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Molly McMillin, the Senior Aerospace/Aviation reporter for the Wichita Eagle, joins as guest. Molly blogs at Air Capital Insider and tweets as @mmcmillin. We talk about the week’s aviation news, and discuss the recent NBAA Convention, which Molly attended.
The week’s aviation news:
- JetBlue posts ‘remarkable’ $59 million third-quarter profit
- U.S. airlines to tamp capacity growth in 2011
- Aviation Leadership: Change the World
- Imagining a Day When Airliners Are Flown Solo
- NBAA Convention And Industry Trend$
- Supersonic business jet technology from Aerion tested at speeds of Mach 2.0
- HondaJet prepares for test flights
- NBAA – Eclipse gets boost from Sikorsky investment
- Hawker Beechcraft gives out 350 layoff notices in Wichita, gives timeline for Machinists layoffs
Mentions:
- Uncut: Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary
- 25 Of The World’s Scariest Airport Runways
- NBAA10 Aviation Social Media Panel
- David’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to Military Aviation
Also see Steve and Grant’s Australia Desk archive and their Flight Time Radio segments.
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Opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. You can find his great music at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.
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Hi guys (and Molly), another great episode, thankyou.
Regarding Steofan’s flight exerience… well done! He’s shown a lot of courage in getting back on the horse after a traumatic experience in the past, and thanks to him for sharing his story.
A couple of thoughts on that… it could be seen as an absolute tribute to the strength of the modern airliner that it can scrape a wing on the runway and still fly. Also, the pilots you had that day had the training and skills to deal with the difficult circumstances. Sure, go-arounds can be unnerving but they are an important part of airline safety (something every pilot learns at an early stage in his/her training.
It would seem that he is on absolutely the right track, learning more about aviation, facing his fear, and desensitizing himself by replacing memories of a bad experience with several good ones.
It occurs to me that Steofan might be an ideal candidate to take up flying himself. People do it, and he seems to have the interest and a technical background. No better way to truly understand flying than to do it yourself, if you are able.
Also, I suggested in a previous post (inspired by his story) that he take a look at our fear of flying ebook. In it’s style it is aimed at kids, but the material covered is wide ranging and perhaps more in-depth than you might expect. We cover most of the suggestions he mentioned and more, in an easy-to-digest style.
(The eBook is a free download, available from http://www.dragonsofthinair.com )
Regards,
Doug Worrall
Author of “Dragons of Thin Air: The Less Concise Fear of Flying Course”