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110. Against the Odds: A VFR Flight Story

28 min • 6 augusti 2025

Host Rob Reider interviews Pete Egan from Ireland about a harrowing flight. Pete was in the backseat of a plane not certified for instrument flight, scud running along the River Shannon from an airport near Dublin to Limerick. Despite a weather briefing recommending against VFR flight and the departing airport reporting less than VFR minimums, they took off. What they almost encountered could have cost them their lives. Discover how this incident taught Pete crucial lessons about aeronautical decision-making and the dangers of "get there-itis".

This episode is sponsored by Avemco Aviation Insurance.

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110. Against the Odds: A VFR Flight Story

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110. Against the Odds: A VFR Flight Story

109. A Pilot's Swiss Cheese Moment

108. Density Altitude and Unexpected Clouds

107. The Seat Sled Incident

106. The Stuck Stick Glider Emergency with Terry Fagg

105. Engine Failure in IMC

104. A Near-Disaster Hidden in a Familiar Thump

103. Checklists of Baron and Bernoulli

102. Geese Shatter Night Calm

101. From Fighter Pilot to YouTube Analyst

100. The Anniversary Show

99. Right Field, Wrong Pavement

98. Fire and Ice

97. Double Trouble

96. When One Door Opens

95. An Accidental Incident

94. Left with Few Options

93. The Tale of the Obstinate Alternator

92. Staring Down a Storm

91. A Student Pilot and a Crowded Pattern

90. Incapacitation in the Cockpit

89. Full Feather in the Amazon

88. Smoke in the Cockpit

87. Putting Down Over the Pacific

86. Engine Failure in a Stearman

85. Trust But Verify

84. Views From the Cockpit and the Console

83. ‘I’m Unable to Maintain Altitude’

82. Relying on Plan C

81. Personal Minimums, Proficiency, Prudence, and Panic

80. Trim Tabs on a Baron

79. Severe Turbulence

78. The Impossible Turn

77. Sleeping on the Job

76. Disoriented in the Dark

75. Approach Into the Trees

74. Build Time-itis

73. The Hazard You Can't See

72. NORDO Near DC

71. A Fuelish Assumption

70. Respond or React?

69. Making It Make Sense

68. Hidden Hazard

67. What Is that Smell?

66. Treat It Like an Engine Failure

65. A Freight Dog's Icing Lessons

64. Wire Strike

63. Twice the Ice

62. Procedural Issues

61. Callsign SAM

60. Impromptu Landing at JFK

59. The Misinterpreted Meter

58. Out of the Formation

57. Be the Pilot in Command

56. Ready For the Emergency

55. Stories from a Stunt Pilot

54. Through the Marine Layer

53. Test Pilot Troubles

52. When Punching Out Isn’t an Option

51. Into the Night

50. Lost in the Clouds

49. A Captain Lends a Hand

48. The Pinch Scenario

47. Fast-Moving Front

46. Lessons from a Popped Jug

45. Fire in the Cockpit

44. More than Just an Alternator

43. Wasps and Warning Signals

42. The Hazard of Distractions

41. Daytime Freight Dog

40. From Blue Angel to Top Gun

39. The Inversion Illusion

38. Fuel CRM in an R44

37. A Real Snow-Stopper

36. Flying Lessons, and a Crime

35. Big Imbalance, Little Jet

34. To Outrun the Storm

33. Speed Up, Gear Up