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Podcasting Aviation Greatness Since 2008. The Airplane Geeks Hosted by Max Flight, with co-hosts Rob

12/05/2025

Secretary Duffy's ATC Modernization Plan is a great idea, but it has some significant problems.

Secretary Duffy's plan has plenty of what, but lacks details about how he intends to pull it all off.

31/10/2024

If you think the strike at Boeing is the problem, you might want to think again.

The US Chamber of Commerce wants to settle the Boeing strike with little or no regard for the employees walking the picket lines/

20/10/2024

If you've ever thought about becoming an air traffic controller, you gotta read this story at Jetwhine.com. https://bit.ly/4fartcq

The FAA is now hiring a new crop of air traffic controllers to staff control towers and radar rooms around the US.

19/09/2024

Master storyteller Micah Engber thinks back to his first trip aloft.

Jetwhine contributor Micah Engber reminisces about his first flight aboard a Delta Airlines DC-8.

03/09/2024

I thought getting through the training at FlightSafety was going to be the tough part -

Jetwhine A Part 91 corporate pilot tells the story of his first flying job in a swept-wing jet aircraft, both the good and the bad.

31/08/2024

The clock is definitely ticking on 100 Low Lead Avgas. https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/california-lead-ban/?

California has passed the U.S.'s first leaded avgas ban effective in 2031.

10/08/2024

How to Make an ATR-72 Spin

Making an ATR-72 Spin I wasn’t in Brazil on Friday afternoon, but I saw the post on Twitter or X (or whatever you call it) showing Voepass Airlines flight 2283, an ATR-72, rotating as it plunged to the ground near Sao Paulo from its 17,000-foot cruising altitude. All 61 people aboard perished in t...

05/08/2024

Remembering Gordon Baxter: A Mentor and One of Flying Magazine's Best.

Each time I stand near my office desk, my eyes naturally stop at a framed magazine cover that includes a column from the August 1983 edition of Flying magazine. That column was originally page 100 of that issue where my “I Learned About Flying from That” (ILAFFT) column first appeared. Scrawled ...

18/07/2024

Imagine what it was like back in the old days when pilots were trained to actually navigate - without GPS - while they learned to fly.

Navigation is just one element of the comprehensive US Air Force combat system officer and Navy's naval flight officer education programs.

01/07/2024

Flight Planning Demands a Dose of Common Sense -

Decades ago, when I learned to fly, it was well-known that a commercial co-pilot/first officer was allowed to occupy the right seat of a transport airplane only if they’d proven themselves subservient enough to understand that the guy in the left seat was perfectly capable of handling the airplane...

20/06/2024

Jetwhine's Rob Mark offers NewsNation's Marni Hughes a fresh perspective on Dave Calhoun and the mess at Boeing. (Courtesy )

02/04/2024

Another thought-provoking question from my friend Scott Spangler at Jetwhine.

A lifetime opportunity, curious aviation minds want to know, how do you log the time flying in the shadow of a total eclipse?

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