Airplane Geeks - Episode 164 - Henry Harteveldt [ 1:25:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5720)

Our guest this episode is industry researcher and analyst Henry Harteveldt. He’s a Co-founder of Atmosphere Research Group where he will head up the airlline and travel practice of this research and advisory firm that will look at ecommerce, distribution, marketing and operations planning for airlines, hotel companies, travel agencies, GDS companies, and marketing agencies. Henry is also Chairman of the Association of Travel Marketing Executives and can be found on Twitter at @hharteveldt.

The week’s aviation news:

• How 9/11 really changed flying for consumers
• 737 MAX Was No Surprise, Airbus Says
• Southwest not one of the carriers that have Boeing 737 MAX on order
• Low-Cost Carriers Jockey For Position On National, LaGuardia Slot Auction
• US Airways takes preliminary look at A321neo
• Fliers’ saggy pants, skimpy garb test airlines

Steve and Grant recorded the Australia Desk Report on location at Coldstream Aerodrome (YCEM) where they had their mobile studio set up for the Australia Centre for Mission Aviation Discovery Day. Find them on the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and follow the show on Twitter at @pcdu. Steve’s at @stevevisscher and Grant at @falcon124.

This week on Across the Pond, Pieter Johnson talks to Brian Burrage, co-founder of the Vickers Viscount Network and an ex Rolls Royce Dart Engineer. Brian tells us about the success of the Viscount as Britain’s best post war selling turboprop airliner, being sold world-wide with over 400 being produced. None are left flying but the Viscount Network aims to keep the aircraft awareness high through a fabulous website, talks and visits to the remaining airframes. You can find Pieter Johnson on Twitter at @Nascothornet.

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Post photo: N7406 c/n 104 built for Capita Airlines and seen here in June 1962 operating for United. Credit Brian Burridge.

Post photo: The Plane Crazy crew live on location. Can you name them?

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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 162 - Voices From The DC-3 [ 1:32:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7979)

Guest Julie Filucci manages the Cessna Pilot Centers program for Cessna, but she’s also written the book, Together We Fly: Voices From The DC-3. Published by Aviation Supplies & Academics, the book tells the story of the Douglas DC-3 through the voices of the people involved with it, from its design and production to the present day. Julie had completed her type rating in the airplane several years ago, and did an article for AOPA Pilot on the airplane for its 70th anniversary in 2005. “The feedback from that article was the most I’d ever received for a piece during my time at AOPA. And not just pilots wrote to tell their stories, but also engineers, mechanics, stewardesses, soldiers, and regular folks who had taken their first airline trip in the airplane. Capturing their voices became a quest for me, as so many of the people from the airplane’s early days have passed on.”

Learn more at the book’s Facebook Fan Page, and at Julie’s blog. Follow her on Twitter as @julieinthesky.

The week’s aviation news:

• Some F-22s cleared to fly, to escape Irene
• Bases in Irene’s path scramble to move aircraft
• New rules for airlines kick in this week to protect fliers
• New Rules Aim For More Passenger-Friendly Skies
• Delta Said to Plan Order of 100 Boeing Jets in Airbus Rebuff
• Emirates’ Clark still unsure about A350-1000
• New Mexico Governor Sells the State’s Biz Jet

Steve and Grant discuss a variety of aviation topics in the Australia Desk Report. Find them on the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and follow the show on Twitter at @pcdu. Steve’s at @stevevisscher and Grant at @falcon124.

This week on Across the Pond, Pieter Johnson talks to Phil Wallis, Chief Engineer for the Anglo American Lightning Organisation who has the task of getting English Electric Lightning XS422 back into the air. Its a rivetting insight into how to get a 1300 mph interceptor aircraft capable of 20,000 fpm climb airworthy after sitting around in a container for many years. The AALO Team can be found at www.XS422.com, on Twitter Twitter as @EELightning, and on Facebook. You can find Pieter Johnson on Twitter at
@Nascothornet.

XS442 in flight during her RAF service with the ETPS in the 1980′s. Photo credit: AALO / Crown.

Mentions:

• American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum
• Enrique’s Mexican Restaurant in Ponca City, Oklahoma
• Benet Wilson is the Aviation Queen
• David Neeleman Profiled: Bloomberg Risk Takers

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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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 161 - When You Fly [ 1:30:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6564)

Our guest this episode is Ansel Brown, the award winning country music recording artist who co-wrote (with wife Lisa) and sang the song When You Fly at the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, when it returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and at AirVenture 2011 in Oshkosh at the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators banquet, and the Women in Aviation breakfast. This moving song was written to honor Lisa’s grandfather Richard Wixom who was inducted into the Wisconson Aviation Hall of Fame in 2010.

Find more about Ansel and his music on Facebook, YouTube and MySpace. He also has a home page at AnselBrown.com and you can follow him on twitter at @AnselBrown.

The week’s aviation news:

• Sukhoi Eyes Production Ramp Up As Superjet Orders Mount
• Bombardier inks C Series deal in Russia
• The iPad Is The Pilot’s Best Friend
• Delta begins tablet EFB test; eyes communication transformation
• Boeing, Airbus Can’t Replace the 757
• Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging – Red 4

In this week’s Australia Desk report, Steve and Grant discuss the QANTAS restructure with Will Horton from the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. 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.

This week on Across the Pond, Pieter Johnson covers airport design considerations with information from @plansairports, and provides additional content from last week’s conversation with Steve, an A320 pilot. You can find Steve on Twitter @Thermalhound and Pieter @Nascothornet.

Mentions:

• Richard Wixom
• Air Disasters: Mixed Signals

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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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 157 - Geeks at AirVenture 2011 [ 1:28:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5895)

While Max stays home at Airplane Geeks World Headquarters, David, Dan, Rob, Grant, and Steve call in from AirVenture 2011 in Oshkosh, Wisconson. Peter Moll, the director of Wittman Regional Airport (@wittmanairport on Twitter), joins the guys as the guest for this episode. If you put those six airplane geeks in one room, you can be pretty sure to generate some level of chaos, which is exactly what we have for you this week.

The week’s aviation news:

• AMR Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2011 Net Loss Of $286 Million
• Wittman Airport Ready for Community Engagement
• Wittman Regional Prepares Stage for EAA AirVenture
• Don’t fund bureaucracy on the backs of GA, groups urge
• Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Urges Swift Action by Congress on FAA Bill

We have an extra special Australia Desk report, not from Steve and Grant, but instead from Anthony Simmons! You can catch 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.

This week on Across the Pond, Pieter Johnson talks with Etienne Maillard who is in training to become an Air Traffic Controller. He explains how ATC operates in Switzerland and what its like to be a Sector Controller. Etienne can be found on Twitter as @flightlevel150.

Sponsors for the Plane Crazy Down Under crew:

• JetRide Australia and Pracy Racing
• GippsAero, makers of the GA8 AirVan
• Aviation Advertiser
• Thromby Airlines, lowest of the low
• Plus, of course, “Donations from our wonderful listeners”

Mentions:

• User (as in you pay) Fees (as in you pay more)
• Max Trescott from Trends Aloft with San Francisco area suggestions:
  • Hiller Museum
  • Castle Air Force Base Museum
  • Oakland Aviation Museum
  • Santa Rosa Airport museum
  • NASA Ames Research Center
  • Airship Ventures Zepplin rides
• Listener Enrique Alvarez
• AeroPodcast Spanish language aviation podcast
• Listener Ryan Hothersall 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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 153 - Sun 'N Fun Radio [ 1:58:46 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7069)

Dave Shallbetter from Sun ‘N Fun Radio talks to the Geeks about the annual “spring celebration of flight” in Florida. They stream great aviation content year-round at LiveATC.net. You can follow Dave on Twitter as @snfRadioDave.

The week’s aviation news:

• Boeing Projects About $300 Million Overrun on Tanker Contract
• Paris Orders Recast Airliner Battlefield
• Customer’s pact for C-Series competitor hits Bombardier
• Ryanair China deal hogs spotlight at Paris Air Show
• Pilot or Panic?
• Big Labor Captures TSA Screeners

Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron don’t provide their 100th Australia Desk report, just yet. Be sure to listen to the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and follow the show on Twitter at @pcdu. Steve’s at @stevevisscher and Grant at @falcon124.

This week on Across the Pond, Pieter Johnson has a fascinating conversation with Petter Hovland, the lead Pilot and Instructor for the Virtual Red Arrows display team, @vredarrows on Twitter.

Mentions:

• Uncontrolled Airspace podcast
• Boeing Challenges Industry to Meet Unprecedented Demand for Aviation Personnel

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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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 131 - News, Listener Mail, and Politics [ 1:39:35 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6186)

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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 124 - Body Scanners & Cougars, Oh My! [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (8573)

Guest Kelly Skyles is the National Safety and Security Coordinator for the Association of Professional Flight Attendants which represents about 17,000 American Airlines Flight Attendants. We talk about the past week’s aviation news, especially all the recent airport security problems, and David has his This Week in Aviation history segment. Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast sent their Australia Desk report and Pieter Johnson brings us his latest Across the Pond segment. Plus, Harriet drops by to say hello! The week’s aviation news:

• Airbus Says Engine Recovery Won’t Disrupt A380
• China Wins First Orders for Plane, Breaking Airbus-Boeing Grip
• TSA Investigating ‘Don’t Touch My Junk’ Passenger
• TSA Likely To Face Multiple Sexual Assault Charges For New Searches
• TSA: Pilots to be exempt from some airport checks
• TSA pat-downs ‘overly intrusive,’ key lawmakers say
• Orlando Sanford International Airport wants to get rid of TSA
• More than 22,000 sign petition to curb invasive airline security
• Lockheed finds cracks in F-35B test aircraft
• Hawker Beechcraft suspends production of light jet
• Aviation Has the CFIs it Deserves

Mentions:

• TSA Enhanced Pat Downs: The Screeners Point Of View
• Flight To Success – Karlene Petitt’s blog
• Centennial of Licensed Women Pilots

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

Airplane Geeks - Episode 122 - Jon on the Passenger Experience [ 1:37:30 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6284)

Guest Jon Norris is a board member of the Airline Passenger Experience Association and chairman of the APEX Technology Committee. APEX is a non-profit association of businesses and professionals that create, deliver, and manage the airline passenger experience. He’s also the Vice President of the Cabin Design Office at Airbus. Find APEX on Twitter as @theAPEXassoc and Jon as @nonnyjorris.

We cover aviation news from the past week, and we also have David’s This Week in Aviation history segment, the Australia Desk report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and Pieter Johnson’s latest Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• ‘Airbus and Qantas Are Victims’ of A380 Engine Problem
• Election 2010: Airlines Lose Key Merger Opponent in the House with Oberstar Defeat
• Own the Sky
• American Airlines may stop offering tickets through Orbitz
• Boeing Tells Carriers About More 787 Delays
• Delta flight attendants reject union representation

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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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 117 - Something Fishy Here [ 1:29:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5843)

Guest Steven Frischling, who goes by “Fish,” writes the Flying with Fish blog and is the founder of The Travel Strategist which helps businesses use travel effectively and efficiently. David has a few more field interviews from the Oceana Airshow and Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have their Australia Desk report.

The week’s aviation news:

• Bombardier to launch new large business jet
• EADS To Rule On Airbus A320 Neo Decision
• Iraq offered new F-16s with older missiles
• Eurocopter X3 begins testing; company calls it a turboprop-helicopter hybrid

On airline consolidations:

• United is merged: CEO Smisek is ready to take on the world
• Southwest to buy AirTran for $1.42 billion
• Rival mergers put new pressure on American Airlines
• Avoiding the Reset Button

Mentions:

• Spirit of Wenatchee, Home of Miss Veedol
• Airspeed 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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 109 - Plane Gabbing with Gavin [ 1:43:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6794)

Guest Gavin Werbeloff is a long time aviation enthusiast who tweets as travel_buddha. He’s active on the online aero community, initially through fleetbuzz and then flyertalk, and he’s written a few pieces for travelcrisis.com.

The week’s aviation news:

• Only Two Bids for KC-X — US Aerospace/Antonov is OUT
• Report: Skywest might be interested in Comair
• Regional airlines SkyWest, ExpressJet agree to join
• July traffic rose 3.4 pct at Southwest Airlines
• Airbus A350 gets Asian boost as Cathay endorses jet
• Zimbabwe officials spark ‘unnecessary panic’ over London to Harare plane ‘accident drill’
• School Launches Aging Aircraft Maintenance Site

Mentions:

• Aging Aircraft Education & Training
• The World Airport Data app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. (Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later)
• Addison Schonland’s IAGblog Podcasts
• FlightMemory

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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/.