Taking Off Podcast – Aviation Life

About Taking Off Podcast – Aviation Life

Dan and Chelsea talk about the issues, decisions, frustrations, and opportunities that matter to pilots and aircraft owners. From buying and owning airplanes to maintenance, safety, training, technology, costs, regulations, and the changing world of general aviation, the conversation goes wherever pilots are actually talking. Sometimes it’s just Dan and Chelsea. Sometimes they’re joined by pilots, aircraft owners, mechanics, industry leaders, builders, and other interesting people from across aviation.

Publisher

Dan and Chelsea

Category

education · leisure · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Mar 2023

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

81 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   WORST Flight Ever?

   What was your WORST Flight ever?  What was your best?  Dan and Chelsea look through their logbooks to talk about the best and worst flight they done.

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Meet Chelsea!

   Has Chelsea Smith’s last name changed yet?  Why did she become an aircraft mechanic?  Dan introduces Chelsea to the In The Hangar audience to get to know her.

3. 

   8 Jun 2026

   Air India 171 Report Deadline & Other Aviation News

   India’s AAIB is supposed to release the report on the tragic Air India 171 crash by June 12.  A month ago they were on schedule.  Now they’re saying they won’t have the final in time.  Also, a helicopter crash kills a new groom and the pilot and seriously injures the bride. A Lufthansa 787 has […]

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

37,116,181

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

31

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