Airplane Geeks - Episode 146 - Ice Pilots [ 1:44:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7762)

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 (19283)

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 (6475)

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:

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• http://www.laxairlinerexpo.com/
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• http://www.torontoairlinershow.com/

Follow our Twitter lists for some seriously great content by some of the best folks in aviation:

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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 (10127)

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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 135 - Gavin Again [ 1:34:32 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9472)

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.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 132 - Peter Sanders [ 1:31:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9546)

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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 131 - News, Listener Mail, and Politics [ 1:39:35 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6247)

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 122 - Jon on the Passenger Experience [ 1:37:30 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6345)

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 116 - Roving Reporters [ 1:48:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5762)

David, Rob, Dan, and Max discuss the week’s aviation news. We also have Kimon’s report of a zero-G flight experience, David’s interviews with the MS760 team and The Fighter Factory from the Oceana Airshow, and Max’s interview with Carl Dietrich, co-Founder and CEO of Terrafugia, developers of a “flying car.” Pieter Johnson came in with another Across the Pond, and Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast have their Australia Desk report.

The week’s aviation news:

• Airline Trade Group Lifts Profit Forecast
• Boeing Issues Forecasts for Pilot Hiring and Airliner Purchases
• Boeing patent may provide glimpse into 737 replacement plan
• Cessna cuts 700 jobs, blames stalled recovery
• AA, Eagle to trim departures from San Juan
• Sparks flying, wing aground, NYC flight lands safe
• Pilot Error, Air Traffic Controller Distraction Resulted in Plane Crash

Mentions:

• Kimon’s Blog
• Flaps 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 115 - More Manno [ 1:32:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6450)

Airline Captain Chris Manno makes a return visit to tell us how many pilots it takes to fly an airliner. He also gives us his insight into things going on in the industry. Chris blogs at JetHead and you can find his collection of aviation themed cartoons at FlightcrewZoo.com.

Gavin Werbeloff, travel_buddha on Twitter, helps out as a guest co-host. Jon Ostrower, the FlightBlogger, steps in for a bit to contribute to the conversation and give us a Boeing 787 update.

The week’s aviation news:

• UAL and Continental Shareholders Approve Merger
• Pilots call for changes to proposed fatigue rules
• Boeing assails European characterization of WTO ruling
• Do We Dare Raise Hope for a Meigs Revival?

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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/.