Episode
124. Is This A Parking Lot Or A Runway?
- Published
- Mar 11, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2041
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FREIGHT6280874803.mp3
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892/episodes/124-is-this-a-parking-lot-or-a-runway/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892/124-is-this-a-parking-lot-or-a-runway.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
In Episode 124 of I Learned About Flying From That, host Carl Valeri is joined by Dan George, founder and Chief Instructor at FlightInsight. Dan shares a startling story from his early days as a CFII flying in actual Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). While shooting the RNAV approach into Maryland’s challenging Freeway Airport (W00) with a student, a perfect storm of factors—an offset approach course, older GPS equipment, patchy rain, and a short runway—led to a terrifying visual illusion right at the Minimum Descent Altitude.