# Flight Into Unknown Ice With Gene Benson

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Podcast: [The Reider Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reider-report-7646590)
Published: 2026-01-08T03:58:33+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/176572d4
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/176572d4/32df7494.mp3
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Duration seconds: 2029

## Resource

Today we learn some important lessons that affect every pilot on every mission flown, no matter how experienced that pilot is. Do we “push the envelope” on a flight because of familiarity, because we got through marginal weather before, or do we assess each flight thoroughly? A relatively short flight became dangerous because the pilot had “been there, done that.” But it got him in an icy situation. Gene Benson from Vectors for Safety shares his story.

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