"There I was..." An Aviation Podcast
There I was…, presented by the AOPA Air Safety Institute, invites you into the cockpit with pilots across the aviation community. We fly with them as they encounter unpredictable scenarios and we learn from the knowledge...
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- Lennon Carlson1 ep
- Greg Robbins1 ep
- Chris Yalanis1 ep
Also: Brad Cohen, Joey Brown, Tony Williams, Ben Taylor, Doug Tilghman, Bob Thomason, Justin Lillie, Mark Sellers, Brandon Reissiger, Michael Russo, Ethan Russo, Rick Kenin, Ken Luna
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- 🇺🇸United States · AviationHOME#17272K to 1.4M
- 🇲🇽Mexico · Aviation#922K to 118K
- 🇪🇸Spain · Aviation#818K to 96K
- 🇩🇪Germany · Aviation#1516K to 85K
- 🇧🇷Brazil · Aviation#2410K to 54K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
419K to 2.2M🎙 Biweekly cadence·99 episodes·Last published 2w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
599K to 3.2M🇺🇸65%🇲🇽5%🇪🇸4%+12 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
240K to 1.3M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/7/26 |  Episode 100: Air Race Classic | Flight instructor and airline flight attendant Travasha Runyon recounts a harrowing engine failure that struck during the final leg of the all-women’s Air Race Classic. Just 100 miles from the finish line, Runyon and her crew members suddenly lost all engine power, turning a celebratory flight into a real-world test of their training, preparation, and teamwork. | 36m 27s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  Episode 99: Trapped in the Wreckage | On the first flight home in a newly purchased airplane, pilot Dennis Steinbock experienced a total engine failure over remote forest. What followed was a dramatic crash landing and 54 hours trapped in the wreckage before ultimately being rescued by the Civil Air Patrol. | 39m 50s | ||||||
| 8/19/26 | emergency landingpropeller failure+3 | Ken Luna | — | — | prop separationengine failure+3 | — | 47m 52s | ||
| 7/14/26 | avionics failureIFR flight+3 | Michael RussoEthan Russo | AOPA Air Safety Institute | — | avionicsIFR+3 | — | 32m 36s | ||
| 6/16/26 | helicopter rescueaviation safety+3 | Rick Kenin | Coast Guard | — | helicopterrescue+4 | — | 39m 06s | ||
| 5/12/26 | water takeoffaviation challenges+3 | Brandon Reissiger | Lake Amphibian | Dry Tortugas National Park | Lake Amphibianwater takeoff+3 | — | 43m 38s | ||
| 4/21/26 | engine failurenight flying+3 | Lennon Carlson | Cessna Cardinal RG | Kansas City | engine-outnight flight+3 | — | 34m 03s | ||
| 3/17/26 | aviation incidentpilot experience+3 | Greg Robbins | Aeroprakt A22LSAOPA Air Safety Institute | Arkansas | windscreen blowoutAeroprakt A22LS+3 | — | 45m 03s | ||
| 2/18/26 | instrument flyingIFR trip+3 | Chris Yalanis | Sling TSiAOPA Air Safety Institute | — | instrument pilotIFR+3 | — | 41m 50s | ||
| 1/8/26 | homebuilt aircraftflight testing+3 | Brad Cohen | Zenith Zodiac 601 XL | — | homebuiltZenith Zodiac+3 | — | 28m 02s | ||
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| 12/16/25 | engine failureflight safety+3 | Joey Brown | AOPA Air Safety Institute | Cessna 150 | engine vibrationpower loss+3 | — | 45m 02s | ||
| 11/18/25 | gear-up landingaviation safety+3 | Tony WilliamsBen Taylor | Cessna 401AOPA Air Safety Institute | — | gear-up landingCessna 401+6 | — | 46m 57s | ||
| 10/14/25 | mountain flyingfuel exhaustion+3 | Doug Tilghman | AOPA Air Safety Institute | Cessna 172 | mountain flyingCessna 172+3 | — | 32m 55s | ||
| 9/16/25 | aviation safetyIMC approach+4 | Bob Thomason | AOPA Air Safety Institute | — | safety pilotIMC approach+4 | — | 35m 14s | ||
| 8/12/25 | engine failureaviation safety+3 | Justin Lillie | Marine Corps | New MexicoMooney | engine failureMooney+3 | — | 41m 00s | ||
| 7/15/25 | nighttime flightlanding gear issue+3 | Mark Sellers | Bellanca Viking | — | aviationnight flight+3 | — | 42m 46s | ||
| 6/17/25 |  Episode 84: Missing Prop | Mel Rushton recounts a harrowing nighttime IFR flight when the propeller of his Piper Comanche separated mid-flight over Florida. | 37m 00s | ||||||
| 5/13/25 |  Episode 83: Stuck Controls | While departing Tampa Executive Airport in his Thorp S-18, Mujahid Abdulrahim finds himself dealing with severely limited motion in his control stick. | 56m 28s | ||||||
| 4/15/25 |  Episode 82: Icing in a Baron | Scott Wright shares the story of a flight he made as a corporate pilot in a B58 Baron with five passengers, during which he had an encounter with icing. | 34m 20s | ||||||
| 3/18/25 |  Episode 81: Hard Landing | Erick Mahle tells the story of a night flight in his flying club’s Bonanza with his family on board that included a memorable landing and some lessons learned. | 37m 41s | ||||||
| 2/18/25 |  Episode 80: A Clever Workaround | While flying in his 1966 Cessna 150F over Arizona, Chris Smith and his father must resort to some creative thinking to breathe life into a sputtering engine. | 26m 59s | ||||||
| 1/14/25 |  Episode 79: Lost Comms | As a newly minted private pilot, Sara Gagné takes her mother on a sunset flight around the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Not expecting any adverse issues during her very first flight with a passenger, Sara finds herself unable to establish radio communication. NOTE: We realized we omitted a key detail in this episode. When the guest discusses the remedy of shining a phone flashlight against the radio panel to make the display brighter, she is most likely referring to the panel having a faulty light sensor. Some avionics have an auto-dimming feature that uses a light sensor, which adjusts the brightness of the display to coincide with the ambient light level. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. | 32m 29s | ||||||
| 12/17/24 |  Episode 78: "What's That Sound?" | Peter Danzig hears a disturbing banging sound while flying his Bonanza A36 near Paso Robles, CA, and decides to make a precautionary landing at a small private airport. After landing, he must contend with less than ideal conditions in which to depart again. | 51m 07s | ||||||
| 11/26/24 |  Episode 77: Cow Pasture Landing | While flying in his Piper Saratoga over the Mark Twain National Forest en route to Northeast Arkansas, Brent Reddick notices a subtle but disturbing drop in RPM, followed by a complete engine failure. | 51m 53s | ||||||
| 10/22/24 |  Episode 76: Eerie Encounter | GA pilot Claudia Gibson recalls a flight on a late October night in Indiana, during her student pilot days. While on an extensive night training flight with multiple stops, Claudia and her instructor have an eerie encounter in the form of an unwanted guest on the runway. | 30m 33s | ||||||
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Chart history for "There I was..." An Aviation Podcast
Peaked at #5 in Norway, top 10 in 4 of 44 tracked markets, currently #5 in Norway.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| Norway | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| Spain | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| RO | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Mexico | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| CH | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| KE | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| Ireland | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| IS | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| Germany | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| AT | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| United States | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| CL | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| CZ | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| South Korea | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| BE | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| Finland | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| Australia | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| AR | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| India | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| France | — | #24 | #24 | — |
Chart Positions
44 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
44 placements across 41 markets.