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APG 144 – Gross!

by captjeff | Nov 21, 2014 | Podcast

Well, you see, a “gross” refers to a group of 144 items (a dozen dozen). Episode 144. Get it? Yes, it also refers to things that are unrefined and gravely deficient in civility or decency, so that fits as well!

In the news this week, we discuss the crash of an air cargo flight at Chicago Midway, a MD-88 encounter with geese at RDU, the FAA investigating several drone sitings at JFK, airline fees, and Amazon’s Prime Air.

As usual, lots of interesting questions and feedback from my awesome listeners, including topics of landing gear retraction, the ITCZ, color vision, and more.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN NEWS
The Coffee Fund
Aero Commander & Aerostar: Ted Smith’s Towering-Tail Twins

FEEDBACK
Rick Ruiz – Landing Gear Retraction
Rob – Time lapse
PJ Gustafson – 10,000 feet AGL or MSL???
Brendan Cosgrove – New Archbishop of Chicago Flies Delta Mad Dog To Town
Dr. Steph – U2 Star Bono’s Mid-Air Scare: Door Falls Off Learjet From 15,000 Feet
Chattanooga Tim – No-fly zones over Disneyland and Walt Disney World have been in place since 2003
Tim Van Raam – Honor Flight
Rescue of Roger Locher
Dr. Steph – KLM MD-11 listed as ‘Spacious Airline Apartment’ on Airbnb
Rick – ITCZ

Jacob Rivard – Yellow Cleats on the Wing?
Nick Wilson – To go around or not to go around?
Easyjet at Amsterdam Schiphol
TuiFly landing at the notoriously windy Funchal airport in Madeira (Portugal)
Devin – ANG Info
WantsCheck.com
Sport Pilot Dave – Thrust Reversers and Powerbacks
Luis – Reduced Thrust Takeoffs
When Less is More
Ross in England – A guided tour of the UK skies
Pip – Colour vision
Plane Safety Podcast
Bruce – TheSimCaptain – Just Spoofing Around
CJ – Feedback for APG 141 and a Seniority/Pay Question
How To Apply For A Federal Job ACP061
Alex Marquardt – FlyAce.org
Carl – Question about SFRA

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APG 143 – Wind Shear, Go-Arounds, Reduced Thrust Takeoffs

by captjeff | Nov 14, 2014 | Podcast

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A Grand Prairie, Alberta woman is lucky she didn’t lose her head… literally. She was a passenger on a Jazz Dash 8-400 that diverted to Edmonton because of a tire failure. Upon landing, the tire came apart, the right main gear collapsed, and all of the propeller blades separated, including one that found its way into the passenger cabin, narrowly missing Christina Kurylo’s head. This could have been so much worse.

A couple of other crashes are discussed, including a Learjet that crashed in Freeport, killing all nine aboard, and an update on the Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two crash.

Lots of great feedback again, including discussions about wind shear, go-arounds, reduced thrust takeoffs, and more!

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FEEDBACK
Lennart – “Thank you!”
Nick Carson – 757-200 vs. 757-200ER: What’s the difference?
Steve Cravener – 727 JATO?
Ron Buckwell – Durham Tees Valley Airport
Charath Ranganathan – Fears of stalls
Nick – Runway Incursion: SpiceJet hits Buffalo on Takeoff
Rick from KABE – Alternatives for Pitot Tube failure
Jacob – Acme? Ignition Keys?
Lee Hayden – AdBlock, 727 Hush Kits
John Brown – Cancun Control Tower!

AJ Bowers – Climb Thrust
Ron Findlay – YOU ever seen something you just can’t explain?
Vidal – Clarification, Please!
Rick – Oxygen requirements
Jules – AF447
Rennell – So what are your chances of dying in a train accident/derailment?
Koppa – Porn, Norwegian mus (moose) and some more
Sam – Colour Blindness
Pete – Color Vision Test
Anonymous – JetBlue LGB
Rick – Reduced Thrust Takeoff
Bill – GPS Speed Info?
Josh in Tulsa – A couple news items…
Akeem – Short 777 Flight
Derek – Windshears and Go-Arounds
SouthWest 150 Windshear/Go-Around
Alex – FSX Weather
HiFi-Tech’s Active Sky Next
Bhavesh – Food and Flying
Jack – New Listener in Atlanta
Paul – Joke

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APG 142 – Diagnosis: Aviation Geek Virus

by captjeff | Nov 7, 2014 | Podcast

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Back on a 4-day trip again. First night in Springfield, MA (flew into KBDL), and the next two in Miami. We had another impromptu APG Meet-up on my first layover in Miami, this time checking out Elwood’s Gastro Pub. Rick, Nick, Chad and Jessica joined me for a fun night of beer, food, and great conversation!

In the news this week, we talk about the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crash, the King Air 200 crash in Wichita, mystery drones flying over nuclear sites in France, a 757 dropping its over-wing slide package in flight, and more. A lot of great feedback as well, including the dude who thought it’d be a good idea to taxi a wingless Beech Skipper to the local bar, and the dreaded bug that has bitten most of us: Aviation Geek Virus.

FEEDBACK
Thierry Bickard in Paris – HSTA
Kizza – Takeoff Roll, Gear Up
Rana – Seniority, Seat Progression, etc.
Sarah – Cecil Spaceport prepares for 2016 launch
Jordan Leslie – Mayday, Emergency
Captain Morgan – Fixed wing air ambulance pilot
James – Sexual images in Air Canada flight decks worse than airline admits
Todd Johnson – “Thank you!”
Jay Rossignol/Erik Jernberg – Drone flying over the Mexico City International
Koppa – JATO
Mark Librowski – The In-Flight Safety Video El Al Should Show
Tariq Hossenbux – Radiation and Cancer
Craig – Checkrides Completed!
Pushkar Renade – Java Jive at 1.5!
Nick Carson – Flight Simulator Help Needed from Listeners
Rodney – Holding Off Nosewheel on Grass Strips
Jorge – MD stuff
Cockpit Chronicles: Why I’ve fallen for the MD-80
Ryan – Driving Wingless Plane to Bar (Beech Skipper)

Ross in England – Mouse hunt delays Norwegian flight to New York
Tim Van Raam – Heck of an Aviation week for me
Nick Carson – A340 Feedback
Christopher Larrieu – Flight Training, Flying Career
Mike – West Midlands Police Laser Footage
Nick – Am I Crazy, Normal, or Just Plain Weird?

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APG 141 – Play APG Bingo!

by captjeff | Oct 31, 2014 | Podcast

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Three people lost their lives in a tragic mid-air collision between a helicopter and a Cirrus SR22 last week at the Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Maryland (KFDK). We listen to the ATC communications with the pilots, and talk about the importance of following instructions and using “See and Avoid” procedures.

American Airlines flight returns to gate : flight from LAX to LHR returned to the gate last week when a mysterious wifi network name appeared on a passenger’s computer while taxiing out for takeoff. The “Al Quida Free Terror Nettwork” upset the passenger, who notified a flight attendant, who in turn notified the captain. The flight departed the next day at 1:00 PM, after a delay of 17 hours.

The MD-11 has flown its last regularly scheduled revenue flight (passenger service). KLM Flight 672 took off from Montreal and flew to Amsterdam.

FEEDBACK
Rick – Great time! Photos of Approach to Quito

Dan Maloney – The way we were treated recently by Virgin Australia
Kent Borchelt – Airline Pilot Hiring Site
Ken Norton – Scary Flight Experiences
Rick – Off to AMS for Recurrent
Corporate Pilot Dave – Killing time

Dylan – A330/A350 Common Type Rating
Tom Seagraves – 757/767 Type Ratings
Trent from Australia – WorldFlight Australia
Nick – Flight Training and Scary Moments
Craig – Air National Guard
Randy Rymer – Aerodynamic braking
Andrew Cook – Eastern Kentucky University
Tony in Teesside – Bingo Cards!
Ray – Watch Where You Park Your Mad Dog

Erik – Warning Sounds, Cold Weather Prep
Nick in Orange County – Wrong Airplane, Descent Point
Jim Howard – Mayday/Emergency, Flight Control Malfunction
Alex McAllister – Cost Index
Nick – Which Narrow Body Would You Choose?
Ken – New York firefighters taking to the skies as flight attendants with JetBlue
Sport Pilot Dave – ETOH
CJ – JATO
Charles – Pitch Vs. Power
Andrew Cook – FOD, Seniority
Stuart Aslett – BBC News: Drone safeguards urged by pilots
Vladimir – Hello from Montenego
Nate – 787 Video, Takeoff Power, Climb Power
Mike Dell – “Acme” C-130?
Bhavesh – Evening Takeoff

Chattanooga Tim – NOTAM APG – “German Airplane Makes A Scary Landing in Powerful Crosswinds”

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APG 140 – Meet-ups, Flight Control Problems, Emergencies

by captjeff | Oct 24, 2014 | Podcast

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Would you hesitate to declare an emergency? We discuss an article about pilot reluctance to declare an emergency when it is the appropriate thing to do.

A sick passenger on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago was told by flight attendants worried about Ebola that she would have to stay in the lavatory for the duration of the flight, according to a passenger witness. Is this a case of hysteria and overreaction, or prudent action?

Here’s an interesting one: A Skywest CRJ2 experienced flight control problems while on approach to Chicago’s O’Haire International last week. They safely landed the jet at DuPage Airport southwest of KORD.

Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft
The Airplane Shop

FEEDBACK
Bruce – Flight Data Monitor and Alerting System?
Danish – Airline Pilot at Church, Poor Quality of ATC communications on LiveATC
Janel – Weird Flight Path
Jan from Switzerland – BA London-City service to New York
Nick Wilson – Main Landing Gear Bogies
Smoothest Landing? US Airways Airbus A330
Rick – A little feedback on autopilots and rudder
Nick – Why no Air Conditioning?

FO Jeff – Journalist with a clue.
Micah – Smoke Hoods, Flight Deck Design, and Amazing World Of Aviation Series
Cory Huffer – Chemsuits for Pilots flying Ebola Patients?
Janel – The Lazy Journalists Guide to Airplane Stories
Kib – Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
William from KDOV – Dassault Falcon EASy II
Nick – Indonesian Extreme Landings
Brendan in Chicago – Regarding Air Force One
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Darren – EasyJet captain asks passengers to volunteer to deplane
Ken – Crew rest facilities
Travis – USA Trip.m4a
Christine – Aviation Humor
Nick – Just Started Flight Training