Why Student Pilots Stall on FAA Regulations and How to Actually Learn Them with Caressa Bray
✈️ Excited to start flight training, then hit a wall of FAA regulations? You’re not the only one.This week on Aviation Mentors, Brandon Martini and Carson Vasquez sit down with Caressa Bray, founder o...
10 Loka 23min
Don't Change Your Fuel Plan Mid-Flight: Why I Regretted It Twice in One Weekend (Part 2)
⛽ What happens when everything's going right, so you skip the fuel stop you planned?In this episode, Brandon Martini and Carson Vasquez finish the story of Brandon's ferry flight in an ICP Savannah S ...
3 Loka 21min
Fuel Planning in an Unfamiliar Airplane: Why the Owner's 5 GPH Estimate Was Wrong
⛽ What happens when the fuel burn you were promised isn't the fuel burn you get?In this episode, Brandon Martini and Carson Vasquez break down part one of Brandon's ferry flight in an ICP Savannah S, ...
26 Syys 26min
What Actually Happens in a 2-Year Flight Review, From Stalls to Steep Turns
✈️ Flight review coming up? Brandon walks through his 2-year flight review in a twin, from stalls to steep turns to one very human radio mistake.Co-host Carson Vasquez is out this week, so Brandon Mar...
19 Syys 21min
How Much Fuel Reserve Do You Actually Need?
Fuel starvation kills more pilots than mechanical failure ever will, so why do so many still skip the fuel stop? ⛽In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down real fu...
12 Syys 19min
Plan for the Unexpected: A Real-World Cross Country Flight in a New Light Sport Aircraft
✈️ What does it take to plan a cross-country flight when almost nothing is certain?In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon shares his in-progress cross-country trip to Austin, Texas t...
5 Syys 25min
Flight School Rate Hikes, Checkride Delays & Crosswind Limits: Pilot Q&A
Should you switch flight schools if your rates just went up? Is 45 hours without a checkride sign-off normal, or a red flag? ✈️In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson tackl...
28 Elo 21min
From Glider Pilot to Flight Test Engineer: Adriana on Soaring Records, Gulfstream, and the FlyORKA App
✈️ What does it take to flight test a brand-new aircraft before it's ever earned its wings?In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson sit down with flight test engineer and gl...
22 Elo 29min
