Aviation News Recap

Dan Millican & Christy Wong

Dan Millican recaps the week’s biggest aviation news stories in this podcast.

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20 episodes
Updated June 8

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June 8 · 23 min
Air India 171 Report Deadline & Other Aviation News
India’s AAIB is supposed to release the report on the tragic Air India 171 crash by June 12. A month ago they were on schedule. Now they’re saying they won’t have the final in time. Also, a helicopter crash kills a new groom and the pilot and seriou...
May 31 · 24 min
Why Are the Victims Suing the UPS MD-11 Pilots? & More Aviation News
In this weekly aviation news recap podcast, Dan discuss the fail at the Sydney drone show, the removal from the boarding area of a family with a 13 year old Tourettes son, the crash of a WWI triplane replica Fokker in Texas,
May 24 · 28 min
United Whistleblower Fired? Why the NTSB Docket System Disappeared & More
Aviation news for the week. The NTSB holds a two day hearing on the UPS MD-11 crash in Louisville– what we learned from it. A United captain was fired for allegedly whistleblowing. A Minnesota man claims that crows was what he was shooting at,
May 22
Dramatic Sea Rescue! Passengers to Sue Denver Airport & MoreDramatic Sea Rescue! Passengers to Sue Denver Airport & More
Weekly aviation news recap– Fedex has returned the MD-11’s to service after the tragedy in Louisville last fall. United CEO Scott Kirby in the news again, this time for flying American Airlines. Sporty’s founder Hal Shevers passes away.
Feb 19, 2025 · 26 min
#74 Nothing the Pilots Could Do
Dan and Christy discuss the crash of Air Midwest 5481 that took 21 lives on January 8, 2003 at Charlotte International Airport. And now another 1900D has crashed in South Sudan just a few weeks ago.
Feb 12, 2025 · 41 min
#73 Christy Changes Jobs?
Dan and Christy talk about new career opportunities for her as an airline pilot, and also what the lifestyle is like working flying the big jets.
Feb 5, 2025 · 25 min
#72 Talking Behind the Scenes of In The Hangar
Dan and Christy pull the veil back on what it’s like to film the studio talk show “In The Hangar” and recall their favorite moments so far. Season 9 to record on March 7-8 2025.
Jan 29, 2025 · 24 min
#71 Mike and Mark Patey – Origin Story
: From the Archive, Dan and Christy, in the early months of Covid were able to meet Mike and Mark Patey for the first time and talk to them about how they got started.
Jan 8, 2025 · 18 min
#70 Will FAA Medical Changes Impact You?
FAA is implementing a couple new changes to the airman medical certificate, including different procedures for testing color blindness and classification of medicals that are deferred to the FAA for guidance.
Jan 1, 2025 · 15 min
#69 VFR Flight Plans
Dan and Christy talk about VFR Flight Plans and why they’re hardly used for today’s General Aviation pilot in the US.
Dec 30, 2024 · 23 min
#68 How Being a Pilot Impacts Daily Life
Merry Christmas from the TakingOff Team! Bryan Turn of JustPlaneSilly joins Dan and Christy to talk about how becoming a pilot has changed no pilot things in everyday life.
Dec 12, 2024 · 36 min
#67 Christy Can’t Fly
Dan and Christy talk updates in their lives, including what took Christy off flight status for a month and how you can teach an old dog new tricks as Dan learns something new and challenging in aviation.
Oct 30, 2024 · 20 min
#66 Clemente
Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals is announced as the 3034 Roberto Clemente Award Winner. We go back to 1972 and examine the plane crash that took the life of MLB Great Roberto Clemente. The Roberto Clemente Award is given to the MLB player that...
Oct 23, 2024 · 23 min
#65 Did You Know THIS Person Is A Pilot
Dan and Christy talk about the list of celebrity pilots, beyond the very commonly known ones, there are quite a few you might be surprised to learn are pilots. How many did you know? And yes, we left out Alton Brown and several others.
Oct 16, 2024 · 29 min
#64 These Pilots Died UPSIDE DOWN
From the In The Hangar archives, Dan and Christy interview DPE Joe Casey about the physiology of Spatial Disorientation and how easy it is for a person to get upside down and never realize it. The condition has led to many airplane crashes,
Oct 9, 2024 · 29 min
#63 Safe to Drive Than Fly?
Dan and Christy sort through the data to determine if it is indeed safer to fly versus drive. To come to the correct conclusion, you must separate commercial airline travel from General Aviation. The data comes from the McSpadden Report and an articl...
Oct 2, 2024 · 31 min
#62 Garmin vs Everyone Else
Garmin or Aspen/Genesys? Dan and Christy talk about whats new, including upgrades to avionics in both of their planes and Dan’s upcoming helicopter training.
Sep 25, 2024 · 1 hr 10 min
#61 Tribe STOLE His Plane
William LeBaron recounts his story of landing on an airstrip owned by a Tribe in Arizona. LONG: Dan talks with William LeBaron about his experience landing at a private airtrip on a Reservation in Arizona, believing he had permission.
Sep 18, 2024 · 58 min
#60 The Most AMAZING Plane Crash Survival Story
Dan Bass, a single pilot on a small plane, passed out because of carbon monoxide poisoning while flying. He awoke crashed in a snowy field. His story is riveting. Dan and Christy talked to him first in studio,
Sep 11, 2024 · 30 min
#59 Why Did This ATR Crash?
With the recent Brazil crash of an ATR-72, Dan and Christy look back to 1994 and discuss the American Eagle Flight 4184 that crashed near Chicago on Halloween. The plane had been put into a hold in icing that overran the plane’s anti-icing ability and ...

Aviation News Recap

Air India 171 Report Deadline & Other Aviation News

Why Are the Victims Suing the UPS MD-11 Pilots? & More Aviation News

United Whistleblower Fired? Why the NTSB Docket System Disappeared & More

Dramatic Sea Rescue! Passengers to Sue Denver Airport & MoreDramatic Sea Rescue! Passengers to Sue Denver Airport & More

#74 Nothing the Pilots Could Do

#73 Christy Changes Jobs?

#72 Talking Behind the Scenes of In The Hangar

#71 Mike and Mark Patey – Origin Story

#70 Will FAA Medical Changes Impact You?

#69 VFR Flight Plans

#68 How Being a Pilot Impacts Daily Life

#67 Christy Can’t Fly

#66 Clemente

#65 Did You Know THIS Person Is A Pilot

#64 These Pilots Died UPSIDE DOWN

#63 Safe to Drive Than Fly?

#62 Garmin vs Everyone Else

#61 Tribe STOLE His Plane

#60 The Most AMAZING Plane Crash Survival Story

#59 Why Did This ATR Crash?