Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested
"It's in your head"
- Duration seconds
- 3168
Podcast
Ask the A&Ps
- Author
- AOPA
- Feed episode count
- 108
- Markdown
- /podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830.md
Summary
Experts Mike Busch, Paul New, and Colleen Sterling answer your toughest aviation maintenance questions. Submit questions to [email protected]. New episodes are released the first and fifteenth of every month.
Episodes
Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested
"I always try to buy high and sell low"
- Duration seconds
- 2952
Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested
"Too much data is a bad thing"
- Duration seconds
- 3030
May 15, 2026 · not_requested
"TBO is not a reason to do anything to an engine"
- Duration seconds
- 3463
May 1, 2026 · not_requested
"If you lose a cylinder in your Cessna 150 you are down on a road somewhere"
- Duration seconds
- 3033
Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested
"Am I doing anything evil?"
- Duration seconds
- 3449
Apr 1, 2026 · not_requested
"That installation is fraught with peril"
- Duration seconds
- 3218
Mar 15, 2026 · not_requested
"I'm an old mechanic and really like the idea of priming and painting"
- Duration seconds
- 2956
Mar 1, 2026 · not_requested
"That's an oft-reported myth"
- Duration seconds
- 2982
Feb 15, 2026 · not_requested
“Is this like pulling a mattress tag off?”
- Duration seconds
- 3292
Feb 4, 2026 · not_requested
"The owner can't do maintenance because the owner doesn't have arms"
- Duration seconds
- 3018
Jan 15, 2026 · not_requested
"You're going to give him nightmares"
- Duration seconds
- 3372
Jan 1, 2026 · not_requested
"He has a piston with a smiley face on it that's not very happy"
- Duration seconds
- 2579
Dec 15, 2025 · not_requested
"Just be sure you lube it with something"
- Duration seconds
- 2653
Dec 1, 2025 · not_requested
"If you go to 76 percent, the wings will fall off"
- Duration seconds
- 3078
Nov 15, 2025 · not_requested
"It's one of the few accidents where you get to choose where it happens"
- Duration seconds
- 3143
Nov 1, 2025 · not_requested
"Being an aircraft owner is the hardest job in aviation"
- Duration seconds
- 3061
Oct 15, 2025 · not_requested
"That's an urban legend"
- Duration seconds
- 2985
Oct 1, 2025 · not_requested
"More time to fly, less time to turn wrenches"
- Duration seconds
- 2955
Sep 17, 2025 · not_requested
"You have a lot of splaining to do"
- Duration seconds
- 3202
Sep 1, 2025 · not_requested
"Mechanics can be ornery sometimes"
- Duration seconds
- 3415
Aug 22, 2025 · not_requested
Live from Airventure 2025
- Duration seconds
- 2708
Aug 1, 2025 · not_requested
"That'd be like putting grease on the road"
- Duration seconds
- 3736
Jul 15, 2025 · not_requested
"That's one way to flat spot a tire"
- Duration seconds
- 2519
Jul 1, 2025 · not_requested
"An airplane with no engine is worth nothing"
- Duration seconds
- 3666