APG 119 – More Near Misses, MH370 Update
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APG 118 – Near Miss Over Pacific, TCAS, Female Pilots
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An alleged “near miss” between to Boeing 757s over the Pacific Ocean 200 miles northeast of the island of Hawaii is being investigated by the NTSB, based on a sensational report by a writer onboard one of the jets. While it’s true that evasive action was taken by at least one of the jets, the real story here is that the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) installed on both aircraft did its job. Click here to learn more about TCAS II.
A Sun Country B-737-800 experienced an engine failure departing JFK. The LiveATC.net recording of the event is discussed. Great job by the crew and ATC. Click here to download the entire audio file from LiveATC.net.
Amongst the feedback discussed in this episode is what Captain Jeff thinks about female pilots, the respect or lack thereof of cabin crew members from passengers, the decline of respect and dignity of jobs in the flying profession in general, and much more.
Feedback in this episode:
Kimmie – Female Pilots
Jim – thrust vectoring, loss of all electrical power
George – Respect for Cabin Crew
Dari – Iran Fokker partial gear landing
Simon – Thunderstorm Season
Sport Pilot David – CALLBACK 412 – May 2014
NASA ASRS Callback Subscription Info
CJ – Inflight Fires
Tim – Greetings from Sendai, Japan
Beautiful Turkish Airlines Spot
Tim – Vanished US Airlines
Sarah – Hijacking Questions
Wikipedia – Hijacking
Federal Express Flight 705
Tom – Dean Martin & The Tipsy Pilot (video, hilarious)
Chris – United’s Channel Nine
Vernon – Captain’s salute
Mike C. – Pneumatic Air (Bleed Air)
Chris – Seniority
Mark – “Pilot’s view of Wizz Air’s low pass over the Danube’
Mike – Check Your Gauges
William – MD-90 Cockpit Noises
MD-90 Video
James – Career Advice
Liz – Lompoc Fires
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APG 117 – Turbulence, Icing, Flying Cars
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Drones in the news, both good and bad. The good? Easy jet is using them to inspect their fleet for dents and bumps. The bad? A US Airways Express jet nearly collided with a UAV while landing at an airport in Florida. UAVs are here to stay, so let’s lay down some rational rules to keep everyone safe.
Lots of feedback on this episode, including an extended discussion of turbulence, inflight icing, transponder codes, flying cars, college degrees, and more!
Easyjet develops flying robots to inspect aircraft
The UAV Digest
Airplane Geeks Podcast
Adventures of Cap’n Aux
Ask Captain Scott
Fred the Pilot
Feedback in this episode:
Stan and Derek – Turbulence
Light, Moderate or Severe Turbulence
How Are They Defined?
ASN Aviation Safety Database-Crashes related to Turbulence
Nick – Career Advice
Paul – Student Pilot in Greece
Brian – Icing
Wikipedia-Icing conditions
Anonymous – Ethics and Professionalism
Rich – Crosswind Landings
A380 Crosswind Landing into JFK May 4, 2014
Mechanic Bob – You rang? Cowlings, TWA 800
Ahmad – Cell Phone Connections in Air
Gogo Inflight Internet
Conor – Transponder Question, Safety Reporting, Cockpit Windows
Chris – Automation Issues in Military?
Jeff – Passports?
Ken – Flying Cars
The Transition
The TF-X
Brad and Michael – Bidding Questions
Kwame – College Degree?
How Important is a College Degree?
Larry – NTSB Release re. WX
Micah – Crash Axe
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APG 116 – Spy Plane Snarls Computers, Smoking Bags, Malaysia 370 Update
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A cold war era U2 spy plane flying over the skies of Southern California managed to confuse and overload the new ERAM computer system installed at Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center, shutting it down and snarling air traffic for hours. It seems that the computers were trying to keep the U2 from colliding with numerous aircraft in the area. Problem is, the U2 was flying miles above all of the traffic at 60,000 feet. Fail.
Smoke billowing from a checked suitcase in Melbourne prompted the evacuation of a Fiji Airways 737. Fiji Airways reports the piece of luggage in question was found to be carrying material suspected as prohibited Dangerous Goods. Good thing this happened before the flight.
A US Airways A330 experienced severe turbulence while climbing out of PHL, injuring six. Could this incident have been avoided?
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: GeoResonance survey company says “wreckage of a commercial airliner” found
NTSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendation to Improve Oversight of Alaska Air Operators Owned by HoTh, Inc.
Listen: Missing Jet MH370 Pilots Talking to Air Traffic Control
Scary stuff: 13 phrases you don’t want to hear from your pilot
Young pilots: Apply for free trip to France
Feedback in this episode:
Mike – Former Air Force Penguin
Davin – Traits of a professional airline captain?
Jac – Glasses, Vision Requirements
Pilot Pip – Part 135 vs 121
Derek – A380 being configured to carry 660+ passengers?
Micah – AC Retirement: How does that affect pilots?
Bob – Side Stick Controllers
Oliver – Oxygen
Lyn – Cathay Pacific Flight
Craig – Podcast Popularity, Voting, 9/11
Zach – Flying Cars
Oli – Navaid Decommissioning
Axel – Stuttgart Door Security Code
Marion – International Flying?
Scotty – Seaplanes and Ireland
Gary – Automated Flight
Stephanie – Best of the Best $100 Hamburgers | Flying Magazine
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APG 115 – CYVR Drone, KEWR Near Miss, 10 Ways to Endear Your Flight Attendant
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Aviation experts are outraged over a YouTube video that shows a remote-controlled drone flying close to an airplane at Vancouver International Airport. The video, posted to YouTube on Nov. 4, 2013 by user Quadrotor Dragonfly, was filmed using a camera aboard the drone as it appears to fly at the same altitude as a jetliner as the jetliner passes by on its way to land at the airport.
An Expressjet E145 had to take evasive action to avoid a United 737 at Newark Liberty International last week. The Expressjet had been given clearance to takeoff on Runway 4R, while simultaneously, the United was on short approach to Runway 29. The Expressjet pilot said “it was really close”. The NTSB has launched an investigation.
Well, you’ve heard of all the ways to annoy a flight attendant. Sara Keagle turns it around, and gives us the Top Ten Ways to Endear Yourself to Your Flight Attendant.
Feedback in this episode:
Ali – More on Crosswind Landings
Yan – Career Advice
Bhavesh – Book Recommendations
Paul – DCA River Visual
Nick – APUs, GPUs, and ASUs
Ray – QF, NZ, SA, and Rugby
Bob – C-141 Heaven
James – G.I. Bill
Mike – Captain’s Authority
Mike – TWA 800
Chris – Crew Rest
Dave – Quiz, Airport terminals in distress
Evert – ILS Approaches
FAA Instrument Procedures Handbook
Mechanic Bob – Automation
NY Times: Computer-generated Articles are Gaining Traction
Armando – Payne Stewart Hypoxia, Concorde
Save Concorde Group
Save Concorde Group FaceBook Page
Save Concorde Group Twitter Page
Dr. Stef and Matthew – Celsius vs centigrade
Neal – Chemtrails
Busted Pilot Forgets To Turn Off CHEMTRAILS While Landing
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APG 114 – Stowaway teen survives flight in wheel well, bees on a plane, contract piloting
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A teenager from Santa Clara, CA ran onto the San Jose airport tarmac, hopped into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines B-767, and survived the more than five-hour flight to Maui. How did he do it?
An Allegiant Air MD-80 series jet flew through a huge swarm of bees on takeoff from LAS, resulting in an emergency turn-back and landing. So, you’d like to know more? Well, it’s none of your beeswax.
A blog post in the AOPA blog describes yet another possibility for a professional piloting career: Contract Pilot. Check it out.
FEEDBACK/LINKS
Hillel on Airplane Geeks! AirplaneGeeks 293 An Aerospace Engineer
Jac – Career Advice
Flight Training Financing – Top 10 Ways to Get Money for Pilot Training
Sarah – Pilots and the Media
John – will Aerospace Engineering degree help me get hired?
Carl – UK Man convicted for illegal drone operation
Yorkshire Airlines
First conviction for illegal use of an unmanned aircraft
Matt – Bidding before computers
Tim – Transponder Question
Nick & Derek – Electric Taxiing Motors Could Save Airlines Millions Of Dollars
Electric Taxiing Motors Could Save Airlines Millions Of Dollars
Nathan – More on Airbus Flaps
Tim – Suni Williams tour of ISS
Vernon – Yet another reason why pilot-less commercial aircraft won’t ever “fly.”
NTSB TO HOLD SAFETY SEMINAR ON PREVENTING AERODYNAMIC STALLS AND LOSS OF CONTROL ACCIDENTS
Ahmad – Pylon shape assymetry observed
Chris Johnson – Jet sucks a safety pylon into its engine
Randy – UPS 1354 Crash Investigation
David – NASA ASRS “Callback” Newsletter
ASRS CALLBACK Subscription
GorDON – Sam Weigel’s blog
Hideous Jake – Commuting and FAR 117
Tim – Exxon Valdez
gCaptain Radio Episode 38: Was Exxon Valdez Captain unfairly vilified by the media?
GorDON – Pre-loading IAP prior to takeoff
George – Sick Leave, Favorite Airline?
Brett – Career Advice
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