The Reider Report

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AvBrief.com Visit website › Leisure · EN · 23 episodes · latest 2026-11-12

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The Reider Report brings you real stories told by real pilots. Join host Rob Reider and guests every two weeks as they explore hard-won cockpit experiences and the vital lessons we learn when things don’t go as planned. Authentic, collaborative, and educational—this is aviation storytelling for all pilots.

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Get the Nose Down

2026-11-12 · 25 min · Episode 23

Engine failures are statistically rare, though they do occur. Today’s episode is the fourth in what has become a “series” on engine failures. Host Rob Reider welcomes a pilot who was conducting a flight for a Tuskegee…
Runway or the Highway - Another Engine Out Story

2026-10-29 · 35 min · Episode 22

Retired air show performer Bill Leff experienced an engine failure on his T-6 Texan just a few miles from Oshkosh. Though he was close to another airport, he had to make a difficult decision: land on Highway 41 or…
Save the Plane or Save Yourself

2026-10-15 · 42 min · Episode 21

Guest Brian Norris joins host Rob Reider and talks about having an engine failure while ferrying the aerobatic biplane of one of most famous - and greatest - aerobatic air show performers of the last 50 years, Sean D.…
The Impossible Turn - Yes or No?

2026-10-01 · 32 min · Episode 20

A pilot had just launched from Lake Hood, Alaska when, only a few hundred feet above the surface, the engine malfunctioned. He couldn’t land straight ahead because of the frigid Alaskan waters. Further compounding his…
Not Quite NORDO

2026-09-17 · 33 min · Episode 19

You might have the latest and greatest in equipment in your airplane but if you can’t transmit audio to ATC, all that cool stuff isn’t particularly useful. It’s what happened to an instrument-rated pilot and his…
A Fire and a Key Fob

2026-09-03 · 52 min · Episode 18

An in-flight fire in a part of a Beech Baron where one would least expect it and the part that a key fob played in the total loss of avionics in a Cirrus SR22 are the stories related in this episode by flight instructor…
A Nearly Failed Ferry Flight

2026-08-20 · 43 min · Episode 17

Test pilot, retired rocket scientist, and award-winning air show performer Bob Carlton recounts the unforeseen travails of a cross-country ferry flight that brought to life lessons he’d only learned about in ground…
Saratoga Surprise

2026-08-06 · 33 min · Episode 16

A newly-minted, Atlanta-based instrument pilot on a business trip to northern Ohio encountered weather that included unexpected ice accumulation. It caused a loss of control that could have killed him and the five…
Incorrect Instrument Indications

2026-07-16 · 40 min · Episode 15

A pilot took off in his Columbia 400 and noticed that the airspeed and altitude numbers looked a little off. He managed to handle the discrepancy during the cruise portion of his flight but when he began his descent,…
Fifteen Thousand Hours and Still Learning

2026-07-09 · 37 min · Episode 14

It doesn’t matter how many hours you’ve logged — there’s still more aviation you haven’t seen or experienced. Join host Rob Reider and his guest, Mark Blois-Brooke, as Mark tells about a downwind landing attempt, a…

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Owner: AvBrief.com and Rob Reider
Oldest episode in feed: 01/2026
Typical length: 37 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords: aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency

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