{"podcast":{"title":"I Learned About Flying From That","slug":"i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892","podcast_index_feed_id":1370892,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/FREIGHT1355878907","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ilafft","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/62e35614-2533-11f0-9eec-6b3ca1dc2a02/image/086a0d27e4a26f569e5d933cbfd2f231.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Flying Magazine","episode_count":130,"summary":"Tune in for the rest of the story—with exclusive interviews with pilots who have shared their emergencies, crises, and mistakes over 950-plus installments of Flying's iconic series, \"I Learned About Flying From That.\" Host Carl Valeri relates the tale as told by the author, then catches up with that pilot to ask the questions we know have been on your mind.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892"},"episode":{"title":"123. Engine Failure at FL230","slug":"123-engine-failure-at-fl230","published_at":"2026-02-25T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892/123-engine-failure-at-fl230","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FREIGHT4205762483.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/FREIGHT4205762483.mp3","summary":"In episode 123 of \"I Learned About Flying From That,\" host Carl Valeri sits down with pilot James McDiarmid to discuss a dream cross-country flight that quickly turned into a terrifying emergency. Cruising at 23,000 feet in his Mooney Acclaim en route from the UK to Italy, James was enjoying a smooth ride—until the engine unexpectedly quit cold over Brussels. Faced with freezing temperatures and a complete loss of power, James was forced to declare a Mayday and initiate a harrowing dead-stick glide toward an unfamiliar runway, with his wife by his side and the odds stacked against them. Will they make it to the ground safely? And what invisible, easily overlooked threat caused a perfectly well-maintained engine to suddenly fail at flight level 230? Tune in to hear the gripping conclusion to James’s mid-air crisis and discover the critical lesson every high-altitude piston pilot needs to hear.","meta_description":"In episode 123 of \"I Learned About Flying From That,\" host Carl Valeri sits down with pilot James McDiarmid to discuss a dream cross-country flight that q…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1496,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892/episodes/123-engine-failure-at-fl230/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-learned-about-flying-from-that-1370892/123-engine-failure-at-fl230.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}