Airplane Geeks - Episode 65 - Build Your Own [ 1:40:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4692)

Guest Jeremy Monnett, the CEO of Sonex Aircraft, joins Rob and Max to talk about building your own airplane. Sonex is also developing other interesting kit planes, including jet and electric powered versions and we talk about those as well.

We have aviation news from the past week as well as the report from the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk. David Vanderhoof joins us for his This Week in Aviation history lesson and we have some listener mail.

Dan couldn’t make it for this episode (although we note he’s been spending time at the Plane Crazy Down Under Podcast), but he sneaks in with a recorded interview with Simon Talling Smith, Executive VP of the America’s for British Airways.

The news:

• Boeing Projects Asia Pacific Will Be Largest Aviation Market in World
• China pilots to open low sky for general aviation
• Airlines charging toward Wi-Fi fees
• Pamela Anderson ad too sexy for airport

Also mentioned this episode:

• The online Air & Space article, The Electric Airplane, featuring Sonex Aircraft
• Forvo, the pronunciation guide discovered by David Vanderhoof: http://forvo.com/
• “U.S. Missile-Defense Laser Fired in Flight” from listener Tracy.
• A cutaway image of the Airborne Laser 747-400 Freighter Platform discovered by David Vanderhoof.
• The Flight Crew Zoo aviation humor site submitted by listener Jaime.

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This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 63 - Free Junk Kept Forever [ 1:26:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4351)

This episode’s guest is 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.

We talk about aviation news from the past week and we have a report from the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk (which is expecially amusing this time). We also have our This Week in Aviation history lesson from David Vanderhoof, and some listener mail.

The news:

• Seatbacks in Position and Empty, Please
• NTSB calls for new air traffic rules over Hudson River
• FAA: Southwest operating 40-plus 737s with uncertified parts
• National Business Travel Association International Convention & Exposition
• Cliff Notes: Seven key items from today’s 787 announcement
• Virgin America’s Second Quarter Results Show Improvement

A photo of the Etrich Taube, the airplane mentioned in David’s This Week in Aviation segment as the first aerial bombardment of a city by a fixed wing aircraft, can be found in Wikipedia.

The photo above is of our own Dan Webb at the National Business Travel Association International Convention & Exposition. It was taken when he wasn’t collecting free junk.

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This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

Episode 62 - The Youngest Airplane Geek [ 1:18:29 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4057)

Evan, from the Evan Flys website, joins Dan, Rob, and Max to prove that airplane geeks come in all sizes and ages. Evan has a passion for aviation, especially warbird aviators and airshow performers. In fact, he’s interviewed a number of them, he can be heard on Flight Line Internet Radio, and he writes a monthly column for Atlantic Flyer magazine.

• SWA ‘seriously considering’ Canada/Mexico/Caribbean flying in 2011
• Government clears air crew in recent runway stranding
• Eclipse Aviation purchase approved
• Flight Delay Predictor Saves Airport Time and Hassle
• NTSB Needs to Re-Admit NATCA to Investigation
• What’s up with the naked unruly fliers? and Man Strips Naked On Plane, Punches Lady In Face
• Fly kid grounded

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This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

Episode 61 - Misunderstood, but the Best [ 1:30:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5221)

Dick Knapinski, Media and Public Relations Director for the EAA joins Max, Dan and Rob to talk about AirVenture and new media. We also have a report from the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk, and Court has another great Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot segment. We’re joined by David Vanderhoof, our Airplane Geeks Historian, and we don’t mean just his words. This time you get to hear it straight from David!

The news:

• Continental offers apologies, vouchers and refunds to airline passengers on ‘flight from hell’

• Frontier Execs: Pilot deal may not have mattered

• JetBlue offers all-you-can-fly plan for $599

• Airlines swap assets in New York, Washington, D.C.

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This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

Episode 60 - Flying Green [ 1:28:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4475)

Guest Jim Hileman, an alternative fuels researcher from MIT, joins Dan, Rob, and Max to talk biofuels and reducing the carbon footprint of aviation.

In the news this week:

• Former Beijing airport boss executed in China
• House Pencils in Millions for Jets the Air Force Did Not Request

Also:

• Sirus boss quits
• Delta job cuts
• Save Frontier

And some news from the green aviation front:

• NASA To Hold Competition For 100% Biofueled Aircraft
• Harvesting algae to power sophisticated unmanned aircraft
• Boeing and Leading Airlines Announce New Members Added to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
• Algae: The next biofuel bet
• Bio-jet fuel plan takes off

And finally, some related resources:

• Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction
• Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative

We also have a report from the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk.  Court returns with another Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot segment, we have a This Week in Aviation segment, listener mail, and more.

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This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

Episode 56 - AeroKate [ 1:36:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4178)

Kate Sedlmayr, president of KES Consulting, joins Max, Dan, and Rob to discuss the week’s aviation news and talk about airlines and airports.

• Air France rolls out ‘high-density’ A380
• As Obesity Grows, FAA Sticks to 170 Pounds
• Canadian guitarist’s anti-airline hit takes off (Also visit Dave Carroll’s website.)
• Traffic drop doesn’t worry Atlanta airport boss
• Air Hubs Pay to Keep Their Spokes
• The results of Travel + Leisure’s best domestic airline survey are in — do you agree?
• DLR motor glider Antares takes off in Hamburg – powered by a fuel cell

We also have a report from the boys down under at the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk, a This Week in Aviation segment, and listener mail.

Dan selected Airlinemeals.net as this week’s aviation website pick of the week.

Don’t forget to send us your ideas for Airplane Geeks T-Shirts! Also, we’re collecting good United stories so send them in by email, voice mail, or mp3.

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Standard Podcast [ 1:15:48 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4201)

Paula Berg, Manager of Emerging Media at Southwest Airlines, joins Max and Dan for a discussion of how Southwest communicates with it’s customers through participation in new media.

News from the past week:

• American Air to Slash 1,600 Jobs, Delta May Follow

• Boeing sees $3.2 trillion market for planes over next 20 years

• United defends liquidity position, moves carefully on fleet renewal

• Skepticism Surrounds Potential United Aircraft Order

• Incheon International Airport is Named World’s Best Airport 2009

• Family joins Air France jet probe

• Flight 447′s perfect storm

Dan has a great aviation website pick of the week: CH-Aviation. We’ve also got a report from the guys at the Australia Desk, our new “this week in aviation history” segment, listener mail, and more.

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Episode 25 - The CEO of the Cockpit [ 59:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4184)

Kevin Garrison of http://www.kevincreates.com joins Max and Court this week.  Kevin is an aviation writer, humorist, and retired airline captain who is kind enough to put up with us hanging up on him to spend some time talking airplanes with us.  We go international with several news items this week, but still have plenty to cover from within the U.S.:

Eclipse Aviation Files for Bankruptcy

Airlines Balk at UK Tax

Critics line up to attack APD

US airline labour flexes its muscles

Thai protesters seize second airport

Traffic Decline Continues – Second Month of Global Contraction

China’s first homegrown jet makes trial flight