Airplane Geeks - Episode 171 - A Playground for Pilots [ 1:36:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (13542)

Mark Jones is an experimental test pilot and statistical consultant to aerospace leaders, and a part-time T-6 instructor pilot in the USAF Reserves. Mark has flown a wide variety of military aircraft and just recently separated from active duty in the regular Air Force as chief C-17 test pilot. He’s also a regular contributor at PlaneConversations.com, and Mark is a husband and father.

We talk about some of the flying Mark has done and how he got into the Air Force Academy. Also, flying the C-17 Globemaster III and training pilots in the T-6. Mark relates the details behind the July 2010 crash of a C-17 on Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska and talks about how the military conducts accident investigations. hear his thoughts on the AF447 accident, ejection seats, and NextGen ATC.

The week’s aviation news:

• Loaded guns in checked bags aren’t on TSA’s radar
• Rep. Janice Hahn criticizes TSA after firearm incident at LAX
• Piper Decides Not To Go Into Jet Business
• Beijing Sets up Its First General Aviation Manufacturing Company

This week’s Australia Desk report, recorded before the Government tribunal terminated the protected industrial action by the unions, covers the grounding of Qantas by it’s board. Ben Sandilands (@planetalking on Twitter) contributes.

Find the boys down under at 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 talks to Matt Falcus about the USA Airport Spotting Guide. Learn where the best spots for photographing aircraft in the USA are situated and what hotel room allows you to watch endless arrivals and departures. Matt can be found on Twitter @Airportspotting and at www.destinworld.com and www.airportspotting.com.

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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 159 - Aviation Chatter [ 1:49:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9961)

Pat Flannigan from Aviation Chatter joins us to talk about some aviation news, his website and his new Hold Here iPhone app, and even some weight and balance. Pat is a professional airline pilot, an aviation blogger, and a licensed flight instructor. On Twitter, Pat is @PatFlannigan.

The week’s aviation news:

• Cirrus loses access to Vision jet prototype
• Congress finds compromise to end FAA partial shutdown
• The F-35 joins the Great F-22 Grounded Fleet!
• A short history of the subsystem that grounded the F-35
• US Airways, Pilots Clash on Slowdown

This week on Across the Pond, Pieter Johnson updates us on the challenges airports are having in South East England and on some news items.

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.

Mentions:

• GE Aviation: A Little Brand Fun
• GE Future Flight – Terminal Command
• Paul Filmer’s Ag plane photos
• Volantor cocumentary film
• American’s weight and balance process
• Owen Zupp
• Save The Trident
• IAGblog Podcasts

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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 156 - Lusk Likes History [ 1:58:29 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (8251)

Brian Lusk is the Corporate Historian for Southwest Airlines and a long time airline veteran. He writes for Southwest’s blog, Nuts about Southwest and Tweets as @blogboy. We talk with Brian about preserving airline history, the Frontiers of Flight Museum, and Southwest at AirVenture 2011.

The week’s aviation news:

• AMR in sale-leaseback deal on up to 35 narrowbodies
• Delta Cuts Number of Flights to Small Cities in Midwest
• Cessna talking with Chinese company about developing business jet
• Congressman Invites Obama to Wichita to see the Industry
• Known Traveler Passenger Screening Pilot

Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron have their Australia Desk report. 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 talks with Gareth Stringer Deputy Editor of Global Aviation Resource (@gaviationr) about The Hanger, a social media portal for all those interested in aviation. Gareth is @Gareth_Stringer on Twitter.

Mentions:

• The Delta Heritage Museum
• Will the A380 fly for U.S. airlines?
• Speyers in Peru
• Ansett AN22 Flight Deck 14 June 1987
• Thromby Air
• What do you want from Oshkosh 2011?

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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 140 - Are You an Airplanista?? [ 1:47:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1173)

Guest Dan Pimentel is the publisher of Airplanista Magazine, a high quality, monthly online magazine targeted to general and business aviation. Dan was the man behind Av8rdan’s World of Flying blog, and has written articles for AOPA Pilot Magazine, InFlight USA, Atlantic Flyer, and National Speed Sport News. He’s also a frequent speaker at Oshkosh and aviation clubs and organizations, and he’s an instrumented-rated private pilot. Dan Tweets as @Airplanista.

Also joining us is Brian Foley to talk about his effort to create a counter-offer for Cirrus Aircraft through a group of American investors. You can find Brian at Brian Foley Associates where General Aviation management advisors focus on market research, industry analysis and forecasting, strategic marketing plans, new product evaluation and positioning, due diligence and transaction support.

Along the way, David Vanderhoof offers an outstanding overview of the current military aviation action in Libya.

We have the Australia Desk Report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and Pieter Johnson’s Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Coming Soon: General Aviation in China
• Aviation consultant hoping to keep Cirrus Design an American company
• Foley Organizes Cirrus Counter-Offer
• Earthquake Exposes Risks To Supply Chain
• Operational Planning for Libya’s No-Fly Zone Continues

Mentions:

• Loofbourrow – Private investment banking.
• TarmacLimits.com – Impact of Three-Hour Tarmac Delay Rules and Fines
  On Passenger Travel Time and Welfare.
• The Cockpit Chronicles and the Renewed Pilot Blog , recommended by listener Jusus.
• Jarrett’s YouTube channel with a video picture presentation from his first plane spotting trip.

Bonus:

• Listen: Secret Libya Psyops, Caught by Online Sleuths.

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

• http://twitter.com/airplanegeeks/hosts for podcast hosts and contributors.
• http://twitter.com/airplanegeeks/guests for guests on the Airplane Geeks podcast who tweet.

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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 134 - Lots of Listener Mail [ 1:14:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9137)

Photo submitted by Errol Cavit

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.

Photo submitted by Thomas Eklund

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/.

Airplane Geeks - Episode 132 - Peter Sanders [ 1:31:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (9473)

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 129 - David the AirlineReporter [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (19004)

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/.

Episode 71 - Flying with MayCay [ 1:26:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (3312)

This week’s guest is MayCay Beeler, a pilot, flight instructor, and TV journalist. MayCay joins Rob, Max, and David to talk about aviation news from the week, her flying experiences, and her recent article in AOPA Online, Crazy for Canada, Flying the Governor General’s Cup International Air Rally.

• Standing-Room-Only Seats: The Photos
• China’s Spring Airlines LCC conference presentation (PDF)
• Chicago CEO needs to wash her mouth out with soap
• China and Russia take on Airbus and Boeing in the single-aisle market
• Aviation Expert: Flight Automation Leads To Boredom
• Follow Friday: Tweets about planes, errant pilots
• Northrop May Sue Over Tanker Price Release

David has another This Week in Aviation while Steve Visscher and Grant McHerron have their Australia Desk report. We also have some listener voice and e-mail.

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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 69 - Rob and David [ 1:01:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4140)

Airplane Geeks Historian David Vanderhoof joins Rob and Max as they discuss the week’s aviation news. David also provides his This Week in Aviation history segment, Steve and Grant have the Australia Desk report, and Court returns with another Wiskey Tango Foxtrot look at aviation.

• Pilot safety bill passes US House
• Passenger ‘Rights’ Advocate Sues Delta, Alleges Email Hacking
• Michigan airport grounds website over malware risk
• UK Military Wants Istar UAV In 2015
• Flight Pay For Non-Flyers
• China’s Leap in Unmanned Aircraft Development
• Ion Tiger Fuel Cell Unmanned Air Vehicle Completes 23-hour Flight
• Airline flies first passenger flight on natural gas

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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 65 - Build Your Own [ 1:40:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4621)

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/.