Airplane Geeks - Episode 166 - Delta Knows Social Media [ 1:20:58 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6055)

Guest Susan Elliott is a senior member of the Delta Air Lines cross-divisional social media team. She has primary responsibility for leading strategy and implementation efforts surrounding issue management within emerging media. Susan also acts as company spokesperson and maintains day-to-day relationships with top-tier media and digital influencers. Like us!

Delta maintains a strong Twitter presence at @Delta, (for promotions and availability) @DeltaAssist (for customer service issues), and @DeltaNewsroom (issues management primarily for the news media). You can also find Delta on Facebook and YouTube, and at the Delta Blog. Susan’s own Twitter handle is @SusanCElliott.

The week’s aviation news:

• Lightspeed Aviation Foundation Announces 2011 Pilots Choice $10,000 Award Recipients at AOPA Summit
• FAA Hits Cessna with $2.5 Million Fine
• Boeing Loses Part of Atlas Air 747-8 Order in Jumbo-Jet Freighter Setback
• Airline groups oppose fees in Obama’s deficit plan

In this week’s Australia Desk Report, Steve and Grant talk about the RAAF order for the 6th C-17, Tiger Airways, Delta and Virgin Codeshare, Boeing pilot forecast for that region, and even a supprise cameo appearance by another Visscher. 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.

In our first Grill the Geeks segment, Dan get’s stumped by listener Jeremy, who asked, “Who has the Boeing customer number G1? H5? JH?” We also had no idea how to answer, “What is the Albuquerque box effect on hot air balloons?” Better luck next time.

Max played his interview from the AOPA Aviation Summit with Alan Klapmeier, CEO of Kestrel Aircraft Company.

Mentions:

• The Airline Codes Web Site
• NTSB Training Center
• FAA Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook Aircraft Handbooks & Manuals

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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 164 - Henry Harteveldt [ 1:25:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6014)

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 (8282)

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 (6841)

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 (6209)

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 (7343)

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 146 - Ice Pilots [ 1:44:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (8067)

Our guest this episode is Mikey McBryan from Buffalo Airways and the TV show Ice Pilots (known as Ice Pilots NWT in Canada). In the U.S., thie show airs Fridays at 10pm ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. You can follow them on Twitter at @IcePilotsNWT.

The week’s aviation news:

• Bin Laden Raid May Have Exposed Stealth Helo
• Boeing Completes First Test Flight of Phantom Ray Stealth UAV
• USAirways Merger Rumors Continue
• Republic narrows loss but struggles continue at Frontier
• Republic alludes to A320neo place holder deposit
• Another Black Eye for FAA when an ATC computer goes down

Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast provide their Australia Desk Report. Follow their show on Twitter at @pcdu, Steve at @stevevisscher and Grant at @falcon124.

In this weeks Across the Pond segment, Pieter Johnson talks with Peter Vojinovic from the Tango Six Blog.

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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 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/.

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

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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 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/.