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Pittsburgh International Airport will stay open as drillers tap the gas reserves underneath, thanks to a technique called hydraulic fracturing, or commonly known as “fracking.” Dayton International, not too far away, is experimenting with planting tall prairie grass in an effort to reduce bird strikes. More news, including a pilot losing partial control of his Flybe DH8D because of a prosthetic arm malfunction, and a Jet Airways B-777 co-pilot apparently unable to return the jet to their assigned altitude after descending some 5,000 feet. Seems like that would be something a pilot should know how to do? FEEDBACK Max – Audio feedback from Max: Emergency response and thrust reversal during one engine failure landings Andri – Flight Prep? Tony – Feedback, Questions & coffee !! Vicki – What’s that noise? Daniel – Pilot buzzing his house Chattanooga Tim – Drunk Pilot Videos The Man Show – Drunk Pilots Foster Brooks as the Drunk Airline Pilot George – Flight Training Costs, What was your first flying experience? Glyne – Jokes John – Shutting down a jet engine to increase loiter time? Nick – Career advice? Rodney – Flashing Landing Lights Milad – Airways, Upgrading to another airplane Armando – WiFi Bill A. – For the Love of Flight: An Aviation Film Barney – UK/European Airports, Radio requirements Jesper – Track Miles Phil – maneuvering speed Craig – MythBusters: Plane Boarding Trailer Ken in KC – Delta 418 issue Steve Jess – The Aviators Karl from Iceland – Radio communications and languages Karl’s Flickr Page! Marc – Airline Pilot Career Pasadena Brian – More on Sheepskin Covers, Editorial Content Nick – HUD System Mark Javornik – Sink Rate in Flare? Frik – 41 Years in 25 Minutes Ryan – A350 World Tour VIDEO Audible.com Trial Membership Offer – Get your free audio book today! Give me your review in iTunes! I’m “airlinepilotguy” on Facebook, and “airlinepilotguy” on Twitter. feedback@airlinepilotguy.com (304) 99-PILOT (304) 997-4568 airlinepilotguy.com ATC audio from https://LiveATC.net Intro/Outro music by Tim Brown, BrownHouseMedia, iStockphoto.com Copyright © AirlinePilotGuy 2014, All Rights Reserved