Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk

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 conversation gets remarkably close to explaining why Opposing Bases exists in the first place.
🐧 Supporters heard this episode 21 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 hear on the show.
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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 hear on the show.
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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 part of the show itself. They aren't just listening to Opposing Bases — they help make it.
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Thanks for listening — and thanks to the supporters who have kept this show going for 450 episodes. 🐧✈️

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 is simple: the listeners who support it.
🐧 Supporters hear new episodes first, get the full archive and bonus content, and send in the questions, stories, and feedback that regularly become part of the show itself. They aren't just listening to Opposing Bases — they help make it.
👀 Curious what's happening beyond the public feed? Take a look inside the Supporter Frequency.
🎧 Want to be part of the community that keeps Opposing Bases flying every week? Join us on Supercast. We'd be glad to have you on the iceberg.
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Thanks for listening — and thanks to the supporters who have kept this show going for 449 episodes. 🐧✈️