#52 - Mindy Bought A Flight School, I Gave My Examiner a ZYN, Red Flags At A Flight School

#52 - Mindy Bought A Flight School, I Gave My Examiner a ZYN, Red Flags At A Flight School

Author: Mindy and Kevin Lindheim July 15, 2026 Duration: 1:09:29

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode they talk about how Mindy bought North Georgia Aviation Flight School, and how Mindy and Kevin are Georgia residents again, they heard how a student on their IFR check ride gave his examiner a ZYN during preflight, but the examiner thought it was gum and proceeded to puke throughout the whole check ride! Finally they heard how a student kept flipping the dominos over at his flight school with problems after problems that has them wondering how many red flags are too much.

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