We’ve been lucky enough to have been joined on the podcast by some of the best minds in the industry. If you’d like to suggest a guest for a future episode, please email us.

These are the guests that have appeared on the Airplane Geeks podcast:

Benet Wilson

Online Managing Editor for Business Aviation at Aviation Week.

Brett Snyder

The Cranky Flier Blog, and the Cranky Concierge.

Henry Harteveldt

Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Steven Frischling

The founder of The Travel Strategist site as well as the popular travel blog Flying With Fish.

    Phil Derner, Jr.

    From NYCAviation.com

    Martin Rottler

    Blogger at http://martinrottler.com/ and Master’s Degree candidate at the University of North Dakota.

    Allen Howell

    CEO of Corporate Flight Management, writer at the Plane Conversations blog.

    Chris Elliott

    Author of the Elliott.org travel blog, reader advocate for National Geographic Traveler magazine, writes the syndicated Travel Troubleshooter column, produces a weekly commentary and podcast on MSNBC.com, writes the Navigator column in Sunday’s Washington Post.

    Paul Filmer

    Stateside Editor and Database Administrator for Global Aviation Resource, contributor to Combat Aircraft Magazine, accomplished photographer. Personal page at skippyscage.com.

    James Patton

    Life-long test pilot, naval aviator, FAA test pilot, and Chief Test Pilot & Head of Flight Ops at NASA’s Langley Research Center. A spin testing expert and inductee in the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame.

    Joshua Abramson

    Airport Manager at Winchester Municipal Airport, and also an aviation advisor for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). His website is Airport Solution, which is home of the Airport Executive blog.

    Heather Poole

    Flight attendant for a major U.S. airline, author of the Another Flight Attendant Writing blog, writer of the Galley Gossip column on Gadling.

    MayCay Beeler

    Pilot, flight instructor, and TV journalist. MayCayBeeler.com.

    Randy Padfield

    Editor-in-Chief at Aviation International News.

    Jon Ostrower

    The Flightblogger

    Paula Williams

    From Aviation Business Consultants International Inc. (ABCI)

    Jeremy Monnett

    The CEO of Sonex Aircraft.

    Jeffrey Ward

    Jeffrey is the Savvy Navigator and has been in the travel industry for over 20 years, about half of that with American Airlines. He now provides gay travelers with experiential journeys.

    Mike Friesen

    Principal at Leading Strategies, a provider of consulting services and coaching for aviation executives, particularly in the airport industry. He’s also a former U.S. military pilot, having flown the F-4 Phantom and the F-15.

    Evan

    Writer, interviewer, columnist,  author of the Evan Flys website, and eleven years old.

    Dick Knapinski

    Media and Public Relations Director for the Experimental Aircraft Association.

    James Hileman

    Alternative fuels researcher from MIT.

    Max Trescott

    Author, CFI, and writer of the Max Trescott on General Aviation blog.

    Tom

    Author of The Airline Blog.

    Elizabeth Clark

    Executive Director for Women in Corporate Aviation and the current President of the Memphis Belles Chapter of Women in Aviation International. Liz is an experienced pilot currently flying for FedEx Express Corporate Aviation where she’s a Captain on both the Challenger 601 and Learjet 45 aircraft.

    Blogger Bob

    From the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s blog: The TSA Blog.

    Chris Webb

    Director and co-producer of the documentary film Air Racer: Chasing the Dream

    Kate Sedlmayr

    President of KES Consulting

      Ben

      From the One Mile at a Time blog

      Mary Kirby

      Also known as RunwayGirl from the Runway Girl Blog.

      Paula Berg

      Manager of Emerging Media at Southwest Airlines.

      Dan Webb

      Things in the Sky Blog.

      Rob Mark

      CEO of Commavia and Author of JetWhine Blog.

      Eddy Pieniazek

      From Ascend Worldwide.

      Addison Schonland

      The voice behind the IAG Blog Podcasts.

      Christopher White

      Director of Public Relations for Airtran.

      Michael Maya Charles

      Author of “Artful Flying”.

      Kevin Garrison

      Author of CEO of the Cockpit and www.kevincreates.com.

      Richard Aboulafia

      Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group and Author of RichardAboulafia.com

      • Episode 43 – “Funniest Man in Aviation”
      • Episode 27 – Talking Airplanes with Richard Aboulafia

      Evan Sparks

      Author of the Evan Sparks Aviation Policy Blog

      • Episode 42 – Evan Sparks Talks Aviation Policy
      • Episode 20 – Celebrating Deregulation with Evan Sparks

      Dr. Adam Pilarski

      Senior Vice President at AVITAS and Author of “Why Can’t we Make Money in Aviation.”

      Joe Murray

      Journalism Instructor and Creator of Stories That Fly.

      Tracy Rhodes

      Author of Around the Pattern Blog.

      Rand Peck

      Pilot, Photographer, and Author of FlyingWithRand.com.

      Martt Clupper

      Founder and author of the AirPigz blogazine.

      Beth Blaire and Shannon Hurst-Lane

      Co-founders and authors of the Traveling Mamas Blog.

      Kevin Michaels

      Partner and co-founder of the AeroStrategy Management Consulting Group.

      Dr. Alfred Kahn

      Economics Professor at Cornell, Former Head of CAB, and Father of U.S. Airline Deregulation.

      Shashank Nigam

      Author of Simpliflying blog and expert on airline branding.

      Will Hawkins, Rico Sharqawi, David Allen

      Directors and Producer of A Pilot’s Story Documentary, and co-hosts of the Pilot’s Flight Pod Log Podcast.

      Capt’n Chris

      Creator of the PlaneMadness Podcast.

      Susan Pruitt

      Creator and Editor of Flight Plan Magazine

      • Episode 22 – Flight Plan Magazine Editor Susan Pruitt

      Dr. Tim Brady

      Dean of the College of Aviation at the Embry Riddle Daytona Beach Campus.

      Joel Mier

      Marketing Mastermind and Author of the Think for a Moment blog.

      Shane Price

      Author of the Eclipse Aviation Critic NG Blog.

      Randy Petersen

      Founder of Flyer Talk and Boarding Area.

      • Episode 16 – ‘Flyer Talk’ with Randy Petersen

      Lynn Gardner

      Citation X Pilot and Corporate and Sport Aviation Consultant.

      George Hobica

      Founder of AirFareWatchDog.com.

      • Episode 14 – Interview with the Airfare Watchdog.

      Matt Daimler

      Founder of SeatGuru.com.

      Natalia Ippolito

      Author of “I Might as Well be Naked – How to Survive Airport Screening with your Clothes on.”

      • Episode 9“I Might as well be Naked”

      Ryan Keough

      TatoosinFlight.com.