We are joined by CFII Erica Gilbert of AeroSafe - she makes weather more fun! Erica speaks to her work as a CFII, the art of weather briefings, expanding your minimums, and how she came to sharing her knowledge through frequent weather breakdowns on her awesome new YouTube channel.
Don’t forget to make or update your RSVP for the Nashville Fly-In, April 26-28: https://midlifepilotnashville.mystrikingly.com/
* Erica’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AeroSafe
* Midlife Pilot Podcast’s new support home on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MidlifePilotPodcast
* Link Discord to Patreon (use a web browser, not the Patreon app!). https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Getting-Discord-access
* FlightInsight’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@flightinsight9111
* AOPA’s Personal Minimums Contract (Erica should be creating a better one soon!): https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/online-learning/safety-spotlights/do-the-right-thing/personal-minimums
* Discord radar-contact channel with Ted’s creeperbot: https://discord.com/channels/1016100180325564418/1083513512040595548
* Normalization of deviance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_of_deviance
* NASA: The Cost of Silence: Normalization of Deviance: https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/safety-messages/safetymessage-normalizationofdeviance-2014-11-03b.pdf?sfvrsn=c5421ef8_4
* Aviation Safety Magazine: Recovering From Unusual Attitudes: https://www.aviationsafetymagazine.com/instrument_flying/recovering-from-unusual-attitudes/
* Nathan Ballard on Midlife EP53: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/midlifepilotpodcast/episodes/EP53---CFII-Nathan-Ballard---question-everything-e2d6q7r
* Victor Vogel’s “flight reviews for the older pilot” NAFI topic: https://nafisummit2023.org/schedule/flight-reviews-for-the-older-pilot/
* Flight Chops with a 90 year old pilot in the T6 Texas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDcnC8qKEQ
* Audio of Victor Vogel’s topic: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x5fx6-131deb5
(long notes this week! -ted)
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/midlifepilotpodcast/messageEP78 - OG Midlife Pilot - Carb Ice Anxiety and the Joy of Not Flying
EP77 - Before hour zero - Beginning in aviation before you can even begin
EP76 - When Flying Gets Boring
EP75 - Comparison is the thief of joy
EP74 - Pressures, External and Otherwise
EP73 - Nashville Fly In recap, Newts, and Chinchillas
EP72 - ATC Scott and the Nashville Fly-In Preview!
EP71 - Flying with kids, with Erica Gilbert and her offspring!
EP70 - The art of tailwheel flying: with CFI Ben Lehman
EP69 - Happy Hour, Annuals, BFR's, and a Zulu rant
EP68 - NO REGERTS and other things you would have done differently
EP67 - Ted's excellent adventure, birds on strike, and the race to get ratings
EP66 - Night flying, the perils of lifting old TVs, and a poignant acronym rant
EP65 - All things sport pilot license and LSA
EP64 - Exploring your knowledge gaps
EP63B - Find the right plane for your mission
EP62 - Ways to combat complacency
EP61 - Five ways to build confidence as a newer pilot
EP59 - Debriefing the debrief, memory logbooks, and the Nashville fly-in
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