Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk

Episode 235 Show Notes   Topic of the show: Inadvertent flight into IMC while operating under VFR rules can be deadly, especially for a pilot without an instrument rating.  On this week’s episode we hear from a pilot that flew into the clouds and beat the odds.  We share our thoughts on what a pilot should do if this happens to them and what to say to ATC.  We also get to some more aviation questions and awesome feedback!  Happy 4th of July, America!   Timely Feedback: 1. Patron JW shares a picture of an old Road Atlas. 2. Patron JS shares some more information about the runway configuration in last week’s confusing feedback. 3. SGAC Patron Darth Pilot shares some progress on infamous bird NOTAMS. 4. TBA helps us with the mysterious text message we discussed on a previous episode.   Feedback Patron JEF shares audio about a flight when ATC seemed to be in the dark on the flight plan. Why? Patron CM shares a story about the local controller’s familiarization flights. JCS sent an unnecessary apology for makin