Live from Oshkosh! - Episode 285 @FlightSafetyDetectives

Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

We bring you to AirVenture 2025 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This annual event attracts hundreds of thousands of aerospace professionals, aerospace enthusiasts, and their families for a unique aviation experience.

John Goglia, Greg Feith, and Todd Curtis talk about the amazing quality and quantity of aircraft at the show. Hear about historical and cutting-edge aircraft on display and in flight and the people from across the aviation industry. The show provides an extensive hands-on education in aviation and aviation safety.

We take you there to hear about it all. Come enjoy Oshkosh with us!

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$Aviation Safety Lessons from First Flight into a Special Use Airport – Episode 174 A flight instructor chose to have a pilot take his first flight in an airplane into a special use airport and the result was a different learning experience than planned. The aircraft experienced a hard landing that led to a fracture of the right wing spar. Todd Curtis, Greg Feith, and John Goglia discuss this accident in Puerto Rico that involved a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft. The instructor pilot chose to take a new pilot on his very first flight with the airline to a small airport that had a very challenging approach. The new pilot was a highly experienced 737 pilot who had no recent experience flying this aircraft model. The instructor allowed the new pilot to continue the approach even though the aircraft was about 100 feet above approach altitude shortly before landing. The Flight Safety Detectives question the instructor pilots decision to choose this challenging approach for the transitioning pilots first flight with the operator as well as the decision to allow the landing to continue. Also discussed is the NTSBs decision to not investigate or nor report key issues about events leading up to the crash, including the aircraft operators training and procedures. Related documents at the Flight Safety Detectives website: • NTSB Aviation Investigation Final Report • NTSB Airworthiness Factual Report • NTSB Form 6120 Accident or Incident Report • NTSB Docket Culebra pilot interview • Operator Training Manual • Aircraft operator CPX Airport Training Materials • NTSB Public Docket Don’t miss what’s to come from the Flight Safety Detectives - subscribe to the Flight Safety Detectives YouTube channel, listen at your favorite podcast service and visit the Flight Safety Detectives website. Music: “Inspirational Sports” license ASLC-22B89B29-052322DDB8$