Stories About Flying
Stories About Flying
While aviation certainly has its ups and downs, it's an industry chock full of exciting adventures at every turn. In this podcast, award-winning aviation journalist Rob Mark shares stories about the people who make the industry work, as well as the safety lessons each flight can teach us. He'll pull stories from the archives of his 50+ years of flying for the airlines, corporate, charter, and as a flight instructor, as well as his previous life as a tower and radar air traffic controller for the FAA and while in the US Air Force. He'll also share some of the terrific tales he's gleaned from other respected podcasters.
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Stories About Flying

Stories About Flying

While aviation certainly has its ups and downs, it's an industry crammed full of exciting adventures at every turn. Award-winning aviation journalist Rob Mark shares stories that anyone who flies, or is even interested in flying airplanes, or anything related to flying, won't be able to turn off. He...

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Recent Blog Posts

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Welcome to another episode of Stories about Flying. I'm Rob Mark.Av Web published a poll last year asking readers whether armchair accident analysis had gotten out of hand. Slightly more than 600 people responded, claiming it absolutely was beca…

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Flight Instructing is About More Than Just Logging Hours
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No individual can enhance aviation safety as much as a flight instructor. Here’s why I’ve held my flight instructor certificate for more than 50 years.After earning my private pilot certificate in the early 1970s, I couldn’t …

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When a Standard Instrument Departure Becomes Hazardous to Your Professional Health
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When a Standard Instrument Departure Becomes Hazardous to Your Profes…

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