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The Reider Report
The Reider Report brings you real stories told by real pilots. Join host Rob Reider and guests every two weeks as they explore hard-won cockpit experiences and the vital lessons we learn when things don’t go as planned. Authentic, collaborative, and educational—this is aviation storytelling for all pilots.
Episodes
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Runway or the Highway - Another Engine Out Story
Retired air show performer Bill Leff experienced an engine failure on his T-6 Texan just a few miles from Oshkosh. Though he was close to another airport, he…
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Save the Plane or Save Yourself
Guest Brian Norris joins host Rob Reider and talks about having an engine failure while ferrying the aerobatic biplane of one of most famous - and greatest -…
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The Impossible Turn - Yes or No?
A pilot had just launched from Lake Hood, Alaska when, only a few hundred feet above the surface, the engine malfunctioned. He couldn’t land straight ahead…
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Not Quite NORDO
You might have the latest and greatest in equipment in your airplane but if you can’t transmit audio to ATC, all that cool stuff isn’t particularly useful…
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A Fire and a Key Fob
An in-flight fire in a part of a Beech Baron where one would least expect it and the part that a key fob played in the total loss of avionics in a Cirrus SR22…
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A Nearly Failed Ferry Flight
Test pilot, retired rocket scientist, and award-winning air show performer Bob Carlton recounts the unforeseen travails of a cross-country ferry flight that…
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Saratoga Surprise
A newly-minted, Atlanta-based instrument pilot on a business trip to northern Ohio encountered weather that included unexpected ice accumulation. It caused a…
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Incorrect Instrument Indications
A pilot took off in his Columbia 400 and noticed that the airspeed and altitude numbers looked a little off. He managed to handle the discrepancy during the…
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Fifteen Thousand Hours and Still Learning
It doesn’t matter how many hours you’ve logged — there’s still more aviation you haven’t seen or experienced. Join host Rob Reider and his guest, Mark…
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Dead Stick and Almost Dead
CFI Dan Bass is today's guest as he relates how he almost lost his life because carbon monoxide poisoning rendered him unconscious as he was returning home…
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An Arrow and a Stone Wall
A pleasure flight with co-owners of a Piper Arrow nearly turned deadly when the pilot realized he was too low to make a safe landing on an old grass field. But…
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Confidence or Complacency?
Twenty-one year-old Mason Rowe is the guest on this episode. He’s a flight instructor, has about 300 hours in Cessna Citations, and will soon join a major…
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Why Do Those Houses Look So Big?
The crew of an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules was on a nighttime precision cargo drop practice mission. En route, they found themselves significantly lower…
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The Killing Zone
Analytics - it’s an important word in almost every business. The same is true in aviation. On today’s episode, Rob Reider talks with Dr. Paul Craig, PhD, who…
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ATC—Sequencing is the Scenario
Air Traffic Control in the USA is an extremely challenging job for the men and women who help manage nearly 50,000 flights daily in the U.S. alone. In the…
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Attitude Check with Julie Boatman
If you own an airplane, you’ve doubtless become very comfortable with the panel, whether it be steam gauges or glass. But if you fly an airplane with which you…
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The Case of the Confounding Crosswind Component
How many times have we jumped in an airplane for a short flight without doing complete flight planning? Most of the time there are no consequences. But what…
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To Sump or Not to Sump With Randy Groom
Today’s episode contains two stories, one with a Cessna 150 that involved a problem that led to an off-airport landing and another in a Beech Bonanza that had…
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Expectation Bias—A Lesson from an Air Force Fighter Pilot
Knowing the maintenance history of an aircraft plays a significant role in this episode. Host Rob Reider speaks with former Air Force pilot Alan Gurevich who…
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Getting “Behind the Airplane” With Tim Delaney
Getting “behind the airplane” is something no one wants to do. But when flight conditions change unexpectedly a pilot’s workload increases, sometimes to the…
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Coordinated Flight Leads to Trouble With Nate Van Coops
Learning aerobatics imposes forces on the human body that are not familiar. And it requires some changes in how the airplane is handled. For instance, unless…
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Flight Into Unknown Ice With Gene Benson
Today we learn some important lessons that affect every pilot on every mission flown, no matter how experienced that pilot is. Do we “push the envelope” on a…