# Ask the A&Ps

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Official site: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/podcasts/podcasts
Author: AOPA
Episodes: 108

## Resource

Experts Mike Busch, Paul New, and Colleen Sterling answer your toughest aviation maintenance questions. Submit questions to podcasts@aopa.org. New episodes are released the first and fifteenth of every month.

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## Episodes
- ["It's in your head"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/it-s-in-your-head) — 2026-07-01T14:10:00+00:00
- ["I always try to buy high and sell low"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/i-always-try-to-buy-high-and-sell-low) — 2026-06-15T17:39:00+00:00
- ["Too much data is a bad thing"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/too-much-data-is-a-bad-thing) — 2026-06-01T15:30:00+00:00
- ["TBO is not a reason to do anything to an engine"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/tbo-is-not-a-reason-to-do-anything-to-an-engine) — 2026-05-15T21:40:00+00:00
- ["If you lose a cylinder in your Cessna 150 you are down on a road somewhere"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/if-you-lose-a-cylinder-in-your-cessna-150-you-are-down-on-a-road-somewhere) — 2026-05-01T21:04:00+00:00
- ["Am I doing anything evil?"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/am-i-doing-anything-evil) — 2026-04-15T21:14:00+00:00
- ["That installation is fraught with peril"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/that-installation-is-fraught-with-peril) — 2026-04-01T11:53:00+00:00
- ["I'm an old mechanic and really like the idea of priming and painting"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/i-m-an-old-mechanic-and-really-like-the-idea-of-priming-and-painting) — 2026-03-15T10:18:00+00:00
- ["That's an oft-reported myth"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/that-s-an-oft-reported-myth) — 2026-03-01T13:22:00+00:00
- [“Is this like pulling a mattress tag off?”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/is-this-like-pulling-a-mattress-tag-off) — 2026-02-15T16:58:00+00:00
- ["The owner can't do maintenance because the owner doesn't have arms"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/the-owner-can-t-do-maintenance-because-the-owner-doesn-t-have-arms) — 2026-02-04T00:41:00+00:00
- ["You're going to give him nightmares"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/you-re-going-to-give-him-nightmares) — 2026-01-15T16:43:00+00:00
- ["He has a piston with a smiley face on it that's not very happy"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/he-has-a-piston-with-a-smiley-face-on-it-that-s-not-very-happy) — 2026-01-01T11:40:00+00:00
- ["Just be sure you lube it with something"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/just-be-sure-you-lube-it-with-something) — 2025-12-15T14:34:00+00:00
- ["If you go to 76 percent, the wings will fall off"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/if-you-go-to-76-percent-the-wings-will-fall-off) — 2025-12-01T14:51:00+00:00
- ["It's one of the few accidents where you get to choose where it happens"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/it-s-one-of-the-few-accidents-where-you-get-to-choose-where-it-happens) — 2025-11-15T12:03:00+00:00
- ["Being an aircraft owner is the hardest job in aviation"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/being-an-aircraft-owner-is-the-hardest-job-in-aviation) — 2025-11-01T10:12:00+00:00
- ["That's an urban legend"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/that-s-an-urban-legend) — 2025-10-15T12:16:00+00:00
- ["More time to fly, less time to turn wrenches"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/more-time-to-fly-less-time-to-turn-wrenches) — 2025-10-01T16:41:00+00:00
- ["You have a lot of splaining to do"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/you-have-a-lot-of-splaining-to-do) — 2025-09-17T15:38:00+00:00
- ["Mechanics can be ornery sometimes"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/mechanics-can-be-ornery-sometimes) — 2025-09-01T10:02:00+00:00
- [Live from Airventure 2025](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/live-from-airventure-2025) — 2025-08-22T14:02:00+00:00
- ["That'd be like putting grease on the road"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/that-d-be-like-putting-grease-on-the-road) — 2025-08-01T12:13:00+00:00
- ["That's one way to flat spot a tire"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/that-s-one-way-to-flat-spot-a-tire) — 2025-07-15T12:00:00+00:00
- ["An airplane with no engine is worth nothing"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-the-a-ps-1305830/an-airplane-with-no-engine-is-worth-nothing) — 2025-07-01T15:15:00+00:00

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