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Airplane Geeks - Episode 144 - Igor Sikorsky III [ 1:49:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (21090)

Our guest this episode is Igor Sikorsky III, grandson of the man many consider to be the father of the helicopter industry. Igor flys a float plane and, along with his wife Karen, operates The Bradford Camps in the North Maine Woods. Besides providing fishing, hunting, and family vacations in a beautiful setting, Igor offers the annual, three day Sikorsky Weekend, an immersive experience in Sikorsky history.

Guest co-host Chris Manno is an airline captain who blogs at JetHead and cartoons at Flightcrew Zoo.

The week’s aviation news:

• JFK runway collision: Who’s to blame?
• FAA official resigns over sleeping controllers
• FAA & Controllers Need to Wake Up
• U.S. has kept up Libya airstrikes
• Frontier Airlines reduces fees

Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have another great Australia Desk Report.

In his Across the Pond segment Pieter Johnson talks with Tim Robinson, Editor of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s magazine Aerospace International about the UK Military Helicopter fleet and how it has been affected by the spending review. We also hear what its like to participate in a live helicopter training exrecise with the Royal Marines, Royal Navy and the Army called Pastan Jaguar. Follow Tim on Twitter at @RAeSTimR, and Pieter at @Nascothornet.

Mentions:

• Air Transport Association
• Regional Airline Association
• American Association of Airline Executives
• Air Line Pilots Association

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 143 - Little but Mighty [ 1:44:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (19430)

Our guest this episode is Stephanie Gehman, the Manager of Marketing and Customer Service at Harrisburg International Airport (MDT). We talk about current airport issues and how this one competes with larger airports in the region. Follow them on Twitter at @HIAairport.

Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have another great Australia Desk Report.

In his Across the Pond segment Pieter Johnson talks with Tim Robinson, Editor of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s magazine Aerospace International about the effects of the UK Strategic Defence Review, where draconian cuts have been made to the Defence budget. Follow Tim on Twitter at @RAeSTimR, and Pieter at @Nascothornet.

The week’s aviation news:

• Boeing admission partly absolves Southwest
• Again, Air Controller Sleeps On Job
• Seven-year-old boy buys fighter jet on eBay
• The ultimate garden ‘hit’ – a restored Harrier jet
• Amsterdam launches high-tech baggage handling system
• Gulfstream Jet Crashed Testing Engine Failure, Agency Says

Mentions:

• The The Crew Lounge Podcast
• Child Aviation Restraint System
• Flightlevel390
• Decision Height
• Ryan’s Travels & Photos

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 142 - Chad from Aviation International News [ 1:46:33 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5149)

Guest Chad Trautvetter is the online news editor for Aviation International News (AIN) and also the editor of AINalerts, AIN’s twice a week electronic publication. Chad really knows General and Business Aviation, and just returned from the Sun n’ Fun International Fly-In & Expo at Lakeland, Florida. Follow AIN on Twitter at @AINonline and Chad at @AIN_SkyWriter.

David brings teaches us some aviation history, and Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast present their Australia Desk Report.

The week’s aviation news:

• Sun ‘n Fun picks up, carries on
• Cirrus Dismisses ‘Counter Offer’ Speculation
• Southwest In-Flight Fuselage Rupture
• Gulfstream G650 crashes in New Mexico, leaving four people dead
• Business-jet owners win U.S. House vote to keep flight secrecy
• New study: Tarmac rule fuels flight cancellations

Mention:

• The Crew Lounge Podcast

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 141 - PT6 Nation [ 1:37:28 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6614)

Guest Matt Perra, spokesperson from Pratt & Whitney Canada, tells us about their new online community, PT6 Nation. This site recently won the Flight Global Webbie Award for “Best Use of Social Media.” Hear Matt describe how they created a dialog with their “citizens” and the value that resulted. He even offers some advice for other companies who want to leverage social media to build a conversation with their customers. Find Matt on Twitter as @MatthewPerra and follow @PT6Nation.

David Vanderhoof provides a fair amout of military aviation insight and also some aviation history. Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast meet up with past guest @MartinRottler in their Australia Desk Report. Pieter Johnson talks with David Cenciotti in his Across the Pond segment. See David’s photo gallery at Lowpassage.com and his blog at cencio4.wordpress.com.

The week’s aviation news:

• FAA to revise U.S. air traffic control rules after National Airport incident
• Boeing looks to offer 767 for more military aircraft
• Boeing CFO: No decision yet on 737 replacement; new program likely modeled after 787
• U.S.Air Force, Japan Disaster Assistance
• Skunk Works P-791 airship revived as civil cargo-lifter

Airline Collectibles Shows:

• http://www.jetpsa.com/LAX/index.html
• http://www.sfoairlineshow.com/
• http://ai2011pdx.com/
• http://www.laxairlinerexpo.com/
• http://www.seattleairlineshow.com/
• http://www.torontoairlinershow.com/

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 140 - Are You an Airplanista?? [ 1:47:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1458)

Guest Dan Pimentel is the publisher of Airplanista Magazine, a high quality, monthly online magazine targeted to general and business aviation. Dan was the man behind Av8rdan’s World of Flying blog, and has written articles for AOPA Pilot Magazine, InFlight USA, Atlantic Flyer, and National Speed Sport News. He’s also a frequent speaker at Oshkosh and aviation clubs and organizations, and he’s an instrumented-rated private pilot. Dan Tweets as @Airplanista.

Also joining us is Brian Foley to talk about his effort to create a counter-offer for Cirrus Aircraft through a group of American investors. You can find Brian at Brian Foley Associates where General Aviation management advisors focus on market research, industry analysis and forecasting, strategic marketing plans, new product evaluation and positioning, due diligence and transaction support.

Along the way, David Vanderhoof offers an outstanding overview of the current military aviation action in Libya.

We have the Australia Desk Report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and Pieter Johnson’s Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Coming Soon: General Aviation in China
• Aviation consultant hoping to keep Cirrus Design an American company
• Foley Organizes Cirrus Counter-Offer
• Earthquake Exposes Risks To Supply Chain
• Operational Planning for Libya’s No-Fly Zone Continues

Mentions:

• Loofbourrow – Private investment banking.
• TarmacLimits.com – Impact of Three-Hour Tarmac Delay Rules and Fines
  On Passenger Travel Time and Welfare.
• The Cockpit Chronicles and the Renewed Pilot Blog , recommended by listener Jusus.
• Jarrett’s YouTube channel with a video picture presentation from his first plane spotting trip.

Bonus:

• Listen: Secret Libya Psyops, Caught by Online Sleuths.

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 139 - Hiller Aviation Museum [ 1:50:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5652)

Guest Jeffery Bass is the President and CEO of the Hiller Aviation Museum located in the San Francisco Bay Area at the San Carlos Airport. We talk about aviation history, some of the exhibits at the Museum, and what you might do with that aviation memorabilia in your attic.

We also have aviation news, the Australia Desk Report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and Pieter Johnson’s Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Grounded without recourse: FAA must fix tarmac rule so fliers aren’t stranded by unexpected cancellations
• Should Travelers Embrace Fluctuating Airfare?
• Earthquake devastates Japan F-2 sqd
• International Lease Finance returns to buying passenger jets

Mentions:

• FltOps.com – Guiding pilots to their professional goals.
• David Cenciotti’s Weblog and on Twitter

1976 Dehavilland DHC-6-300 C/N 489 by Stephen Tornblom

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 138 - The Radial Rocket [ 1:38:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5506)

Jeff Ackland, President of New Century Aerosport Inc., is our guest thie week. He produces the Radial Rocket, a two place performance and aerobatic kit plane with a 9 cylinder radial engine in the nose. We talk about what this beautiful airplane is like to fly, and what it takes to build one.

We also have the aviation news from the past week, the Australia Desk Report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and Pieter Johnson’sAcross the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Cirrus Acquired By Chinese Company
• FAA OKs iPad for Pilots’ Charts
• Bombardier wins record private jet deal
• EADS North America won’t protest Air Force tanker award to Boeing
• American Air cuts capacity growth as oil rallies
• Delta to acquire nine MD-90s from JAL

Mentions:

• Campaign to wave at International Space Station
• Dr Lucy Rogers
• The Photographer’s Right A downloadable flyer explaining your rights when stopped or confronted for photography.
• AeroPodcast, an aviation podcast from Spain.

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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/.

1960 Beech G18S C/N BA-552 by Stephen Tornblom

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Airplane Geeks - Episode 137 - Airline Loyalty and Social Media [ 1:52:20 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (10279)

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon by Stephen Tornblom klgb.blogspot.com

Shashank Nigam, CEO of Simpliflying, is just back from the Loyalty 2011 conference and we talk about how airline loyalty programs measure success and how they work within the airline and with other groups like Communications. We also cover airline use of social media and how they are starting to segment and target customers, and link loyalty programs to social media. Shashank explains how airlines need to step up from social media being about a conversation to being about specific people.

We also have aviation news from the past week, The Australia Desk Report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and Pieter Johnson his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• First production F-35A Takes Off
• Oil shock threatens airline recovery
• Vibrating cockpit seat proposed for pilot alerts
• The Martin Jetpack
• Southwest pilots OK ‘AirTran transition agreement’
• Boeing Defeats EADS for $35 Billion Air Force Tanker Program

Mentions:

• Flip.to Hotels, restaurants, and airlines leveraging social networks.
• New Zealand Red Cross

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 136 - Spotting with Jason [ 1:35:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9429)

Our guest this episode is Jason Bong, one of the writers and photographers at PHXspotters, a great site for plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts. Jason attended the annual Red Flag event and captured some amazing photographs of military aircraft. See his post, Rookie at Red Flag.

Visitors to the Phoenix area who want to photograph at airports will want to contact PHXspotters for local advice, tips, and spotting support. You can also find the group on Facebook.

In addition to the airplane spotting discussion, we have aviation news from the past week, The Australia Desk Report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and Pieter Johnson his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Alliance Applauds Progress on FAA Reauthorization Bills
• FAA Forecasts Steady Growth In U.S. Airline Traffic
• Twin Cities near-miss cited among increasing air traffic mistakes
• Bizjets and LSAs To Pace Genav Rebound
• United to begin deploying 757s on Dulles transatlantic routes
• Continental to get United’s roomier seats

Mentions:

• Photorecon A site devoted to aircraft photography and aviation
• Classic Warbirds Great photogalleries
• Plane Spotter Spotting guide
• vc10.net A Little VC10derness
• Aviation Queen Aviation, journalism, and social media from Benet Wilson
• Turbojet operation- centrifugal flow.png
• Thromby Air Not your average low cost airline
• Airline Monkeynomics
• LGB Blog

More aviation reading:

• Airways and Airwaves by Dave Gwinn.
• Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos by Thomas Petzinger Jr.
• Splash of Colors: The Self-Destruction of Braniff International by John J. Nance.
• The Sporty Game: The High-Risk Competitive Business of Making and Selling Commercial Airliners by John Newhouse.
• Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Revolutionary Structure by Alastair Gordon.

Photo by Brodie Winkler

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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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Airplane Geeks - Episode 135 - Gavin Again [ 1:34:32 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9649)

Gavin Werbeloff, who can be found on Twitter as @travel_buddha, makes another appearance on the podcast. We talk about recent aviation news and events, and Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have their Australia Desk Report. Pieter Johnson comes in with another Across the Pond segment looking at European aviation. We discuss some listener mail and provide our suggestions for must-read aviation books.

The week’s aviation news:

• Boeing boss green-lights all-new next generation narrowbody
• WestJet opens throttle in Eastern Triangle
• TSA sets ‘framework’ for airport screeners to collectively bargain
• TSA administrator defends collective bargaining decision
• Premiere of Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

Mentions:

• Green Growth Cascadia
• Plane Stupid
• Aviation Insurance Association
• Lost Johnnies: Away Mission To Rome – Day One
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Flight Wisdom Blog

Book recommendations by the Geeks:

Dan:

• From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental’s Remarkable Comeback by Gordon Bethune.
• Southwest Passage: The Inside Story of Southwest Airlines’ Formative Years by Lamar Muse.
• Boeing vs Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business by John Newhouse.

Max:

• 747: Creating the World’s First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation by Joe Sutter and Jay Spenser.
• The Nick Grant Adventures by Jamie Dodson.
• Flying North South East and West: Arctic to the Sahara by Captain Terry Reece.

David:

• The Rise of American Air Power: the Creation of Armageddon by Michael S. Sherry
• Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot by Starr Smith
• Jet Age: the Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World by Sam Howe Verhovek

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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/.

Post photo of Westjet 737-700 landing at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on a sunny Saturday afternoon by Brian from Toronto, Canada.