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Jason Paur joins as guest. He’s a contributing writer for Wired.com where Jason posts to the Autopia blog. Find Jason on Twitter as @jasonpaur. We talk about the week’s aviation news and some of Jason’s recent articles, including Exclusive: We Fly An Electric Airplane and SpaceShipTwo First Glide Flight Details From The Pilot.

The week’s aviation news:

• Airlines haven’t been this profitable since 1978
• Southwest Airlines decides fee for inflight Internet service: $5
• U.S., Japan sign a tentative ‘open skies’ deal
• Follow the Money: Pork-Powered Pig Preps for Flight

Mentions:

• I Hate Ryanair
• Flightstar Sportplanes
• Flight Design USA
• Yuneec
• Detroit, Willow-Run Cargo Operations

Also see Steve and Grant’s Australia Desk archive and their Flight Time Radio segments.

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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/.