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Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk

Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk

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Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk ✈ Real pilots. Real controllers. Real talk. 🎧 Want early access and full archives? Join the crew at opposingbases.supercast.com. 🛩️ Listener-supported. No ads. Just aviation conversations that matter. 📸 Instagram: @opposing_bases 🌍 Show site: opposingbases.com2018-2025 © Education
Episodes
  • OB418: Ice Chunks and Slam Dunks

    OB418: Ice Chunks and Slam Dunks
    Jan 13 2026

    OB418: Ice Chunks and Slam Dunks

    Released to show supporters on 12/30/2025

    Public release scheduled for 1/13/2026

    Have a great week, and thanks for listening to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk!

    ✈️ Real pilots. Real controllers. Real talk.

    🎙️ Visit OpposingBases.com for show notes, merch, and more.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • OB417: Twelve Days of Christmas

    OB417: Twelve Days of Christmas
    Jan 6 2026

    OB417: Twelve Days of Christmas

    Released to show supporters on 12/23/2025

    Public release scheduled for 1/6/2026

    Have a great week, and thanks for listening to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk!

    ✈️ Real pilots. Real controllers. Real talk.

    🎙️ Visit OpposingBases.com for show notes, merch, and more.

    🎧 Want early access, bonus content, and full back-catalog access?

    Join the crew and support the show at opposingbases.supercast.com or visit the Support page on our website.

    Holiday/Christmas audio used during this special episode is from https://www.youtube.com/@audiolibrary_ — no copyright music library for creators.

    Music: Deck the Halls – Jingle Punks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VO3w8na3CA
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • OB416: Only You Can Prevent Helmet Fires

    OB416: Only You Can Prevent Helmet Fires
    Dec 30 2025

    OB416: Only You Can Prevent Helmet Fires


    Released to show supporters on 12/16/2025

    Public release scheduled for 12/30/2025


    Have a great week, and thanks for listening to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk!

    ✈️ Real pilots. Real controllers. Real talk.


    🎙️ Visit OpposingBases.com for show notes, merch, and more.


    🎧 Want early access, bonus content, and full back-catalog access?

    Join the crew and support the show at opposingbases.supercast.com or visit the Support page on our website.
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    1 hr and 26 mins
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You want fantasy? Forget Tolkien; hear from the TERPS Elf. Legal thriller? Forget Grisham; tune in for Brasher warnings. Flying? Forget Langewiesche; hear about RH’s experience with the regionals. Military? Forget Sun Tzu; hear about AG’s training flights in army helicopters. Symbols? Forget Dan Brown; hear about the mythical Triad, the Frozen North, and the Coffee Delta. Keeping clean from dust and dirt? Forget Good Housekeeping; hear about pilotsaks. Classism? Forget Harper Lee; hear about the plight of the Center controllers. Yes, Opposing Bases truly has something for everyone!

Best thing on Audible!

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Once you check in with AG and RH and get your code for flight following, you may spend the rest of your time in the TRIAD airspace continually requesting delay vectors (or may an indefinate hold at girlfriend) so you can listen in to the wisdom and humor of the two best controllers on the planet. They peel back the layers of air traffic control and give pilots essential information that will help them to navigate the NAS and be better plane drivers and confident radio talkers. After digesting more than 200 episodes of Opposing Bases you will possibly never have another "piglet moment" when you fear that the next thing you hear is the Brasher Warning. So wipe the PTAC drool off of your face and standby to be entertained and informed.

Landing will be at your own risk

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I used to think that air traffic controllers and airline pilots were almost like robots, always speaking in a cryptographic language and never flubbing anything.
Unfortunately I stumbled across this podcast and quickly my dreams were shattered as I realized AG and RH make as many or possibly even more mistakes than I do and I'm not even a pilot!
AG and RH also have the unique ability to explain complicated questions so non pilots can understand them even better than they do.

All kidding aside AG and RH have a wealth of knowledge that they freely hand over to all the listeners and all the effort they put into the show is the reason they are #1.

At this point in life I only fly RC aircraft however I have dreams of flying full scale and Opposing Bases is on the top of the list every week to increase my aviation knowledge.

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Thanks for teaching me the truth about air traffic

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