
81. Personal Minimums, Proficiency, Prudence, and Panic
A low time instrument pilot launches into IMC with a gradually failing vacuum pump and learns a lesson about proficiency and instrument cross-checking. The wisdom to invite another pilot along as a s…
00:30:00 |
Wed 08 May 2024
80. Trim Tabs on a Baron
British pilot Mark Brooke has flown many different airplanes, from light singles and 727s for DHL to the Dassault Falcon 7X and even a Bucker Jungmeister. Hear how he handled a maintenance faux pas i…
00:28:15 |
Wed 24 Apr 2024
79. Severe Turbulence
Turbulence and windshear drove CFII Anna Serbinenko and her
students to attempt a difficult diversion. Then, a search and rescue crew runs into trouble when they decide to push for their home airport…
00:42:00 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
78. The Impossible Turn
With a failing engine and unforgiving terrain all around, flight instructor Mark Henshall had a decision to make about whether or not to turn back to the runway. Also, picking up a mayday from a fell…
00:38:17 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
77. Sleeping on the Job
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…
00:30:30 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
76. Disoriented in the Dark
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.
00:29:38 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
75. Approach Into the Trees
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 expect…
00:26:56 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
74. Build Time-itis
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 approachin…
00:33:20 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
73. The Hazard You Can't See
During a night proficiency flight, a pilot was practicing partial panel IFR when he had an emergency he did not expect.
00:32:42 |
Tue 05 Dec 2023
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