Hello, and thank you for joining me today.

Coming up in the news, an update on Puerto Rico and the damage to the aviation infrastructure

there, which is making it difficult to fly in and out of San Juan.

And an update on the FAA reauthorization bill in Congress, we're now just two days away

from the FAA having to possibly furlough non-essential

employees. And if you use an iPhone or iPad, we'll tell you why you might not want to

update right away to iOS 11. And you've got to hear this story from Ireland about a GA pilot

chasing his aircraft. We'll let you know whether he was able to catch it. Then later we'll

we'll be talking about the top priorities when flying IFR and about briefing the approach prior to

flying an instrument approach. Welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk about general aviation.

I'm Max Truscott. I'm here to help you with aviation tips and advice to keep you safe as a pilot

or student pilot. And I'm

going to share with you my over 40 years of experience as a licensed pilot author. And back in 2008,

the National Flight Instructor of the Year, where I was selected to represent the 96,000

CIFIs here in the United States. Now, last week, our show talked about check rideitis, that

feeling of anxiety as student or pilot gets before or during a check ride.

So if you miss that episode, check it out because that might give you some tips on how to avoid anxiety.

And please stand by because the hurricane relief effort.

Several sources here.

This one comes first from the Washington Post,

where they report that the hurricane and its 100 mile hour plus winds demolish the National Weather

Service's Nixrad radar station for the island. It's unknown how long it will take to repair that

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