Join Rob Reider on episode 113 of Flying Magazine's I Learned About Flying from That podcast as we meet a pilot who, fresh off earning his commercial certificate, accepted his very first flight for hire: ferrying an early, "very ragged" Cessna 150 from Connecticut to Florida. What seemed like a straightforward job quickly devolved into a tale of significant ... Show More
Oct 1
114. ATC: service provider or life-saver
VFR Traffic Advisories, also known as “flight following,” is a service that is provided by ATC, workload permitting. But it can also be a life saver. In today’s episode, we’ll hear how controllers assisted a pilot who needed help when his engine started running very roughly and h ... Show More
24m 25s
Sep 3
112. Right Pavement, Wrong Direction
Join host Rob Reider for episode 112 of I Learned About Flying From That with John Price, who, nearly 40 years ago, embarked on his first solo flight into Class C airspace as a student pilot. This cross-country journey became an indelible experience, despite challenging condition ... Show More
28m 38s
Aug 20
111. The Gusty Bow and the Prop Strike
Join host Rob Reider in Episode 111 of I Learned About Flying From That, featuring acclaimed air show pilot Anna Serbinenko, the "sky dancer". Anna recounts a harrowing incident during her Canadian Arctic Aviation Tour in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. After a successful performanc ... Show More
37m 46s
Mar 2022
A Flight Attendant Shares Wild Airplane Secrets
A Flight Attendant shares a bunch of interesting secrets, like what happens if someone dies during a flight, the truth about sex on a plane, why each passenger is being judged, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
56m 57s
Jul 2024
The worst things you can do on a flight, according to cabin crew
Do you take your shoes off on flights, laugh loudly whilst watching an in-flight movie… or maybe you change your baby’s dirty nappy on the free chair beside you? Well, all of these things could make you an annoying passenger!For more on this, Andrea is joined by Marisa Mackle, fo ... Show More
10m 20s
Aug 11
This Flight Got Hijacked - The Hijacking of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked on November 23, 1996, by three Ethiopian men seeking asylum in Australia. Shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, the hijackers—armed with an axe and a fire extinguisher—stormed the cockpit and demanded the Boeing 767 ... Show More
7m 56s
Jan 2025
Cleared For Take-Off? (Tenerife Air Disaster 1)
“Evacuate the airport, we’ve planted bombs,” a terrorist tells the telephone operator at the airport in Gran Canaria, in 1977. By the end of that day, 583 people will have lost their lives – but not to a bomb explosion.
The planes are diverted to the neighboring island of Tenerif ... Show More
32m 36s
Jun 2024
Lost in Air: N844AA - Part 1
As the sunset on 25 May, 2003, a Boeing 727 airliner was stolen from an airport in Angola. The pilot, Ben Padilla, was an American flight engineer sent to Africa by his company to retrieve the plane and prepare it to make the long flight back to the U.S. 20 years later, the plane ... Show More
25m 41s