There I Was...
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 47:27:04
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Synopsis
"There I was", presented by the AOPA Air Safety Institute, invites you into the cockpit with pilots across the aviation community. We fly with them as they encounter unpredictable scenarios and we learn from the knowledge and skills they utilize to fly safely out of them. This podcast honors the tradition and heritage in aviation to leverage hangar flying as an avenue to pass along knowledge and experience.
Episodes
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Episode 71: Engine Failure at Night
14/05/2024 Duration: 39minOn a night flight to Grand Strand Airport in Myrtle Beach, SC, pilot Greg Duckworth experiences an engine failure in his Rutan Long-EZ. With a sea of city lights below, Greg must resort to quick thinking and help from ATC to find a place to land.
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Episode 70: Ferry Flight
16/04/2024 Duration: 55minAOPA 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.
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Episode 69: Unexpected Fuel Consumption
11/03/2024 Duration: 34minCFI Bill Tomkovic takes a Cessna 172 flight for the purpose of breaking in a new engine. In an effort to complete the break-in faster, Bill opts to fly longer than he originally intended. Unfortunately, the airplane’s fuel consumption is higher than he expects.
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Episode 68: Engine Failure in the Pattern
20/02/2024 Duration: 31minStudent pilot Bradley Riedle was performing touch and goes with his instructor when they experienced an engine failure in their Cherokee 140. Bradley discusses the aftermath of the event, including a hard landing that resulted in aircraft damage and a back injury, as well as some unexpected anxiety during his first flight after the accident.
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Episode 67: Stabilator Malfunction
16/01/2024 Duration: 59minRetired airline captain and designated pilot examiner John Blum tells the story of giving a multiengine checkride in a Piper Seneca, when a loud bang from the tail section of the aircraft derailed the flight.
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Episode 66: Trouble at Mile Hi - Part 2
12/12/2023 Duration: 33minIn part 2 of this 2-part episode, we hear the continuation of a story from a backcountry pilot who was involved in an aircraft accident at Mile Hi airstrip in Idaho. The pilot explains the aftermath of the accident in dealing with the NTSB, the FAA, and his insurance company.
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Episode 65: Trouble at Mile Hi - Part 1
31/10/2023 Duration: 46minIn part 1 of this 2-part episode, we hear from a backcountry pilot who flew his Carbon Cub into Mile Hi airstrip in Idaho, and upon touchdown realized he was not decelerating as planned.
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A Tribute to Richard McSpadden
13/10/2023 Duration: 04minA message to our listeners regarding the tragic loss of our host, Richard McSpadden, and an update on the future of the "There I was..." podcast.
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Episode 64: Chris and Michael Easton
13/09/2023 Duration: 29minFather and son duo Chris and Michael Easton experience a bird strike while flying a Cirrus SR22 from Bedford, MA to New Garden Airport in PA.
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Episode 63: Carl Hancock
15/08/2023 Duration: 39minCherokee 140 pilot Carl Hancock recalls a go-around near disaster when trying to climb in high density altitude with full flaps.
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Episode 62: Lee Trotter
18/07/2023 Duration: 43minUtah GA pilot Lee Trotter tells a story from early in his flying experience, when he got mixed up in a thunderstorm.
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Episode 61: Bill Fredericks
13/06/2023 Duration: 36minWhile flying in instrument conditions at night, Mooney pilot Bill Fredericks wrestles with a faulty autopilot.
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Episode 60: Eric Hinson
15/05/2023 Duration: 42minEric Hinson, CEO of SIMCOM and former Navy pilot, experienced an engine failure immediately after takeoff in his Bonanza A36, while departing Orlando Sanford International Airport.
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Episode 59: Chris Yates and Taylor Hash
12/04/2023 Duration: 47minWhen Taylor Hash, a 21-year-old student pilot flying solo, lost her nosewheel on takeoff in a Diamond DA20, an experienced pilot, Chris Yates, witnessed the event and got on the radio to coach Taylor through a safe landing.
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Episode 58: Ben Zwebner
13/03/2023 Duration: 27min737 First Officer Ben Zwebner tells the story of a tense flight early in his aviation career, while he was working as a flight instructor out of Montgomery County Airpark in Maryland. While flying a photographer over Washington, D.C. in the Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ), Ben experienced an electrical fire in the cockpit of his Cessna 182.
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Episode 57: Kerry McCauley - Part 2
12/02/2023 Duration: 20minThis episode features part two of our interview with ferry pilot Kerry McCauley. In this story, Kerry flies across Africa near the equator at night, facing thunderstorms, no navaids, and dead-reckoning his way across political boundaries.
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Episode 56: John Berman
12/01/2023 Duration: 38minOn a cold January evening, pilot John Berman was flying his Velocity XL aircraft from Liberal, KS to Santa Fe, NM when he encountered severe icing.
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Episode 55: Bruce Landsberg
04/01/2023 Duration: 45minNTSB Vice Chairman (and former senior leader of the AOPA Air Safety Institute) Bruce Landsberg comments on the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash findings by Ethiopian authorities who downplayed training and other human factors.
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Episode 54: Kerry McCauley
05/12/2022 Duration: 27minFerry pilot Kerry McCauley recounts a night flight in a Cessna 210 over the Sahara Desert, en route from Morocco to Ivory Coast, when he lost his alternator.
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Episode 53: Ken Urban
07/11/2022 Duration: 25minAfter a November afternoon flight with his father in the Boston area, GA pilot Ken Urban has an unwelcome encounter with a deer on short final.