174 CAP Interview – Delivering Vaccine, Military Training Routes, Thunderstorms + GA News

Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance, or to take my online seminar: So You Want to Fly or Buy a Cirrus.

Please help support the show with a donation via PayPal or Patreon.

Send us an email

If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone.

Summary
174 Max interviews Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Robert Bowden and Maj. Rod Rakic about their five day mission flying a GA8 to deliver vaccine to remote areas of Wisconsin and Michigan. Max also discusses an MIT study that shows how pilots behave around thunderstorms. Finally, DPE Seth Lake talks in great detail about what pilots need to know about Military Training Routes or MTRs.

News Stories

Report Calls For Multi-Pathway Approach To Mitigating Aviation Lead
Airspace Restrictions Planned for Inauguration
Used aircraft sales spiked at end of 2020
Test pilot training course debuts
Pilot loses control after being hit in head by a bird
Pilot lands Pilatus at former RAF base without permission 'to go to the beach'
Civil Air Patrol Joins Operation Warp Speed

Mentioned in the Show
Study: Options for Reducing Lead Emissions from Piston-Engine Aircraft
Prove of Negative COVID test required to enter U.S. by Air
Max on the Opposing Bases podcast - Not Available Yet
MIT Thunderstorm Study - PDF
Seth Lake Aviation
Max Trescott's GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook

If you love the show and want more, visit my Patreon page to see fun videos, breaking news, and other posts in the Posts section. And if you decide to make a small donation each month, you can get some goodies!

So You Want To Learn to Fly or Buy a Cirrus seminars
Online Version of the Seminar Coming Soon - Register for Notification

Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do.

Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself!

Get the Free Aviation News Talk app for iOS or Android.

Check out Max’s Online Courses: G1000 VFR, G1000 IFR, and Flying WAAS & GPS Approaches. Find them all at: https://www.pilotlearning.com/

Get Max Trescott’s G1000 and Perspective Glass Cockpit Handbook, now in its Fifth edition. Call 800-247-6553 to order.

Social Media
Like Aviation News Talk podcast on Facebook
Follow Max on Instagram
Follow Max on Twitter
Listen to all Aviation News Talk podcasts on YouTube or YouTube Premium

Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

174 CAP Interview – Delivering Vaccine, Military Training Routes, Thunderstorms + GA News

Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News