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Hosted by Brandon Martini & Carson Vasquez · education · EN · 245 episodes
🚀 We are The Aviation Mentors, a weekly podcast dedicated to creating an amazing space where we aviators can hang out and enjoy a wide range of conversations about anything aviation. We're aviators, we're mentors, and we're entrepreneurs. Whether you're a student pilot, professional pilot, general aviation enthusiast, or just an AV Geek like us, this is the podcast for you! 🌎 Join us every Friday as we share our passion for flying! Sponsored by Stratus Financial www.stratus.finance
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Aviation Mentors is hosted by Brandon Martini & Carson Vasquez. The show has published 245 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Student Pilots Stall on FAA Regulations and How to Actually Learn Them with Caressa Bray" (10 October 2026, 24 minutes), "Don't Change Your Fuel Plan Mid-Flight: Why I Regretted It Twice in One Weekend (Part 2)" (3 October 2026, 22 minutes), and "Fuel Planning in an Unfamiliar Airplane: Why the Owner's 5 GPH Estimate Was Wrong" (26 September 2026, 27 minutes).
Aviation Mentors publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 245 episodes.
Booking probability for Aviation Mentors is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Aviation Mentors requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Aviation Mentors's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Aviation Mentors are Airports & Aviation Services. Aviation Mentors has an education audience.
Brandon Martini & Carson Vasquez hosts Aviation Mentors, an education show with 245 episodes published.
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Aviation Mentors
✈️ Excited to start flight training, then hit a wall of FAA regulations? You’re not the only one. This week on Aviation Mentors, Brandon Martini and Carson Vasquez sit down with Caressa Bray, founder of Aero Pathways...
Episode #242
⛽ What happens when everything's going right, so you skip the fuel stop you planned? In this episode, Brandon Martini and Carson Vasquez finish the story of Brandon's ferry flight in an ICP Savannah S light sport...
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⛽ What happens when the fuel burn you were promised isn't the fuel burn you get? In this episode, Brandon Martini and Carson Vasquez break down part one of Brandon's ferry flight in an ICP Savannah S, a light sport...
Episode #240
✈️ Flight review coming up? Brandon walks through his 2-year flight review in a twin, from stalls to steep turns to one very human radio mistake. Co-host Carson Vasquez is out this week, so Brandon Martini takes the mic...
Episode #239
Fuel starvation kills more pilots than mechanical failure ever will, so why do so many still skip the fuel stop? ⛽ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down real fuel exhaustion...
Episode #238
✈️ What does it take to plan a cross-country flight when almost nothing is certain? In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon shares his in-progress cross-country trip to Austin, Texas to pick up a...
Episode #237
Should you switch flight schools if your rates just went up? Is 45 hours without a checkride sign-off normal, or a red flag? ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson tackle four listener...
Episode #236
✈️ What does it take to flight test a brand-new aircraft before it's ever earned its wings? In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson sit down with flight test engineer and glider champion...
Episode #235
Can an AI really get you through your checkride, or is it setting you up to fail? ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Carson flies solo to break down the fast-growing wave of AI tools built for checkride...
Episode #234
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday — what really happens when the engine quits and there's no runway in sight? ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down the real Huntington Beach beach...
Episode #233
Buying or selling a plane? There's a costly mistake hiding in the logbooks that most people never see coming. ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down the real process behind...
Episode #231
Flying a drone near an airport? The rules might surprise you. 🛸 In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down Part 107 and what every pilot, student, and CFI needs to know about sharing...
Episode #230
🌍 Failed a checkride? You're not alone, and it's not the end of your aviation journey. ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down what a checkride failure or discontinuance...
Episode #229
A Chinese-owned aircraft maker just landed on the Pentagon's radar, and Cirrus pilots want to know what it means for them. In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down the news that...
Episode #225
Putting all your squawks into Claude and comparing it with flight data and seeing who's breaking the planes. ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson just got back from AeroSummit 2025 in...
Episode #224
In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down everything you need to know about AeroSummit 2026, happening May 20 through 22 at the JW Marriott Turnberry in Aventura, Florida. From the...
Episode #223
Runway incursions, airline bankruptcies, and what it all means for your future in the cockpit. ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down the latest aviation headlines and what...
Episode #222
Do you really need a degree to fly for a major airline, or is that advice completely outdated? ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson tackle a packed listener Q&A covering some of the...
Episode #221
Hygiene in the cockpit — it's the conversation nobody wants to have, but every pilot, CFI, and flight school owner eventually faces. 🛩️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson tackle the...
Episode #220
War, fuel prices, and GPS threats—how is global conflict reshaping general aviation right now? ✈️ In this episode of the Aviation Mentors Podcast, Brandon and Carson break down the real-world impact of rising fuel costs...
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