Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk

OB460: Go-Around—A Decision, Not a Failure

Released early to show supporters on 10/26/2026
Public release: 11/11/2026

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🛫 Aim for a stabilized landing. Be ready for another approach. A go-around is a decision, not a failure.

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OB459: All the Way to Narnia

Released early to show supporters on 10/19/2026
Public release: 11/4/2026

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✈️ Late vectors, practice approaches, and a 737 cabin set to roast. Next stop: Narnia.

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OB458: To Wake or Not to Wake

Released early to show supporters on 10/7/2026
Public release: 10/28/2026

🐧 Supporters heard OB458 three weeks before it reached the public feed.

🌀 Following a heavy on a visual approach? Who decides how much space you need? 

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OB457: Home Field Advantage

Released early to show supporters on 10/5/2026
Public release: 10/21/2026

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⚾️ Controllers know their home field. RH and AG explore five tips from the ATC home team!\

📖 This week's discussion draws from "Shifting the Odds in Your Favor: Tips from the ATC Home Team," featured in the October edition of COPA Magazine, published by the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA).

👏 Special thanks to Echo Whiskey (EW) for writing the article, bringing pilot and controller pe...

OB456: Rebel Vectors and Royal Holds

Released early to show supporters on 9/28/2026
Public release: 10/14/2026

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OB455: A Tale of Two Missed Approaches

Released early to show supporters on 9/14/2026
Public release: 10/7/2026

✈️ This week, one flight, two missed approaches, and two very different perspectives from opposite sides of the frequency.

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OB454: Anything But Dandy – ILS Pilot Deviation

Released early to show supporters on 9/7/2026
Public release: 9/30/2026

✈️ This week, a routine ILS vector doesn't go quite as planned, leading RH and AG into a discussion about mistakes, communication, and knowing when it's time to stop trying to quietly fix the problem yourself.

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OB453: Free From the Bonds of Mortal Flying: Mission-Specific Pilot Training

Released early to show supporters on 8/31/2026
Public release: 9/23/2026

🏔️ This week, RH and AG head for the mountains and the flight levels with a bigger question in mind: does being legal and current really mean you're ready for the flying you want to do?

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OB452: Both Sides of the Frequency

Released early to show supporters on 8/26/2026
Public release: 9/16/2026

🎧 If you're new to Opposing Bases, this may be one of the best places to start. RH and AG dig into one of the ideas at the heart of the show: pilots understanding controllers, controllers understanding pilots, and recognizing how much work is happening on the other side of the frequency that you may never see.

✈️ Cockpit workload, controller workload, patience, frequency discipline, hidden ATC constraints — and why your direct may be someone else's delay. After 452 episodes, this conversat...

OB451: Malfunction Master Class

Released early to show supporters on 8/26/2026
Public release: 9/9/2026

⚡️ A developing electrical problem, two pilots working the problem together, and some exceptionally thoughtful help from ATC. RH and AG break down what went right, why communicating early mattered, and how a relatively ordinary malfunction became a master class in teamwork and shared situational awareness.

🐧 Supporters heard this episode 14 days before the public feed. They also get the full Opposing Bases archive, bonus audio, private live recordings, and the supporter email channel that supplies many of the questions and stories you hea...

OB450: Pilot MATH

Released to show supporters on 8/19/2026
Public release scheduled for 9/2/2026

✈️ 450 episodes. Nearly 10 years. Not a single week missed.

Opposing Bases has always been built a little differently. No traditional ads, no corporate network — just two aviation nerds talking about flying, controlling, and the National Airspace System every single week. The reason we've been able to keep doing it is simple: the listeners who support the show.

🐧 Supporters hear new episodes first, get the full archive and bonus content, and send in the questions, stories, and feedback that regularly become pa...

OB449: Squeeze Played

Released to show supporters on 8/16/2026
Public release scheduled for 8/26/2026

✈️ Do you remember what you were doing 449 weeks ago? We do. We were recording our first podcast.

Somehow, we're still here every week. Along the way, Opposing Bases has grown into an aviation community built around honest feedback, real-world flying and controlling, and the combined experience of AG, RH, and the listeners who bring their own experience to the conversation.

No traditional ads. No corporate network. The reason the show has been able to keep going week after week...

OB448: Missed Approach Approved 

Released to show supporters on 8/3/2026
Public release scheduled for 8/19/2026

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OB447: Radar Checkride Goes Sideways 

Released to show supporters on 7/26/2026
Public release scheduled for 8/12/2026

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OB446: The Unscheduled Test 

Released to show supporters on 7/11/2026
Public release scheduled for 8/5/2026

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OB445: Runway Sharing and Separation Anxiety 

Released to show supporters on 6/24/2026
Public release scheduled for 7/29/2026

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OB444: Summer Delays on the Taxiways

Released to show supporters on 6/24/2026
Public release scheduled for 7/22/2026

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2026 AirVenture NOTICE: OB287 Re-Release

Public release scheduled for 7/15/2026

With AirVenture approaching, we're re-releasing OB287, originally recorded in 2023 with our friend Bravo Kilo. This episode remains a great primer for pilots reviewing the current NOTICE, thinking through the Fisk Arrival, planning fuel and alternates, and preparing for the unique challenge of flying into Oshkosh.

This episode was recorded in 2023, so always use the current official 2026 AirVenture NOTICE as your primary source for procedures, frequencies, dates, arrivals, departures, parking, and airport-specific information.

📄 View the official 2026 AirVenture NOTICE:
https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa...

OB443: IFR Pickup Lines

Released to show supporters on 6/17/2026
Public release scheduled for 7/8/2026

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OB442: The IFR or VFR Trap

Released to show supporters on 6/10/2026
Public release scheduled for 7/1/2026

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OB441: Killer Conflict Resolution

Released to show supporters on 6/10/2026
Public release scheduled for 6/24/2026

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OB440: Autopilot- Garbage In, Garbage Out

Released to show supporters on 5/27/2026
Public release scheduled for 6/17/2026

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OB439: Three Magic Words

Released to show supporters on 5/27/2026
Public release scheduled for 6/10/2026

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OB438: My Soul is Still on Downwind at Los Gatos

Released to show supporters on 5/13/2026
Public release scheduled for 6/3/2026

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OB437: Unable, Say Intentions

Released to show supporters on 5/13/2026
Public release scheduled for 5/27/2026

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OB436: A Three-Hour Taxi

Released to show supporters on 5/6/2026
Public release scheduled for 5/20/2026

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OB435: Ghost Target Sorcery

Released to show supporters on 4/29/2026
Public release scheduled for 5/13/2026

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OB434: No Beeps, No Sweeps, No Creeps

Released to show supporters on 4/20/2026
Public release scheduled for 5/6/2026

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OB433: Gaslit by ATC

Released to show supporters on 4/1/2026
Public release scheduled for 4/29/2026

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OB432: The Happiest TRACON on Earth

Released to show supporters on 4/1/2026
Public release scheduled for 4/22/2026

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OB431: Hot Chicken Bravo

Released to show supporters on 3/25/2026
Public release scheduled for 4/15/2026

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OB430: The Aspen Squeeze Play

Released to show supporters on 3/25/2026
Public release scheduled for 4/8/2026

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OB429: Slant Useful and Beautiful

Released to show supporters on 3/18/2026
Public release scheduled for 4/1/2026

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OB428: Ninja Pilot, PhD Supporter

Released to show supporters on 3/11/2026

Public release scheduled for 3/25/2026

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OB427: The Dreaded Kilo

Released to show supporters on 3/4/2026

Public release scheduled for 3/18/2026

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OB426: LTA Variant, Airborne Transmission

Released to show supporters on 2/18/2026

Public release scheduled for 3/11/2026

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OB425: Navigating IFR Frequency Land, Part 3

Released to show supporters on 2/18/2026
Public release scheduled for 3/4/2026

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OB424: The Lowdown on the Up-Down

Released to show supporters on 2/11/2026
Public release scheduled for 2/25/2026

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OB423: Navigating IFR Frequency Land, Part 2

Released to show supporters on 1/28/2026

Public release scheduled for 2/18/2026

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