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Episode 93 – Rottler Returns

maxflight — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:12:36 +0000

Guest Martin Rottler makes a return appearance. Martin is an airline junkie, a licensed commercial pilot for single and multi-engine aircraft with an Instrument Rating, and a CFI. He’s also a graduate student at the University of North Dakota. This summer Martin will be participating in a project to bring aviation to tribal school students in North Dakota. Download the program overview here. Find Martin’s blog at http://martinrottler.com/.

The news:

We also have the This Week in Aviation history segment from David, and the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk report.

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F-15 Strike Eagle courtesy Photography by Hank Plumley.

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

maxflight — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:15:56 +0000

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

maxflight — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:57:46 +0000

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:

Also:

Sirus boss quits
Delta job cuts
Save Frontier

And some news from the green aviation front:

And finally, some related resources:

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 59 – It’s Always About the Cash

Miller22 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:12:23 +0000

Photo Courtesy Flightblogger

The usual cast is joined this episode by Tom, author of The Airline Blog, Max Trescott, an author, CFI, and the man behind the Max Trescott on General Aviation blog, and Steve Visscher, one half of the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk and also co-host, along with Grant McHerron, of the new Plane Crazy Down Under podcast.

Rob and Max Trescott talk about their experiences at the 2009 AirVenture Fly-in at Oshkosh. We also have a report from the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk, a This Week in Aviation segment, listener mail, and more.

Don’t forget to send us your ideas for Airplane Geeks T-Shirts!

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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 5 – Cranky Flyin’

Miller22 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:33:48 +0000

This week, Max and Court welcome Brett Snyder of the Cranky Flier blog. Brett brings his insight to the industry, and discusses Allegiant and Frontier in detail. If you’d like to fast forward to Brett’s interview, it begins at 15:30.

Several topics are discussed in the news section including:

Max’s pic of the week:

http://www.solidworkspilot.com/
Paper Pilot: Battle of the air
This is just about the coolest paper airplane page you’ll find. A true time sink for airplane geeks.

The intro music is once again produced by Bruno Misonne. Check out Bruno’s aviation music at http://www.brunomisonne.com.

A special thanks to Chris and Jorge for their engaging emails about the Air Force tanker situation and the future of pilot hiring. If you have a question or a comment for the Airplane Geeks, you can send it to thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com.

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Episode 4 – News Extravaganza!

Miller22 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:21:57 +0000

We had quite a difficult go of the AirplaneGeeks podcast for episode 4. From failed hard drives, to guest cancellations, we did what we could to pull together an industry podcast for you. Unfortunately, there are some serious sound quality problems that we’ve tried desperately to rectify. So, if you make it to Episode 5, we consider you a true fan!

This week, Max and Court focus on news.

Max’s pick of the week can be found at http://www.techinflight.com. Please visit their site and tell them The Airplane Geeks sent you.

The winner from last week’s trivia is Leslie from Michigan. Don’t miss this week’s trivia question.

If you have any questions or comments, please send us emails at thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com.

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