216 Learjet Crash update, PIREPS made simple with Virga App + GA News

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Summary
216 Max discusses the San Diego Learjet crash and how Garmin and ForeFlight Visual Approaches could have been used by the pilots for better situation awareness. He also talks with Matt Lane about using the Virga App to enter PIREPS with the Aviation Weather Center. A listener talks about his experience with flash evaporation, which prevented anti-icing fluid from covering his wings.

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216 Learjet Crash update, PIREPS made simple with Virga App + GA News

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