Great show as always! Just wondering why you guys keep hammering so hard on the 787 battery fix. There are two or more engines on both jetliners that have fire in them at all times (hopefully) but it is contained in such a way that most of the time it is not a hazard. There are also huge fuel tanks and there has been problems with those as well. If boeing can come up with a way to contain a failure of a battery safely, I think the lithium-ion batteries can work very well.

P.S. missed David on this episode.

Keep up the great work

On data encryption: It just amazes me that with all that’s happened, some companies/governments just don’t get it. If you put data out there in the clear, somebody somewhere sometime is going to use that towards their ends, not yours. In aviation, the stakes are just too high. Data must be encrypted and authenticated.

Keep it up Geeks!

Another fantastic podcast, guys.

Great hear Igor Sikorsky’s voice again. He’s an amazing guest and great pilot. My wife and I had a wonderful time at Bradford Camps last summer during the Igor Sikorsky Weekend. As you know I have an affinity for seaplanes – some would say it’s an addition. Last summer, Igor gave me my first seaplane flight. He flew my wife and me to a beautiful secluded lake that you either had to either hike in or fly-in. His C-172 goes form mush to the step nicely. If your listeners get a chance, I recommend a week –or weekend at Bradford Camps.

David: Go for broke on the A-4. I’d like your take on the Falkland Islands.

Steve and Grant, Oz Desk: Great PCDU. It was great to hear Doug Worrell! His take on the QANTA got around flap was right on. ABC was looking for ratings not the real story. Give me the go around every time. I never want the PIC/Captain to rush anything. I have had the LEO (Low Earth Orbit) game for about a month. It’s a fun app for iPad, iPhone or Android thing. Did I hear Doug correctly? It’s a physics trainer?

I enjoyed Carl’s story about his Tu-134A flight to Dubrovnik. I flew into Dubrovnik also but in 1996 and in a C-130 flown the Greek Air Force. It was one of the most terrifying flights I have ever survived.

Keep the bloopers coming!
Jamie

Great show and David’s Skyhawk (not C-172) piece was fantastic but … I need show notes. I have CRS (Can’t Remember Stuff).

Remanufacturing aircraft within the confines of the existing FARs by small shops is much smarter than a dedicated company doing remanufacture making changes which will generate politically motivated airworthiness directives (ADs).

Or refurbishing aircraft to better than new condition strictly following the original type certificates will result in a higher quality product at a lower price. No need to take my word for this. Talk to any A&P/AI small shop refurbishing older aircraft and compare quality and pricing. There is no doubt in my mind the refurbished aircraft will be better than anything new; based on my experience more than anything else.

The commenters notions on Air France 447 are one of the worst distractions seen in my lifetime. If a doppler style radar had been in place as back up giving a ground speed indication when all three pitot tubes failed due to icing, the accident would not have happened. This root cause is so incredibly obvious to any trained person who has examined the data, there is almost no room for discussion. If anyone, i repeat anyone has what they think is an alternative answer, please, please, please supply it where everyone can read it.

In the final chaotic moments before Air France flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, it took the captain of the aircraft, who was on a scheduled break, more than a minute to return to the cockpit, despite his two co-pilots’ frantic calls for help, black box recordings showed.

BTW: Ron IS A.R.R.P. Eligible!

Although it was never revealed what delayed Capt. Marc Dubois, two independent sources told ABC News that the 58-year-old veteran Air France pilot was traveling socially with an off-duty Air France flight attendant named Veronique Gaignard.

Jean-Paul Troadec, the director of BEA, the French authority conducting the investigation into the Flight 447 crash, told ABC News that Gaignard was not part of their investigation because the agency was “not interested” in the “private life of the pilot.” Troadec added that he did not think Dubois’s alleged relations with Gaignard aboard the plane would have played a role in the accident.

Air France 447 was on an overnight trip from Rio de Janiero to Paris on May 31, 2009 when it vanished. The plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of June 1, 2009.

http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/af-447-ca-with-woman-when-flight-in-trouble.144945/

Great post Geeks!