Airplane Geeks - Episode 187 - Ducky Does Airplanes [ 1:52:26 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5055)

Guest David Allen produces the great video podcast Other People’s Airplanes, where he takes you with him on flights in, well, other people’s airplanes. He also co-hosts the popular Pilot’s Flight PodLog, a hangar flying podcast. Follow David on Twitter as @DaveFlys.

We talk about how David uses multiple GoPro cameras mounted on the airplane to capture an immersive in-cockpit video experience, and some exciting changes coming to the Pilot’s Flight PodLog. David has also seen the first rough cut of the documentary film, A Pilot’s Story and he gives us a little taste of that. This will be a DVD that we’ll all want to own when it becomes available. David tells us what it takes to do what he does, and how you can too. Also, if you stick with the show, you’ll hear where the handle Ducky came from.

The week’s aviation news:

• Air Traffic Controllers Caught Sleeping In The Tower At Westchester Airport
• FAA: Ditch The 3rd Class Medical Petition, Denied
• NTSB calls for safety upgrades for Boeing 737 cabin, pilot seats
• National Transportation Safety Board – Safety Recommendation
• F-35 Plane Falls Short on Goals Costing Lockheed $32 Million

In this week’s Australia Desk report: In this week’s Australia Desk report: Grant has been to an air show without Steve! Air New Zealand announces job cuts following low profit figures, Air New Zealand confirms the purchase of two additional 787-9s, Virgin Australia announces profit increase of 118% on same time last year, RAAF may reconsider purchase of C27J Spartans – Airbus Military keen to sell them C295s instead.

Find more from Grant and Steve 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 the Across The Pond segment, Pieter Johnson talks to Simon Atack, one of the world’s greatest aviation artists. We find out how Simon starting drawing and painting aeroplanes and what inspires him to keep producing his amazing pictures.

You can find Simon Atack on Twitter at @SimonWAtack on the Web at www.simonatack.com, and on Facebook. Pieter can be found on Twitter as @Nascothornet or XTP Media’s Facebook Page.

Mentioned in the episode:

• A Pilot’s Story

Links from listeners:

• Conquistadors del Cielo
• Bob Crandall’s return to American Airlines
• AA Bankruptcy Song
• Bye Bye American Pride
• West Coast DHC-6-100 C-FGQH Twin Otter at Vancouver Harbour Seaplane Terminal
• A fantasy camp for airline nerds

Isaac’s Seattle links:

• Aviation Geek Fest
• The Museum of Flight
• 2012 NorthWest Scale Modelers Show
• Future of Flight
• The Flying Heritage Collection
• Historic Flight at KILO-7
• Legend Flyers – Me 262 Project
• Museum of Flight Restoration Center
• Visit Seattle
• Sea-Tac International Airport

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 185 - Richard Aboulafia Returns [ 1:30:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5615)

Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis from Teal Group joins the Geeks to talk aviation. Benet Wilson, Director of Media Relations for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, is back as guest co-host.

We talk about the A380 and B787, program breakeven vs. recurrent breakeven, lessons the airframers can apply to the 737MAX and A320neo, and why the A380 doesn’t have swimming pools, bowling alleys, and fast food restraunts. Richard opines on the poor state of the business jet market and the impact on Wichita. We talk about the Chinese aviation market and why Richard isn’t worried about the Comac 919. Shades of the IPTN N-250! Richard also talks about what Bombardier needs to do to gouge out CSeries market share. We touch on the EU Carbon Trading Scheme, the American Airlines bankruptcy, the Boeing 747-8, the Heli Expo in Dallas and the Singapore Airshow.

The week’s aviation news:

• European Agency Orders Global Check On A380 Wings
• Richard Aboulafia’s January 2012 Letter
• Hawker Beechcraft Chief Vows Turnaround
• China’s Role In JSF’s Spiraling Costs

In this week’s Australia Desk report: Qantas inspects another A380 for wing cracks, Etihad very happy with pax numbers after aligning with Virgin Australia, Virgin Aus pilot sues company over use of a heavy flight bag, Taser found on board a Virgin 737, full body scanners to be rolled out in Australian airports, Qantas CEO Allan Joyce claims in a Senate hearing that changes to the Qantas Sale Act would potentially force the sale of Jetstar.

Find more from Grant and Steve at the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast, and follow the show on Twitter at @pcdu. Steve’s at @stevevisscher and Grant at @falcon124.

On Across The Pond this week, Pieter talks to David Bickerton, Director at Airclaims. He tells us about his aviation career and what services Airclaims delivers to the aviation sector., which includes insurance claims, aviation risk management and aviation consulting among other activities. Its a part of the aviation industry rarely seen by the public.

You can find Airclaims on Twitter at @Airclaims and at www.airclaims.com. Pieter can be found on Twitter as @Nascothornet or XTP Media’s Facebook Page.

Mentioned in the episode:

• Heli Expo in Dallas
• Singapore Airshow
• Vancouver Harbour Control Tower

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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 172 - Girls With Wings [ 1:34:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6638)

Guest Lynda Meeks is Executive Director of Girls With Wings, Inc. a non-profit organization which introduces young girls to aviation. Lynda began her flying career in the military where she learned to fly helicopters. She’s flown twins and the Citation X as a professional pilot. Lynda also offers flight and ground instruction from Medina Municipal Airport in Medina, Ohio. Learn more at LyndaMeeks.com.

The week’s aviation news:

• Aero 2075: An Engineer’s Crystal Ball
• Pratt Sees Future For Larger GTF Engines
• FAA to ban Plane Crashes
• EU sticks to airline carbon rules despite UN opposition
• India to open bids for $11 bln fighter jets deal

In this week’s Australia Desk report: Qantas wins return to work order, Qantas A380 makes precautionary landing in Abu Dhabi, Virgin Australia boss John Borghetti offers his thoughts on the opportunities the Qantas grounding created them, Grant talks about his L39 ride.

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 welcomes back Gareth Stringer and Tim Robinson to talk about UK and European aviation, including the Global Aviation Resources recent journalism award success, Tim’s visit to Kazakhstan and the run down of services following the campaign in Libya. Find Gareth at www.globalaviationresource.com and Tim at www.aerosociety.com.

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 162 - Voices From The DC-3 [ 1:32:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (8066)

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 159 - Aviation Chatter [ 1:49:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (10036)

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 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 126 - Another Aboulafia Adventure [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7017)

Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis from Teal Group joins the Geeks to talk aviation. Benet Wilson, editor from AviationWeek, fills in for Rob.

We have the aviation news from the past week and David’s This Week in Aviation history segment. Steve and Grant update us on the Qantas A380 in their Australia Desk Report, and Pieter Johnson talkes with an airline pilot and past AGP guest Karlene Pettit about flying in Europe in his Across the Pond segment.

The week’s aviation news:

• Airbus A320 Offers New Engines to Boost Bestseller
• NPR: Brazilian Planes Soar Over U.S. Skies
• Chris Around The World blog: TSA Airport Security: Is it time for a Trusted Traveler biometric program?
• What does future hold for airport security?
• Aviation Week: Lufthansa Restarts Inflight Internet
• Delta adding wi-fi to regional jet
• JSF Alternate Engine Faces Crunch Time
• UK’s Daily Mail: The sky HAS a limit! Delta Airlines overwhelmed by 100,000 people applying for just 1,000 flight attendant jobs
• AvWeek’s Things With Wings blog: Twitter prompts KLM to lay on ad-hoc service

Mentions:

• Fly2Miami
• Aviation Queen, Benet’s new blog
• Julia Edwards Design

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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 (8635)

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 119 - Rafael Loves Planes [ 1:52:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5862)

Guest Rafael Marquez blogs at I Love Planes and tweets as @rafaelmarquez. Rafael and Gavin Werbeloff discuss the weeks aviation news with Max, Rob, David, and Dan. We also have Dan’s interview with David Cush, the CEO of Virgin America, David’s This Week in Aviation, and the Australia Desk report by Steve and Grant from the Plane Crazy Down Under podcast. Gavin reports on the recent San Francisco Fleet Week Air Show. (His photo above.)

The week’s aviation news:

• Planes Don’t Kill People — Plane Exhaust Does
• UAE-Canada trade war escalates
• Report urging use of drones raises questions about fighter jet deal
• Deal with pilots would let Southwest fly bigger 737s, making long routes viable
• NATCA- FAA Collaboration Results in Positive Changes to National Airspace System

Mentions:

• Gavin’s San Francisco Fleet Week Air Show photos
• Will Fly For Food
• Hey! with Dane Golden
• San Francisco Fleet Week Air Show Photos by Gavin Werbeloff
• AirShowFan.com Bernardo Malfitano’s aviation photography site.
• paper.li
• Commemorative Air Force
• Seat Guru
• ExpertFlyer

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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 118 - The Return of Runway Girl [ 1:34:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5692)

Mary Kirby, the “Runway Girl” returns as our guest to talk about airlines using social media to generate revenue, the future for inflight connectivity, Aircell’s business aviation strategy, and more. Mary blogs on FlightGlobal as RunwayGirl, follow her on Twitter, and be sure to visit RunwayGirlMaryKirby’s Channel on YouTube.

The week’s aviation news:

• Air Canada forges deal with United
• U.S., Japanese Airlines Win Approval for Alliance
• Southwest Wants Into Washington National
• Commercial rocketplane takes first gliding flight test
• Israel to pay $2.7B for F-35I jets

Mentions:

• SimpliFlying
• MySkyStatus by Lufthansa
• The official Frontier Airlines customer service assist Twitter account, FrontierCare
• Aircell for BizAv on Twitter
• Dragons of Thin Air: The Less Concise Fear of Flying Course

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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/.