EP187 - Information Whiskey: Super Scoopers, Springer Mountain & the Bachelorette Bravo

<p>A whiskey episode, the non-format format where we catch up, work the live chat, and let it fly. Ted spots a pair of Canadair Super Scoopers fighting fires over Utah and IDs them on ADS-B in about ten seconds. Brian preps a 4:30 a.m. departure for West Texas to end-around a brutal heat dome, Tango 82 for a couple nights, then Marfa. Ted lays out the fatigue math of flying high for smoother air and better fuel burn, and when the oxygen comes out.</p><p>We read an invite to Ed-Air, a Part 137 ag operation in Southern Indiana with a pilot house, six beds, and an 80-year-old founder. Ben recounts his annual five-mile hike up to the Len Foote Hike Inn near Springer Mountain and the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, 19 miles over a weekend that doubles as Oshkosh training. Version two of the website is live at midlifepilotpodcast.com, with the Midlife Pilot Tape Machine and a VU meter that actually works, so go yell into it. Plus the long road to turning Nashville&#39;s Super Charlie into a Bachelorette Bravo, a Challenger pilot caught on the wrong frequency, the grace controllers extend to student pilots, bush wheels on a Cessna 140, and a shout-out to everyone with a checkride coming up. Don&#39;t scud run, people.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned on the show:</strong></p><ul><li>Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_C%EE%80%80L-415" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CL-415</a></li><li>T82 airport: <a href="https://www.airnav.com/airport/t82" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.airnav.com/airport/t82</a></li><li>I20 Ed-Air Inc. airport: <a href="https://edairinc.com/location.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://edairinc.com/location.html</a></li><li>I20 info: <a href="https://www.airnav.com/airport%EE%80%80/I20" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.airnav.com/airport/I20</a></li><li>Len Foote Hike Inn: <a href="https://hike-inn.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://hike-inn.com/</a></li><li>Springer Mountain: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EE%80%80Springer_Mountain" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Mountain</a></li><li>Gita&#39;s Calm Cockpit Podcast: <a href="https://calmcockpit.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://calmcockpit.com/</a></li><li>Capt&#39;n Todd&#39;s &quot;portapilot&quot; video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR2HrQGf%EE%80%80454" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR2HrQGf454</a></li></ul><p>www.midlifepilotpodcast.com</p>