Aircraft Pressurization and Supplemental Oxygen

01/27/24 • 29 min

Rob and Tim discuss how aircraft pressurization works in corporate jets and in airliners. Pressurized aircraft make flight at high altitudes possible and usually flawless. However, things can occasionally can go wrong with aircraft pressurization, we will discuss the backup systems available to pilots, crew and passengers, when things doesn't work as planned. We will also discuss crew and passenger oxygen systems. As always, if you have any questions about this or any topic we discuss, please reach out to us, we will do our best to get back to you in a timely manner (please see contact methods below). Interesting show related links: Oxygen Equipment: https://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/oxygen_equipment.pdf Join our Discord by clicking here: https://discord.gg/ukSJxTXQ6k Email us at: [email protected] Our Music is from Audionautix.com https://audionautix.com

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U.S. and Canadian Flying - BIG DIFFERENCES

There are major differences between flying in the United States versus Canada. From filing flight plans, search and rescue, airspace, airspeed, and communications, Rob and Tim highlight some of the major differences between flying in the two countries.

When flying to any foreign country, flight planning needs to be started early along with familiarization of regulations in those countries.

The following links were discussed in the podcast episode concerning Canadian Operations:

https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/tp11541e.pdf

https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/19_aa_19_tc_ifr_poster_en_01.pdf

https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/tc_6010_airspaceposter_e.pdf

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TAs and RAs, Turbine Engine Starters, Rob Saw a Smoker!

TCAS makes aviation safer by alerting the flight crew of conflicting traffic by issuing a TA and possibly an RA. Find out what TCAS, TA, and what RA are in this episode. We briefly talk about the unfortunate accident in Naples, Florida involving a Challenger 604. Differences in types of starters installed on turbine engines and why a restart would not have been possible in this situation, based on what is known at this time. This episode's pilot tip is presented by John, a Corporate Pilot on a Cessna Citation X. He has AMAZING editing skills that can be found on his aviation YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuG0THuPNGx938e2cWAnVA This link will take you to our Discord server: https://discord.gg/N7EqFHQg6u

Tim's non-aviation YouTube channel mentioned in the intro:

Macro Soaring

https://www.youtube.com/@MacroSoaring/featured

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https://www.youtube.com/@foxtrotalphaaviation Tim's Aviation YouTube Channel:

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