EP60 - Weather is fun with CFII Erica Gilbert
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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/message
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