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Airplane Geeks - Episode 134 - Lots of Listener Mail [ 1:14:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9364)

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Pieter Johnson, our Geek in Europe and producer of our Across the Pond segment, joins us in this listener mail episode. That’s right, pretty much nothing but listener mail. Oh, and the Australia Desk Report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast.

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Some of the links mentioned:

• Helicopter Designer and Guitar Hero
• Charles Kaman died Jan 31 at age 91
• New laws aren’t needed to mollify anxious fliers
• Chinese J-10 Missile Kill Video Lifted from Top Gun?
• U.S. could tax airline baggage fees
• Jetstar to offer inflight iPad
• The American Air Museum, Duxford

Photo submitted by David Apkarian

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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 133 - Traveling Smart with Kelli [ 1:30:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (10539)

Kelli Jones is this week’s guest. She’s an aviation consultant, cabin safety expert, mediator, traveler, philanthropist, and a blogger at Traveling Smart. Previously, Kelli worked for a major US airline where she was a cabin equipment engineer and accident investigator, and she now works as a consultant for the FAA, the NTSB, airlines, and other aviation organizations through White Consulting & Mediation. Find Kelli on Twitter at @TravelingSmart.

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 speaks with Karlene Pettit in his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Imagining more new airline fees
• Travel Is Going Social, Will Business Aviation Follow?
• Air Force Tanker Mistake Won’t Slow Contest, Morrell Says
• McNerney: Boeing 787 Certification Will Include Etops

Mentions:

• Planely
• IMGuest.com
• Plancast
• Tripit
• Fireside Partners – Emergency response planning.
• Dreamland Resort – David’s favorite Area 51 website.

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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 132 - Peter Sanders [ 1:31:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9654)

Our guest this episode is Peter Sanders. He’s a Staff Reporter in the Los Angeles bureau of The Wall Street Journal, covering the commercial aerospace industry. Peter earned his PPL at age 17 and has flown a number of airplanes, including Cessnas, Pipers, and a DeHavilland Beaver. He recently wrote a Page One story profiling FiFi, the last flying B-29 bomber, and is an avid ATC enthusiast. Find Peter on Twitter at @PeterSandersWSJ.

We talk about the week’s aviation news, “journalists” who race to be first to “print” without having the full facts, and even the color of the Financial Times. Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have their Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson brings has an interview with Steve Cook from The Flying Podcast in his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Boeing Sees Long-Delayed 787 Deliveries Starting in Third Quarter
• Quick Take: More questions than answers with eighth 787 schedule
• Virgin America First Firm A320NEO Customer
• NBAA Flight Plan Podcast: Advocacy At Addison
• China’s new stealth fighter may use US technology

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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 131 - News, Listener Mail, and Politics [ 1:39:35 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6340)

Max, Rob, Dan, and David discuss the week’s aviation news and spend time with listener mail. Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have a great Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson brings the European perspective with his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• IndiGo Plans Overseas Flights From India in August After Record Jet Order
• Airbus and Boeing struggle with credibility again
• Delta Air Plans to Order 200 Narrow-Body Jets, Seeks Options for 200 More
• Report: Boeing will launch 737 replacement in 2011 or 2012
• The Big Guys Finish Last in 2010 Airline Rankings
• Qantas Airways DFW flights are real. Really.
• NTSB Study Finds AmSafe Seatbelt Airbags Reduce Injuries in General Aviation Aircraft Accidents

Listener mail:

Seventeen year old Nick looks forward to being a commercial pilot. Keith introduces us to the HowItFlies.com aircraft directory. Jim asks about downloadable Airplane Geeks segments. Jordan has some questions about 787 delays and Boeing’s strategy. John points out the flight of the Chinese J-20 stealth fighter. Dawson explains PAPI lights. Alex comments on American security paranoia. Another Alex says the U.S. Government needs to chill out. Micah reports on the improving health of Harriet and her desire to fly away.

Mentions:

• HowItFlies.com
• Aero Society Channel, the Royal Aeronautical Society’s online media channel.
• NTSB Update On Jackson Hole B-757 Runway Overrun Incident

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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 130 - SimpliFlying with Shashank [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (16630)

Guest Shashank Nigam from the award winning Simpliflying site talks about airline and airport branding, customer engagement, location-based marketing, and other topics. Shashank, who provides consulting and speaking services, posts as @SimpliFlying on Twitter.

We also talk about the week’s aviation news, Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have their Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson brings us the European perspective with his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• FAA signs off on $5.2B expansion of Philly airport
• American Airlines fight could redefine air travel again
• Forrester’s Hardeveldt on American Airlines, Orbitz
• Florida Professor Arrested for Having a “Suspicious” Bagel on a Plane
• Video: 757 Overrun Video Ignites Pilot Speculation
• Private Plane, Public Menace

Mentions:

• Step Into Delta Air Lines’ Social Media Lab
• The Aviation Hobby Shop where you can find Biz-Jets 2010, book or CD.
• YYCE3 covers the Boeing 737 Technical Site.
• YYCE3 images
• YYCE3 images – 737 Versions

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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 129 - David the AirlineReporter [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (19145)

David Parker Brown, the owner/founder of AirlineReporter.com, joins the Geeks to talk about the week’s aviation news, look back on 2010, and predict the aviation future for 2011. Follow David on Twitter as @AirlineReporter.

David Vanderhoof has his This Week in Aviation history segment, and Pieter Johnson provides an Across the Pond installment. We also answer some questions asked by faithful listener Micah on business jets, fighter airplanes, A320 and 737 variants, and the geared turbofan engine.

The week’s aviation news:

• Architect of airline deregulation dies in NY at 93
• Alfred Kahn’s Legacy: Cheap Flights
• United Can’t Use Continental Code With 70-Seat Jets, Arbitrator Determines
• China’s Stealth Striker
• Chengdu J-20: China’s 5th Generation Fighter
• Janet, Just Tell the Nice Pilot You’re Sorry
• Aero-News Alert: Threats Made Over FlightPrep Coverage
• Aviation Topics To Watch in 2011: Airbus, Boeing, BA and More

Mentions:

• Airplane Geeks Episode 30 – Speaking With Dr. Alfred Kahn

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Post photo: Dan builds a Lego 737 while we record the podcast.

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 128 - Planesafe with Jillian [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7226)

Jillian Gustafson, Board member of the National Air Disaster Alliance/Foundation joins the geeks as this episode’s guest. Members of the organization include air crash survivors, family members, aviation professionals and those who support the founding goals – Safety, Security, Survivability, and Support for Victims’ Families. Jillian tweets as @planesafeorg, and also blogs for the group.

We also have the aviation news from the past week, Steve and Grant’s Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson with his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Southwest orders bigger jets; Are Hawaii, Caribbean next?
• Delta Boosts First-Class Seats 13% for Business Fliers
• Aviation committee looks into navigation, babies on laps
• DOT Applauds Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) Recommendations
• FAA routinely misses airline inspection deadlines
• Best Careers 2011: Commercial Pilot
• Dreamliner’s woes pile up

Mentions:

• Kids Fly Safe
• DOT’s Aviation Child Safety Points are not adequate to NTSB
• NORAD Tracks Santa

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Happy holidays to all our listeners!

Post photo courtesy Kids Fly Safe.

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 127 - Required Navigation Performance [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7338)

Our guest this episode is Captain Steve Fulton. As a pilot at Alaska Airlines, Steve helped develop the world’s first Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedure, and he was a principal author of the RNP RNAV criteria in the FAA Advisory Circular on this topic. Steve is now a Technical Fellow with GE Aviation, and a co-founder of what was formerly Naverus now GE PBN Services.

Graphic courtesy GE Aviation. To learn more about RNP and what it means for the airline industry and for the environment, see these videos:

• GE’s RNP path implementation at Bradley Airport in Connecticut
• Animation of RNP path vs. ground-based navigation path

We also have the aviation news from the past week, Steve and Grant’s Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson with his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Verdict in Concorde crash called ‘chilling’
• Southwest’s Performance Problem: How to Fix Those Late Arrivals
• Plane makers eye Persian Gulf buyers for luxury jets

Mentions:

• TarmacLimits.com The impact of tree-hour tarmac delay rules and fines on passenger travel time and welfare.

• AirlinesAngel has a passion for aviation, with specific interest in the areas of customer focus and social media.

• Safety Is Mandatory video by jetBlue employees, and featuring listener Stephen.

• Desert Pilot Podcast Stories from a Commercial Land & Sea Pilot/ATC student.

• JSF engine too big for regular transport at sea from the Navy Times.

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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 126 - Another Aboulafia Adventure [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7144)

Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis from Teal Group joins the Geeks to talk aviation. Benet Wilson, editor from AviationWeek, fills in for Rob.

We have the aviation news from the past week and David’s This Week in Aviation history segment. Steve and Grant update us on the Qantas A380 in their Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson talkes with an airline pilot and past AGP guest Karlene Pettit about flying in Europe in his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Airbus A320 Offers New Engines to Boost Bestseller
• NPR: Brazilian Planes Soar Over U.S. Skies
• Chris Around The World blog: TSA Airport Security: Is it time for a Trusted Traveler biometric program?
• What does future hold for airport security?
• Aviation Week: Lufthansa Restarts Inflight Internet
• Delta adding wi-fi to regional jet
• JSF Alternate Engine Faces Crunch Time
• UK’s Daily Mail: The sky HAS a limit! Delta Airlines overwhelmed by 100,000 people applying for just 1,000 flight attendant jobs
• AvWeek’s Things With Wings blog: Twitter prompts KLM to lay on ad-hoc service

Mentions:

• Fly2Miami
• Aviation Queen, Benet’s new blog
• Julia Edwards Design

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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 125 - Bits and Pieces IV [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7901)

This week, Max, Rob, Dan, and David take a break from the usual joint recording session and instead bring you some individually recorded segments:

Dan Web speaks with David Parker Brown from Airline Reporter.com.

Rob Mark offers a little peek at his holiday hunt, plus some other aviation opinion.

David Vanderhoof has a review of the book Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the world.

Steve Visscher & Grant McHerron have their Australia Desk report.

Pieter Johnson comes in with an Across the Pond segment.

Max Flight gives a brief review of the Aircraft Recognition Guide iPhone app.

Follow the @AirplaneGeeks on Twitter and on Facebook, send us email at thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com, or leave a message on our listener line at (361) GEEKS01.

Music provided by Brother Love. Find him at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.