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Off course: vacuum failure and partial panel

Earn WINGS Credit What is WINGS?

The Schiff Show logoFrom The Courage to Wait: Pilots and the Wisdom of No-Go · Captain Brian Schiff · The Schiff Show

All 15 chapters in this program

  1. 0:00 Avemco intro and welcome 3 min
  2. 3:00 WINGS credit and course resources 3 min
  3. 6:20 Meet guest Jeffrey Madison, author of YIKES! 9 min
  4. 15:20 Tonight's goal: no-go is a mature decision 9 min
  5. 24:40 Should he have gone? Decision-making on the ground 3 min
  6. 27:20 The flight: night IFR with radio trouble 3 min
  7. 30:00 Off course: vacuum failure and partial panel 5 min
  8. 35:00 Procedures: the AIM, advisory circulars, NASA reports 5 min
  9. 40:00 Emergency authority and filing a NASA report 4 min
  10. 44:00 Breaking the chain: smoke and instruments 4 min
  11. 47:40 Training a vacuum failure: use the level button 5 min
  12. 52:20 Tech tips: self-assessment and incapacitation alerts 6 min
  13. 58:00 Fatigue is cumulative; WINGS credit and contact 3 min
  14. 1:01:00 Trivia: standard pressure and altimeters 8 min
  15. 1:08:40 Final thoughts and next month 5 min