by captjeff | Jan 30, 2015 | Podcast
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White House UAV Crash- The government worker says that the DJI Phantom UAV just flew out the window and crashed into the White House lawn at 3:00 AM all by itself. Uh huh. DJI has just released a mandatory firmware update to prevent their UAVs from flying in “no-fly zones.” So, really? We expect the “average Joe” UAV/drone owner to do a firmware update? Right.
An anonymous crash investigator says that warning alarms were “screaming” for the last several minutes of the AirAsia QZ8501 flight, including the stall warning. A preliminary report is to be issued soon, although not for public consumption.
Several flights in the last week have received bomb threats via Twitter. We talk about two of them in this episode. Here’s the LiveATC.com audio.
A lot more news this week, including lipstick knives, exploding e-cigarette batteries, SkyMall declaring bankruptcy, and the Solar Impulse.
Tropical accidents: the evidence is building – David Learmount
Solar Impulse Unveils Details of Round-The-World Flight – Ben Granucci
New Patron Simon Newton’s YouTube channel: On the Kitchen Table
My new APG Live! YouTube channel (live stream)
FEEDBACK
Lee Hayden – Joe Sutter/Boeing 2707/Boeing 747
747: Creating the World’s First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation
Nick Carson – Favorite Flight or Shuttle Hop? Part 2
Paul Thorp – Capt/FO, PF/PM
Pilots and Copilots. Who are These People?
Bruce – Bumper and Air Asia
Jorge – Drones!!
Coastie Jim – Family Life Question
Tyler Herrick – What is NextGen?
Ken – Anti-Ice Systems, Stuck Throttles, and more!
Josh in Nashville – ZQ Pilot
Vernon – Call signs and ringtones
Pip – BA aircraft at Dublin story: Another Look
Mark and Thomas – ‘Am I Going Down?’ app calculates your flight’s chances of crashing
Jack – United tail cone writing
Sport Pilot Dave – Maui Kahului=OGG
Devin – Why is United Airlines suing a 22-year-old?
Abner (also Mark@FL330) – Cirrus CAP deployment video
Bhavesh – Great Circle Routes
Rick – Surface tablet demise?
Luke – Glider Winch Tow
Dispatcher Gregg – Re: Voice feedback
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by captjeff | Jan 23, 2015 | Podcast
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Dr. Steph joined me as “co-pilot” on this episode!
Not a lot of news regarding AirAsia 8501, except leaked reports that based on FDR and CVR data, there didn’t appear to be any evidence of terrorism or foul play.
We discuss the turn-back of a B-777 in ATL due to smoke coming from the left main gear. After dumping fuel, the aircraft returned to ATL for a safe landing.
link to fuel dumping cellphone video
Aviation Week announced their “Person of the Year:” Vladimir Putin. ?
FEEDBACK
Mark – Article: Research – SOAR
Rick – New Summer Uniform?
Jorge – Feedback music!
Dispatcher Gregg – NASA Advances Single-Pilot Airliner Possibilities
Mark – Air Force Worried No One Wants To Be A Drone Pilot
Tom – NYC ATC Time Lapse
Koppa – Scaredy cats
Rick – Engine and wing anti-ice
Mark – Air India flight from Chennai to Paris delayed as pilot fight
William – Rapere Drones
Steven – Accelerated Stalls
Travis – Airbus The Airliner Profile History of all models
Nick – Dublin ATC not happy with British Airways!
Rick – So…I guess I went supersonic a few nights ago too!!
Bill – Sunwings Update – APG 151
Dave from Toronto – Re-Cleared, Where is This?
Pilot Pip – Feedback Bumper
Nick – Favorite Flight or Shuttle Hop? Part 1
Chattanooga Tim – APG book club
An American Saga – Juan Trippe and his Pan Am Empire
Mechanic Bob – Control Yokes
Ahmad – AINonline: Airports, FAA Adapting To LED Lighting Push
Stuart – EFB question
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by captjeff | Jan 16, 2015 | Podcast
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AirAsia 8501’s black boxes recovered, a Sunwing flight lands short of destination due to low fuel, passengers detained for opening emergency exits on a China Eastern flight, your feedback and much more!
The Coffee Fund
FEEDBACK
Bruce – Feedback bumper
Ray Williams – Feedback Bumper Ideas
Mark Librowski – Thai Fire Lanterns
Nicolas Hu – Where do simulators go?
Ray – Heading vs Track
Bryan – Re: Feedback from APG Listener Ray Williams
Brian in Seattle – Book Recommendation
Forever Flying: Fifty Years of High-flying Adventures, From Barnstorming in Prop Planes to Dogfighting Germans to Testing Supersonic Jets, An Autobiography
Daniel – Helicopter flight test crash
Mark Van Raam – Blue Angels come full circle
Mark Librowski, Dan – 13 United Cabin Crew Fired
Stuart Aslett – Medical Kits, Medical Emergencies
Andreas – Drones!
Swedish Jim – Pitots and Polaris Borealis! (featured image)
Tilman – Real Flying
Airbus A380-800 (D-AIMA)- Lufthansa – Pilots Training at Rheinmünster / Karlsruhe-Airport (FKB)
SWISS Flight training – “Touch and gos” in an Airbus A340
Tim Van Raam – Bird Strike
Capt. Tom – Feedback APG 150 on the 747
747: Creating the World’s First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation
Nick Carson – Tail Number Feedback
Nick – APUs vs. ASUs
Travis – First Air Force One, a video
Travis – A340
Bhavesh – Jet lagged feedback
Mark – British Airways 777 plane blown across Atlantic at supersonic speeds by freak jetstream
Sport Pilot David – Understanding AF 447
Craig – Happy New Year!
MD-88GSO
Rick – Pitch And Power???? Airline Pilots Can’t Fly Control Performance???
Rick – Anti ice brought a plane down????
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
Lyn – Why does food taste different on planes?
Koppa – Dry ice?
From Nate in Brooklyn – Concorde
Air Crash Investigation: Concorde – Up In Flames
Koppa – 150 sounds
Tom Seagraves – 35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980
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by captjeff | Jan 9, 2015 | Podcast
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(photo credit: WPSD Fox 28, Columbus, OH)
First show of the year! In today’s episode, we talk about the amazing sole survivor story of seven year old Sailor Gutzler. The Gutzler family was returning from their vacation in Key West, FL in their Seneca II (N81291) when the engines lost power over western Kentucky. The Piper PA-34-200T crashed in a wooded area, killing Sailor’s mom and dad, older sister, and cousin.
Updates on AirAsia 8501 and Virgin Atlantic 43, the 28 hour saga of passengers on Etihad flight 183, the US drone fleet “at the breaking point,” and active sidestick controllers round out the news segment. Applicable links below.
U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says
Kathryn’s Report (Info about the crash of N81291)
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 VS43 Gatwick Emergency Landing with Radio
Onboard Virgin VS43 B747 Emergency Landing Cabin Procedure Due to Landing Gear Failure
Active Sidestick Controls Make Commercial Debut
FEEDBACK
James – Stall warning
Ciaran (Berlin) – Airbus/Boeing Cockpit Design
Randy – Seniority Question
Sport Pilot Dave – Train for partial gear landing?
Nick – Flight Plan Vs. ATC
Bruce – High Altitude Performance, Feedback Bumper Discussion
Ahmad – Re: APG-149, my take on the missing AirAsia A320
Elite Aviators _ Advanced Flight Techniques Academy (EA-AFTA)
Flight of the Flamingo
AeroScience AS440 Flamingo cockpit initial design
Mark – Rapid growth leaves Asian airlines searching for pilots
Micah – Music of Modern Flight
Ross – Clouds and Turbulence
SnapSeed App
Larry in T – Trumpet Playing
Devon – Fireworks
Koppa – Merry Christmas
Tony from Teesside – Simulator Fun
Airbus YouTube Videos by Super Charged
Larry – Wake Turbulence
John – APG 149 voice feedback from John Brown
Rick – De-icing after take off?? Naaaahhhh!!
Incident: United B772 near London on Dec 29th 2014, anti-ice problem
Mark – Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?
Devin – TAS vs IAS, USAF Vision Requirements
Chattanooga Tim – The High and the Mighty – Trailer
Antoine – AF447 Animation of the progress of the flight using FDR/CVR data
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by captjeff | Dec 30, 2014 | Podcast
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2014 in aviation, It’s been a bizarre year in aviation safety. The number of crashes was low, but the number of fatalities high. It was a particularly bad year for Malaysia.
An American Airlines flight from Seoul to Dallas-Ft. Worth experienced severe turbulence over Japan, injuring 12.
A Lufthansa A321 crew lost control of the jet shortly into the flight from Bilbao to Munich after faulty air data units triggered the Alpha Protection mode of the autoflight system. After losing 4,000 feet in altitude, the pilots regained control after disconnecting the faulty air data units. EASA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive warning all operators.
Finally, we sadly end the year with what appears to be another disappearance of a flight over open waters. AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared from radar about halfway between Surabaya and Singapore. As this episode was recorded, the A320 is still missing.
FEEDBACK
Reuben from Lakeland – Cessna 414 Chancellor Renovation
Sport Pilot David – APG Icing
Wikipedia: Ice Protection System
MattyFab – Simulator vs Real Flying
Bruce – Military Vision Requirements, Corporate Structure
Mark – Airplane Brawl over Crying Baby Nearly Causes Emergency Landing
China jails captain for deadly plane crash
Michael – Qantas 767 on 60 minutes
Jorge – Ringtones for APG Community
Travis – Air New Zealand airline safety video
Stuart – Push To Get More Women Into The Cockpit
Ross – Perception vs Reality
Pilot Pip – APG audio feedback
Nick – Why no smoking?
Mark & Mark – Land in an emergency
Hillel – PED or Camera
Armando – Delta worker accused of smuggling guns on Atlanta flight
Lyn – Odiferous feedback
Ken – Cool C-130 Hercules Clips
Tim – Good thing you ride up front
Dirty planes; how germy is your next flight?
Jeff – Former Airline Official Says U.S. Air Force May Have Shot Down MH370
Ken – 3 to 1 Line
Larry – LED Lighting
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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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