Aviation News Talk podcast

About Aviation News Talk podcast

General Aviation news, pilot tips for beginners & experts, interviews, listener questions answered, technical details on G1000 & Perspective glass cockpits & flying GPS approaches. 40 yrs experience flying general aviation aircraft. As an active flight instructor, I bring my daily experiences in the air to this show to help teach pilots and future pilots to fly safely. I'm a Platinum Cirrus CSIP instructor and work with people who are thinking about buying a new or used SR20 or SR22. Go to AviationNewsTalk.com for my contact information, or to click on Listener Questions, which lets you speak into your phone to leave a question you'd like answered on the show.

Publisher

Max Trescott | Aviation News Talk Network

Category

leisure · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Apr 2017

Latest episode

27 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

90 of 428 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   426 Gear-Up Landings & Gear Collapses: How to Prevent Them with Tom Turner + GA News

   Host Max Trescott interviews Tom Turner of the American Bonanza Society Air Safety Foundation about preventing common landing gear mishaps through disciplined habits and maintenance.

2. 

   20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   425 STEM Flights: How Volunteer Pilots Inspire Future Aviation Careers + GA News

   Host Max Trescott interviews retired Air Force General David Brubaker about STEM Flights, a nonprofit inspiring future aviation careers by connecting students with pilot mentors.

3. 

   15 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   424 The Savvy Flight Instructor: Greg Brown on CFI Jobs, Getting Hired, and Finding Students

   Host Max Trescott interviews Greg Brown, a renowned flight instructor, about securing CFI jobs, attracting students, and building a successful aviation career.

Inside a recent episode

426 Gear-Up Landings & Gear Collapses: How to Prevent Them with Tom Turner + GA News

Published 27 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] In other words, what sets our rates and our availability for insurance. And of the four most common types of insurance claims, landing gear mishaps, gear up and gear collapse events, is the single greatest cost impact to the insurance industry fleet-wide. And that's amazing when you figure that only about 20% of the general aviation piston fleet has retractable landing gear, yet it is the thing that costs the insurance industry the most across the entire board. Not only will this hopefully have a positive impact on aircraft longevity and insurance costs and availability for the beach world, it should have a, if we are successful, it should have a positive impact on all general aviation aircraft. […]

Who has been a guest on Aviation News Talk podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tom Turner
• David Brubaker
• Greg Brown
• Maya Shpak
• Keith Froude

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,097,751

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

766 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

162 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

92

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

99

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting pitches.

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