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- 🇦🇺AU · Aviation#1185K to 30K
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Air India 171 Report Deadline & Other Aviation News
Jun 8, 2026
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Why Are the Victims Suing the UPS MD-11 Pilots? & More Aviation News
May 31, 2026
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United Whistleblower Fired? Why the NTSB Docket System Disappeared & More
May 24, 2026
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#74 Nothing the Pilots Could Do
Feb 19, 2025
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#73 Christy Changes Jobs?
Feb 12, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/8/26 |  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 seriously injures the bride. A Lufthansa 787 has […] | — | ||||||
| 5/31/26 |  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, the collision between the paraglider and the Cessna in Austria, the attempted hijacking […] | — | ||||||
| 5/24/26 |  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, not aerial firefighting airplane. A sinkhole closes a runway at LaGuardia. […] | — | ||||||
| 2/19/25 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/25 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 2/5/25 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/25 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 1/8/25 |  #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. Dan talks with Aviation medical Examiner Dr. Drew Sambell to talk about the changes and other medical questions. | — | ||||||
| 1/1/25 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 12/30/24 |  #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. | — | ||||||
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| 12/12/24 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 10/30/24 |  #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 best represents the game through Character, Community Involvement, and […] | — | ||||||
| 10/23/24 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 10/16/24 |  #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, notably Kobe Bryant’s helicopter pilot and more recently the crash of a […] | — | ||||||
| 10/9/24 |  #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 article done by the Pilot Institute: https://pilotinstitute.com/is-flying-safer-than-driving/ | — | ||||||
| 10/2/24 |  #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. | — | ||||||
| 9/25/24 |  #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. Even after getting second permission, the Tribe’s Fish and Game officials impounded his Mooney M-20 and […] | — | ||||||
| 9/18/24 |  #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, then got an update on location at EAA Airventure. This podcast combines both interviews. | — | ||||||
| 9/11/24 |  #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 affected the airflow over the control surfaces. | — | ||||||
| 9/4/24 |  #58 Joey Johnson DPE | Is the DPE shortage getting worse? Designated Pilot Examiner and Major Airliner Line Check Airman Joey Johnson joins Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy for a talk about life as a DPE and as a Line Check Airman. Joey also talks about his non-profit foundation to help veterans transition into the aviation field. | — | ||||||
| 8/22/24 |  #57 YouTuber’s CURIOUS Path To Airlines | Dan and Christy talk with Bryan Turn @JustPlaneSilly about his leaving the IT field and in his middle-age, making a career shift to airlines. But what is his path? What are his struggles? Is the Pilot Shortage over or did it even exist? | — | ||||||
| 7/10/24 |  #56 Airventure Tips and WIN TICKETS | Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy talk about EAA Airventure 2024 of what to see and what to do AND they have a pair of weeklong passes to give away. Just leave a comment below answering why you’re deserving. The team will read and vote on who receives them and announce it this Sunday evening (July […] | — | ||||||
| 7/3/24 |  #55 EAA Airventure Tips | From the archive, one of the very first episodes of In The Hangar, Christy hosts some OshKosh veterans about their best advice for attending EAA Airventure whether you’re a first-timer or an experienced Osh-goer, something for everyone! | — | ||||||
| 6/26/24 |  #54 Jump Debrief | Dan @TakingOffDan and Christy @PilotChristy sit down for a debrief of the much anticipated skydiving jump in honor of the 100,000 subscribers achievement. Did Christy freeze at the door? Did she pull the chute or did her instructor? Let’s find out what went right and what went wrong. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/24 |  #53 Jump Preview | It’s T-Minus Two Days before the big jump. Two years ago, Dan and Kerry ambushed Christy on camera at Airventure and Christy declared she would jump when the channel hit 100K in subscribers. That has now happened and Christy is getting ready to depart a perfectly good airplane. How does she feel about? Let’s find […] | — | ||||||
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