Release the Brakes: Lessons from a Flight Instructor

What can a flight instructor teach you about life?For Tucker Axum, the lessons started with a Cessna 152, a battered station wagon, and an instructor named Farrell Skelton. In this episode of the Air Facts podcast, Tucker looks back 25 years to the instructor who taught him lessons that went far beyond flying: take responsibility, know when to go around, trust the people around you, keep learning, persevere through setbacks, and sometimes, simply release the brakes.Tucker is a pilot and professional writer whose career has taken him around the world as a special agent with the U.S. Government. He is also a New York Times bestselling author and recently taught a writers' workshop at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.We talk about Farrell's influence, the experiences behind “Release the Brakes: What My Flight Instructor Taught Me About Life,” and how aviation can teach lessons that stay with us long after the engine is shut down.