Ask the A&Ps
Hosted by Mike and Paul and Colleen · AOPA
4.9from 423 ratings
- 116
- Episodes
- 62
- Transcribed
- 423
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 36M
- YouTube views
About Ask the A&Ps
Experts Mike Busch, Paul New, and Colleen Sterling answer your toughest aviation maintenance questions. Submit questions to podcasts@aopa.org. New episodes are released the first and fifteenth of every month.
- Publisher
- AOPA
- Category
- education · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
62 of 116 episodes have a transcript.
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
"Shock cooling is a myth"
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
"You need to tackle your mechanic"
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
"They will find you"
Inside a recent episode
"Shock cooling is a myth"
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] One of the things that makes me nervous is it's something that I'm not familiar with. My own aircraft, I put it away after every flight, and I know what didn't work, and I write down things that didn't work on a gripe sheet that we try to tick off, you know, take care of those gripes immediately. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Ask the A&Ps
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- Justin
- Jorg
- Mark
- Chaz
- Jim
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 36,137,187
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 287 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 136 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 49
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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- Does not typically book guests
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Questions about Ask the A&Ps
Who hosts Ask the A&Ps?
Mike and Paul and Colleen host the show. Published by AOPA.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Ask the A&Ps take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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