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Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Cathay 780!

by captjeff | Aug 25, 2018 | Plane Tales

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A gradual degradation of engine performance leads a Cathy Pacific crew into a dire situation, all due to Super Absorbent Polymer Spheres! This is the story of Cathy 780 and the excellent job that the crew did to get their crippled aircraft onto the ground.

The incident aircraft, an Airbus A330.

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to SA 4.0 and Aero Icarus.

Fighting Fog

by captjeff | Aug 17, 2018 | Plane Tales

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During World War 2, for the bomber pilots, getting shot down over enemy territory was far from the only risk that they faced. In England, Bomber Command and the Eighth Air Force suffered significant losses when returning to their bases only to find that they were fogged out. This is the story of FIDO.

A Lancaster comes to grief amongst the FIDO pipes.

Images under Creative Commons license with thanks to Goodchild A, the Imperial War Museums, the RAF Museum and UK Gov.

APG 336 – Stolen Horizon Q400

by captjeff | Aug 17, 2018 | Podcast

Photo Credit: Bill Abbott (Flickr)

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[1:47:50] Deanna – New Listener – Airplane the Movie? Why do Airlines use Callsigns?
[2:08:39] Plane Tale – Fighting Fog
[2:30:56] Christian – Air Canada Does it Again!
[2:33:49] Capt Steve (Horne) – Last Trip with Acme Junior
[2:43:14] Logan – Very New Listener
[2:45:36] Seaside Jake and Ken – Drone in Mauritius
[2:48:50] Texas Charlie – Retire the Blue Angels?

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Intro/outro Music, Coffee Fund theme music by Geoff Smith thegeoffsmith.com
Dr. Steph’s intro music by Nevil Bounds
Capt Nick’s intro music by Kevin from Norway (aka Kevski)

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Handling the Big Jets

by captjeff | Aug 14, 2018 | Plane Tales

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The Chief Pilot of the British Registration Board, D P Davies, wrote THE definitive book for airline pilots moving to the the big jets of the 70’s and 80’s. An acerbic, opinionated but incredibly talented pilot his life was full of fascinating stories.

APG 335 – Never Again

by captjeff | Aug 11, 2018 | Podcast

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[1:08:50] John – RAF 100th Anniversary
[1:10:32] Triad Andrew – Potential Purchase for Capt Jeff?
[1:13:09] Nicks (Hewitt and Wilson), Paul, Texas Charlie, George, Steve and Jake – ATC – Aer Lingus departure from JFK
[1:30:32] Dan – Transition from Military to Civilian Flying
[1:40:20] Plane Tales – Handling the Big Jets
[2:04:43] Ralph – New Technology?
[2:05:55] Texas Charlie – Is this Video Realistic?
[2:09:30] Scott – Do Any of the Crew Have a “Never Again” Story?
[2:23:05] Josine – Some Questions and Audio Feedback
[2:40:11] Stephen – Finally Hit 1500 Hours
[2:51:56] Chris – Tray Table Troubles

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ATC audio from https://LiveATC.net

Intro/outro Music, Coffee Fund theme music by Geoff Smith thegeoffsmith.com
Dr. Steph’s intro music by Nevil Bounds
Capt Nick’s intro music by Kevin from Norway (aka Kevski)

Airline Pilot Guy Show by Jeff Nielsen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License