Stories about Flying

Rob Mark
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Adventures both in-the-air and surrounding the topic of flying airplanes

Episodes

  1. MAR 14

    There's More to Flight Instruction Than Simply Logging hours

    No individual can enhance aviation safety as much as a flight instructor. Flight instructors possess a powerful opportunity to make a tangible difference in someone’s life, very possibly the rest of their life. Whatever a student pilot learns – good or bad – they learn from us. The habits we teach them, not only how they fly but also how they think about flying, will stick with them long after their flying lessons are over too. Some instructors today seem to believe their job is to log as many hours as they can. Now there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. But instructors also need to remember that learning to fly is a business and students are customers. Those students deserve a solid return on the time and money they invest with us. An instructor sitting in the right seat whose only goal is building time might keep their job, but they don’t deliver on the unwritten promise between a student and the flight school. In addition to getting a student through their checkride that promise says that when we release a newly licensed pilot into the national airspace system, that person is competent and safe. Here are a few tips to help anyone navigate the flight training industry.

    15 min

  2. MAR 2

    Stories about Flying intro for Jetwhine readers

    Bare with me here, because in this brief episode, I'll be introducing Jetwhine readers to the Stories about Flying podcast.

    3 min

  3. JAN 30

    The Accidental Correspondent: Part 1

    Fledgling journalist Brian Coleman departed the US last week after snuggling up with a United Premium Plus seat enroute to the 2026 Singapore Airshow. This will be his first airshow adventure in the Asia/Pacific region. He'll be sending us back some regular reports as he explores the show ... especially after he hooks up with those whacky guys from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron. Enjoy!

    10 min

  4. JAN 19

    Armchair Accident Investigators

    Have pilots acting as armchair accident investigators gotten out of hand? Sometimes. But not all accident investigators are created the same.

    12 min

  5. JAN 3

    Being a Co-Pilot in the Early Days of the Airlines

    In the early days of the airlines, there were no Captains or First Officers ... only First Pilots and Co-Pilots. This episode describes an early memo from American Airways about how new male pilots were expected to behave on the line. There were, of course, no female pilots, nor any pilots of color.

    13 min
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Adventures both in-the-air and surrounding the topic of flying airplanes

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  • Creator
    Rob Mark
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    5
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  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Rob Mark
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    Stories about Flying

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