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Tune in for the rest of the story—with exclusive interviews with pilots who have shared their emergencies, crises, and mistakes over 950-plus installments of Flying's iconic series, "I Learned About Flying From That.

Spoken has transcripts of 138 I Learned About Flying From That episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from September 30, 2026.

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137. Electrical Failure Above the Clouds

September 30, 2026

Carl Valeri (0:09)

Imagine flying at night above a solid cloud deck near a freezing level. When you smell smoke and your electrical system begins shutting down, no visible horizon, no clear view of what lies below. And every decision from turning off the master switch to choosing where and when to descend could determine whether you…

That's what Eric Crump had to contend with on that fateful night.

Eric Crump (1:00)

It probably means I made it up, right? You haven't heard it already. So now I'm glad to be here. Thanks for the invitation. And I've loved this series, but long before it was a podcast. So I've learned a lot from this series over the years through my journey as a pilot and a flight instructor. So it is oddly…

Carl Valeri (1:22)

Well, it's an honor to have you, Eric Crump, actually, who and we'll get into your background there in a second. But I really want to start with your journey to the flight deck and then talk about that incident because it's always fun to hear how people got into aviation and then tell us what you're doing now…

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