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Pat Flannigan from Aviation Chatter joins us to talk about some aviation news, his website and his new Hold Here iPhone app, and even some weight and balance. Pat is a professional airline pilot, an aviation blogger, and a licensed flight instructor. On Twitter, Pat is @PatFlannigan.

The week’s aviation news:

• Cirrus loses access to Vision jet prototype
• Congress finds compromise to end FAA partial shutdown
• The F-35 joins the Great F-22 Grounded Fleet!
• A short history of the subsystem that grounded the F-35
• US Airways, Pilots Clash on Slowdown

This week on Across the Pond, Pieter Johnson updates us on the challenges airports are having in South East England and on some news items.

Find Steve and Grant on the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and follow the show on Twitter at @pcdu. Steve’s at @stevevisscher and Grant at @falcon124.

Mentions:

• GE Aviation: A Little Brand Fun
• GE Future Flight – Terminal Command
• Paul Filmer’s Ag plane photos
• Volantor cocumentary film
• American’s weight and balance process
• Owen Zupp
• Save The Trident
• IAGblog Podcasts

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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/.