#44- Married Co-Pilots, Aircraft Values, Solo Student Is Not Maverick, Pilot To ATC Career

#46 - Jet Flight Plans, Solo next to a C17, 7 G's in a Skyhawk

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode they talk about how flight planning in a small piston is significantly different than in a jet, they talked about how camping at Oshkosh comes with a big cost, they heard how a solo student went to a towered airport to practice landings and the unexpected happened when they were sharing the traffic pattern with a C-17 and a C-130, how a 110lb instructor was overpowered by her 250lb student and he locked up the controls during a stall recovery and they over G’D the plane to 7G’s, they gave advice to a student who is wondering if they should move to Florida to continue their pilot training in hopes to land a CFI job. Want to submit an anonymous story to our show? Head to www.captainjohndoe.com [http://www.captainjohndoe.com] & send us all the juicy details! Contact us at CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com [CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com] Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast] Listen in to Captain John Doe, the podcast where pilots, passengers, and aviation pros share their most unforgettable stories - completely anonymously. From cockpit confessions to air traffic absurdities, we read and react to real listener submissions and the best of aviation Reddit every Wednesday. No names. No tail numbers. Just the raw, ridiculous, and real side of flying.

#45 Bet On Yourself and Your Career, Dual Engine Failure, Flight Testing Gone South in Business Jet

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode they talk about how early on in your career everyone wants to know what path you are planning to take, and when that path is different from the Airlines people will start doubting you. Remember to always bet on your self! They also hear how a multi engine instructor was doing a training lesson when their student unintentionally shut down the only operational engine, and they get an inside scope of the chaos that comes with being a flight test engineer. Want to submit an anonymous story to our show? Head to www.captainjohndoe.com [http://www.captainjohndoe.com] & send us all the juicy details! Contact us at CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com [CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com] Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast] Listen in to Captain John Doe, the podcast where pilots, passengers, and aviation pros share their most unforgettable stories - completely anonymously. From cockpit confessions to air traffic absurdities, we read and react to real listener submissions and the best of aviation Reddit every Wednesday. No names. No tail numbers. Just the raw, ridiculous, and real side of flying.

#44- Married Co-Pilots, Aircraft Values, Solo Student Is Not Maverick, Pilot To ATC Career

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode they talk about what its like being a married pilot couple, how much do airplanes actually cost and what separates similar type airplanes in how much they cost, they heard how a student pilot on a solo learned they are not maverick and are in need of some crosswind landing practice, and how a listener from Australia is transitioning from a pilot to an Air Traffic Controller and ask’s for advice on how that skill set will help them in training. Want to submit an anonymous story to our show? Head to www.captainjohndoe.com [http://www.captainjohndoe.com] & send us all the juicy details! Contact us at CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com [CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com] Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast] Listen in to Captain John Doe, the podcast where pilots, passengers, and aviation pros share their most unforgettable stories - completely anonymously. From cockpit confessions to air traffic absurdities, we read and react to real listener submissions and the best of aviation Reddit every Wednesday. No names. No tail numbers. Just the raw, ridiculous, and real side of flying.

#43 - Our Plane Wouldn’t Start, Gas Station Lunch Break, Water In The Fuel Tank, Career Change Question

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode, they talk about how their personal airplane wouldn’t start and received help from a few awesome locals at Santa Monica, how a student and they CFI had to divert due to weather at an airport in the middle of nowhere and decided to hitch a ride to the local corner store for some lunch, how a new pilot flew his plane across the country to his new home and had an engine failure due to water being in the tanks, and how a listener asked for advice on how to successfully navigate a career change into aviation. Want to submit an anonymous story to our show? Head to www.captainjohndoe.com [http://www.captainjohndoe.com] & send us all the juicy details! Contact us at CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com [CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com] Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast] Listen in to Captain John Doe, the podcast where pilots, passengers, and aviation pros share their most unforgettable stories - completely anonymously. From cockpit confessions to air traffic absurdities, we read and react to real listener submissions and the best of aviation Reddit every Wednesday. No names. No tail numbers. Just the raw, ridiculous, and real side of flying.

#42 - Farewell Spirit Airlines, Gate Agent Fights Off Family Of 8, Busted My IFR Checkride

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode, they hear about how after 33 years of incident-free flights, Spirit Airlines closed its doors, how hosts Kevin and Mindy attended the Angel Flight West Endeavor Awards Banquet in Los Angeles, how a gate agent had to wrangle a family of 8 that busted through the jet bridge trying to catch their flight home, and how a student pilot on their IFR check ride got distracted by a fake alternator failure by the examiner and forgot to switch the nav source to localized mode and failed their checkride. Want to submit an anonymous story to our show? Head to www.captainjohndoe.com [http://www.captainjohndoe.com] & send us all the juicy details! Contact us at CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com [CaptainJohnDoePodcast@Gmail.com] Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/captainjohndoepodcast/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578817086113] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainJohnDoePodcast] Listen in to Captain John Doe, the podcast where pilots, passengers, and aviation pros share their most unforgettable stories - completely anonymously. From cockpit confessions to air traffic absurdities, we read and react to real listener submissions and the best of aviation Reddit every Wednesday. No names. No tail numbers. Just the raw, ridiculous, and real side of flying.