OB304: Tickles and Stick Wiggles

OB458: To Wake or Not to Wake Released early to show supporters on 10/7/2026 Public release: 10/28/2026 🐧 Supporters heard OB458 three weeks before it reached the public feed. 🌀 Following a heavy on a visual approach? Who decides how much space you need? 🎧 Want episodes early, ...  Show more

OB457: Home Field Advantage Released early to show supporters on 10/5/2026 Public release: 10/21/2026 🐧 Supporters heard OB457 more than two weeks before it reached the public feed. ⚾️ Controllers know their home field. RH and AG explore five tips from the ATC home team!\ 📖 Thi ...  Show more

This episode of “Push to Talk” examines a pilot’s relationship with Air Traffic Control. What common mistakes do we make when communicating with the tower? I spoke with Steve Phillips, an Air Traffic Controller of over forty years, to help demystify the voice in our headset. 

A student pilot learns whose job it is to preflight the airplane. (By William Satterburg) For questions or comments about this podcast, email jill.tallman@aopa.org Send us your Never Again and we may publish it in an issue of AOPA Pilot and share it on this podcast. Email pilo ...  Show more

Thanks for listening to the June 10, 2024, edition of the Pilot Briefing podcast. Here’s what we talked about this week: FAA orders immediate spar inspection of 499 Piper aircraft Federal court creates new burden for backcountry pilots Pilots fight to preserve access to backcount ...  Show more