by captjeff | Dec 19, 2014 | Podcast
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What sets a good aviator apart from a great aviator? One of many good questions asked of Bob Hoover by David Hartman at the Wright Memorial Dinner in Washington, DC last week.
111 years ago this week, two brothers succeeded in making history: Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.
An Air India A320 nearly misses hitting a UAV, active side stick controllers, and single-pilot cockpit ops are discussed as well.
Wright Brothers
R.A. “Bob” Hoover receives NAA Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
FLYING THE FEATHERED EDGE: THE BOB HOOVER PROJECT DVD
Selections from The United States Air Force Jazz Band The Airmen of Note’s Christmas album “Cool Yule.”
FEEDBACK
Stuart – US Navy Laser Blasts Drone Out Of The Sky!
Larry – EFB Coverage
Joris – JetBlue Easy Victor
Stuart – All London Airspace Closed Amid Computer Failure
Jay – 700-pound hog flies over Utah, gives new meaning to phrase ‘when pigs fly’
Private Pilot Arnold – Why yoke in US aircraft ?
Jay – Highway Landing Strips
J.R. Paguia – Supersonic Flight
Stuart – Thanks & Christmas wishes
Nick – Beers on a Plane
Rick – Peekaboo
Rana – Aviation: The Invisible Highway
Rana’s Etsy Site
Dave from Toronto – Humor
Dave from Toronto – Who’s got the Yoke?
Fr. Cory – The Pilots of Instagram
The pilots of Instagram: beautiful views from the cockpit, violating rules of the air
Pilots have organized a ferocious, at times threatening, response to Quartz’s story about Instagrams in the sky
These are the rules about pilots taking pictures in the cockpit
Ken – Cool C-130 Picture, Skylon
Alex – Airbus in the states
Sport Pilot David – Led flashlights
Mark Librowski – Co-pilots a thing of the past?
Josh Chambless – TFR Holding and JFK Tower NonCom
Rick – Freight Dog By Choice??
Nick Carson – Holidays
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by captjeff | Dec 12, 2014 | Podcast
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An Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 VLJ (Very Light Jet) crashed at Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI), approximately 20 miles north of the nation’s capital, killing all three on board and three members of a family on the ground. The NTSB is investigating the accident, which looks suspiciously like a classic low speed stall.
A Korean Air flight had to return to the gate at JFK due to a kerfuffle over macadamia nuts. It seems that the daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, Heather Cho, was upset about the way they were served. If you ask me, this is just nuts.
Music in this episode is from the United States Air Force Airmen of Note Christmas album A Holiday Note from Home.
Mosquito Ring Tone Hearing Test
Mike Dell’s Podcast Help Desk
FEEDBACK
Larry – Old Geezer
Ross: Beautiful Photo in England
Tom – Charter/Ferry Ops
Rick – Reduced Thrust Part Deux
Andy –Christmas Display Video
Devin – Shameless Plug!
All Things Aviation: Introduction Video
Moncho – US AIRWAYS PIGS
Bruce – Asiana Crash – Points for Discussion – Humor
Mike – PC-12 Crash
Jack – Drones
Near Mid-Air Collisions With Drones
Stuart – Here we go again Capt Geoff! :(
Drone And Plane In Near Miss Close To Heathrow
MattyFab – Seattle+Airbus=?
Yoni – Feedback/question for podcast
Lyn – Baby on board!
Luis in Mexico – APP MODE and GS intercept
Capt. Matt – AC 50, Loss of a Friend
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by captjeff | Dec 5, 2014 | Podcast
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When Pigs Fly?
NEWS
Fighter jets scramble into skies over Austria after Turkish Airlines pilot inadvertently triggers hijack alert on flight from Frankfurt to Istanbul
‘Big Wave of Confusion’ Surrounding Bomb Threat Against American Airlines Jet
FAA administrator on the future of drones
Air traffic controller saves pilot’s life
NTSB blames bad battery design—and bad management—in Boeing 787 fires
Air Tindi pilot ‘a hero’ for landing Cessna safely on ice near Yellowknife
FEEDBACK
Evan – Little voice feedback…
Karl from Iceland – B757 feedback
Christopher Weitzel – When Pigs Fly…
Bill in Victoria – Leslie Nielsen
Westjet Christmas
Bhavesh Vaghjiani – Audio Feed Back
Bryan – A friend of mine was killed
Mark Van Raam – Navy Researchers Counter Pilot Disorientation With New Simulations
Audio Feedback: Pilotless commercial aircraft?
Kevin – L1011 Diecast
Frik – Got ice?
SafeFlight’s New Ice Detector
Matt Marchincin – Air Lines vs Airlines
Nick Carson – Lights On, Lights Off
SwedishJim – Audio feedback regarding AF447
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by captjeff | Nov 29, 2014 | Podcast
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APG 145 – Aviation Black Friday – Free Episode
It’s the APG Black Friday Edition! The deal? This episode is free! Well, they all are, actually.
We hear the heartwarming story about a blind man who flies and lands a Cirrus SR20. A new report on several drone near-misses in recent months reveals a serious threat to air safety. It’s rumored that the FAA will require licenses for drone operators when regulations are released. A member of the tech community expresses his opinion about pilotless airliners, and Hawaiian airline Island Air takes back Christmas bonuses awarded to their pilots.
LINKS MENTIONED IN NEWS
The Coffee Fund
Blind Pilot Flies And Lands A Real Airplane
Report: FAA Will Require You to Have a Pilot License to Fly a Drone
FEEDBACK
Tim – Feedback/question
Jeff Fellmeth – More drones at JFK
Rick – Walk around
Ray – Cleats on a Wing
Mechanic Bob – Tie-down Cleats
Private Pilot Etienne – a few $0.02 – feedback on critical engine in twin props, retracting the gear, drones and VHHH (KaiTak)
Janel – Cool NASA video
Report: FAA Will Require You to Have a Pilot License to Fly a Drone
Larry Gregory – AFOQT
Nick Carson – Boeing 767 Article
Chris Johnson – Loose screw!!
Chris Johnson – Only in Russia!
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by captjeff | Nov 21, 2014 | Podcast
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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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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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