Pilot Briefing - Aviation Podcast

Thanks so much for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of Oct 12, 2020. In this episode you will learn more about: AOPA and NBAA ask pilots about FAA’s proposed pilot records database rule, manufacturers praise FAA action on standards, momentum grows for the creation of the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation,  proposed immigration rule could impact flight training, and airman knowledge testing almost ba...

Thanks so much for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of Sept 14, 2020. In this episode, you will learn more about why the FAA plans to open applications online for two workforce development grant programs, how you can join a 50 state GA relay honoring front line workers, how AOPA pilots engaged to help protect CA airports, why one PA-12 accident is prompting a rudder failure inquiry, and Diamond Aircraft earns...

Thanks so much for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of Aug 31, 2020. In this episode you will learn more about: Why GA airports are vital to fighting wildfires in California, Hurricane Laura strikes Louisiana hard, NTSB Vice Chairman gets three more years,  Alaskan pilots test new weather tools, and ASI examines costliest insurance claims. (*Operation Airdrop announced that it would not initiate relief flights in...

Thanks so much for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of Aug 17, 2020. In this episode you will learn more about: What to expect from the newest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, one County Board approves Oregon airport expansion, why the FAA is accepting comments on an airworthiness directive affecting more than 11,000 Piper Cherokee’s, along with two more FAA AD’s affecting Pilatus PC-12s, and one Georgetown...

Thanks so much for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of Aug 3, 2020. In this episode you will learn more about: Why the FAA is requesting information from operators of aircraft with modified Continental O-470 engines, why the FAA plans to reexamine several hundred pilots and flight instructors, what became of a Garmin cyber-attack last week, why Redbird Migration is taking their event online, and how one high...

Thanks so much for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of July 27, 2020. In this episode you will learn more about: The latest international travel restrictions and what AOPA is recommending, why AOPA is asking the FAA to reexamine a proposed airworthiness directive, what more pilots as asking for to make pireps easier, how AOPA is helping local pilots fight back against increasing costs at one Oregon airport, and t...

Thanks so much for listening to the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of July 20, 2020. In this week's episode, find out: AOPA's plans to make it a great virtual AirVenture, what Piper Aircrafts "Fly for Free for Three" promotion is all about, details on the FAA's latest AD for Daher Kodiak 100's, meet the Navy's "first Black female pilot," and meet pilot and aviation philanthropist and influen...

Thanks so much for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of June 29, 2020. In this week's episode, find out: What the SFAR extension means for you, what a new coalition called Keep GPS Working hopes to accomplish, why more pilots are relying on apps than flight service, where you currently can and cannot travel these days amid changing restrictions, and AOPA's newest corporate premier partnership with Audi of ...

Thank you for tuning into the Pilot Briefing Podcast for the week of June 8, 2020. In this week's episode, learn more about: A potentially new AD for Piper single-engine airplanes, new questions added to the Private Pilot-Airplane and Helicopter Airman Knowledge Test, self-serve kiosks out of service at 1,600 airports, why the FAA is reaching out to private airport owners, and a grass strip airport in Indiana that's at risk...