Getting “Behind the Airplane” With Tim Delaney

About this episode

Tim Delaney discusses the challenges pilots face when unexpected flight conditions arise.

Getting “behind the airplane” is something no one wants to do. But when flight conditions change unexpectedly a pilot’s workload increases, sometimes to the point of being in danger. Today’s guest got into a such a situation when, in IMC, he was given vectors for an approach he didn’t have time to prepare for. FAA Master Pilot Award recipient Tim Delaney describes how he got behind the airplane on an instrument flight to Santa Rosa, California. Sponsored by Avemco

People in this episode

Guest: Tim Delaney

Topics covered

• pilot workload
• instrument flight
• flight safety
• unexpected flight conditions
• FAA Master Pilot

Keywords

• pilot
• airplane
• IMC
• approach
• FAA Master Pilot
• flight conditions
• safety

Sponsors

Avemco

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Santa Rosa, California

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