[travisgriggs]

Got my PPL 2 years ago (almost), and love taking people for rides to various nearby destinations. It's my "Sunday Drive" and a chance to share with others.

These questions often get answered pretty quickly. We get talking on our headsets, now I'm about to taxi, and so I make a call. Shortly there after, when I'm talking to my passenger, there's a nervous 'Can other people hear me??' 'Nope, I push this button right here to broadcast to everyone, otherwise it's just you and me.' 'Where is that button? Is this it? I don't want to push it.'

In a small airplane, any interested passenger will ask a number of questions that help that acclimate. If this guy was a friend of the pilot and flew a bit with him, he had some familiarity.

Is there a full recording up anywhere yet?

I would love to know how fast they landed him. My inclination would be to talk someone through a landing that was a little faster than usual, because you have more control, and don't have to worry about the flair so much. Just drive it gently onto the runway and then slow it down after that. Which works fine for a little plane on a big runway.

[trollied]

VASAviation have posted the full ATC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDwzNtDMlA

Unfortunately, the instructor-led talkdown was done via a phone call.

[bayesian_horse]

FAA will eventually put out a full incident report ...

[eru]

Do you mean flair in a technical sense, or just in the sense of 'looking good'?

[jccooper]

Probably "flare" in the sense of "pulling up for landing".

[travisgriggs]

Yes I did mean flare. Though I always try to flare with flair. :)