Max Trescott

Aviation News Talk Podcast host-Click link to Subscribe in Apple Podcasts app or for other players. Cirrus CSIP & 2008 Nat’l CFI of Year

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

I just noticed that Aviation News Talk's EP 63, Flight School Kidnapping, is currently listed as #1 in Apple iTunes under Top Episodes in the Aviation category. Check it out at: https://t.co/LAZqCoUh06

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

I had the privilege of being a CBS employee in the 1970s at their O&O radio stations in Philadelphia. CBS always felt like it was a little part of my DNA, and I’m sad to see the radio news network gone. RIP old friend…and co-workers.

[Matthew Keys @MatthewKeysLive]

This is the final CBS News Radio broadcast, aired between 11 p.m. (the top of the hour is first) and 11:30 p.m. (the final special report).

After 99 years on the air, CBS Radio News has ended.

(Captured by @TheDeskDotNet)

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

You hand find the show by searching in any podcast app for Rotary Wing Show or listen to it online at: https://t.co/bMlJpdEMiS

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

Rotary Wing Show #126 is out. I was in New Zealand and met helicopter pilot Billy Watson on a boat in Milford Sound. He talked about scenic flying, venison recovery, Papua New Guinea BK117 work, his past accidents, and why safety starts with conservative decision-making.

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

Aviation News Talk #419 is out. In the LaGuardia collision, the red runway entrance lights turned off just before the firetruck entered the runway. Oddly, that's the way the system is designed, and we'll tell you why. Hear it where you get podcasts, or: https://t.co/RSuk1ot1rZ

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

Bebop the robot sat in a passenger seat without his battery, making him the calmest airline traveler ever to experience a delay.

[ABC7 News @abc7newsbayarea]

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to San Diego arrived more than an hour late Thursday after an unusual traveler prompted a runway delay. The 70-pound robot, named Bebop, was traveling for work when it became the focus of questions and safety checks before departure. More here: https://t.co/wr0itfj5Dy

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

I fly an H125 virtual reality helicopter simulator. These sims are 1/10 the price of big box sims, yet have better fidelity! #VR #virtualreality #helicopter

[Rotary Wing Show @rotarywingshow]

New on the Rotary Wing Show: I flew the Loft Dynamics H125 VR simulator.
It felt far more real than I expected, and I'm convinced
VR sims are the future for helicopter transition training, recurrent training, practicing emergencies and more.
https://t.co/fQUYtcVjzg

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

I love when a Vision Jet client has a day trip to Southern California, and I have to hang out somewhere for a few hours. Today it’s Long Beach, and I’m out on the pier there. Great fun!


[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

In episode #26 of NTSB News Talk, Rob Mark and I analyze two crashes: the LaGuardia jet/fire truck collision, and a fatal Cessna 210 crash that was deeply personal to Rob because it killed a pilot friend of his. It's a must hear episode.
Listen here: https://t.co/mtJkuRYomU

[David Shepardson @davidshepardson]

New: NTSB board member Todd Inman said Sunday he had been terminated by the White House on Friday without explanation

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

@mattj65816 No, the “>” is for vertical navigation. It comes before reaching any glide slope or advisory glide slope. The autopilot’s VNAV key is used to couple to it. Later, the APR key is used to couple to the diamond, which can be a glide slipe, glide path, or advisory glide slope.

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

LNAV+V can look identical to LPV on the PFD—yet one is obstacle-protected to DA and the other is advisory. That difference can be fatal.

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

If you fly IFR, you need to know what your autopilot does at MDA when coupled to +V. Episode here: https://t.co/KDs4jhkK6D #IFR #RNAV

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

Key reminder: you don’t descend below MDA because “the glidepath says so.” You descend only when 91.175(c) is satisfied (visibility + required visual references + normal descent/landing position).

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

New episode: #22 of NTSB News Talk. We cover the Bangor, Maine Challenger 650 crash (N10KJ), what’s known about it, and discuss past crashes of Challengers with contaminated wings. Plus review of 6 other accidents.
Listen in any podcast app or online at: https://t.co/gS8OJzbBz4

[Breaking Aviation News & Videos @aviationbrk]

UPS permanently retires its fleet of 27 MD-11 aircraft and take a $137 million after-tax write off instead of returning the widebody freighters to service even if they are cleared to fly again by aviation authorities following the crash of one of its planes in early November.

The announcement was made by the airline during its quarterly earnings call on Jan. 27.

The accelerated retirement of all its MD-11 planes follows the deadly crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville on Nov. 4. The crash, which led to the deaths of 15 people, including the three person UPS crew, is the deadliest crash in the history of UPS Airlines.

"Our thoughts and prayers remain with their families, and everyone affected," UPS CEO Carol Tomé said in the company's first earnings call since the crash. "I am incredibly proud of our team at Worldport and how they responded to this accident, and I would like to thank the Louisville community, as well as our business and industry partners, for their outpouring of support."

[Pete Muntean @petemuntean]

UPDATE: Bangor International Airport says all *six people* aboard a private jet that crashed during takeoff Sunday evening are presumed dead. An earlier FAA preliminary report said 7 were killed and 1 injured. FAA now defers to the airport on the count.

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

It’s official. The FAA website lists seven people died in the Bangor Challenger jet crash last night, and that one crewmember was seriously injured. https://t.co/wbyRLOfixi

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

Here’s a video of this morning’s update by Bangor Airport officials about last night‘s crash of a Challenger jet at Bangor Airport. No information on the status of the passengers was provided. NTSB is expected on scene by this afternoon or evening. https://t.co/5qQ8fGjI2o

[Max Trescott @MaxTrescott]

We’ll be talking about this on the NTSB News Talk podcast.

[Pete Muntean @petemuntean]

MAJOR UPDATE: The NTSB now says a 3-inch housing of an engine mount bearing failed in November’s crash of a UPS MD-11F crash in Louisville. The part was flagged in a Boeing alert to airlines in 2011.