by captjeff | Jan 29, 2014 | Podcast
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Recorded in Springfield, MA on January 28, 2014.
Update on the Canadian fellow who crashed a C-172R at the Nashville International Airport: Apparently he was legally drunk. And he claimed that Taylor Swift was his next of kin. Odd.
Recently, video was released of the crash of a Canadair CL-600 at Aspen.
A B-767-300 on approach to Buenos Aires Ezeiza, BA (Argentina) encounters turbulence so strong that a slat on the right wing rips off.
I played some audio from LiveATC.net of an American 737 getting stuck in the snow at BWI, and a Bonanza with a towbar attached to the nose gear at KADS.
Interesting video of a Canadian goose smashing through the windscreen of a C-210.
Feedback in this episode:
Smithsonian Might Planes episode on the Trump 757 – David McLees
A320 engine start sequence – Daniel Matiz
Stephen – power shifting, ac use during engine start/ co-pilot flying
Positive customer relations experience – Jesus Calderon
Mitch – Assessment Advice
– http://www.flyingmag.com/training/learn-fly/check-ride-tips-editors
– http://www.studentflyingclub.com/flying-articles.php?id=1101
– http://www.aviationinterviews.com/
– http://www.willflyforfood.com/pilot-interviews/
– http://forums.flightinfo.com/forumdisplay.php?f=5
– http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/
– http://www.flytheline.com/
– http://aviationinterviewprep.com/
– http://www.examiner.com/article/preparing-for-an-airline-interview
Mark Kavanagh – PED Interference
Nick Carson – Feedback
Manuel – via Linked In
Lewathan – JFK Approach sequencing
SoCal Matt – ROTC?
Jessica Cox, the first armless pilot – Patrick Chamberlain
RIGHTFOOTED A Documentary about Jessica Cox
Tim – “Birthplace of Flight” ?
FO Jake – What happens if a pilot screws up, then gets asked to resign or even fired?
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by captjeff | Jan 24, 2014 | Podcast
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Cold enough for ya? Recorded in Baltimore, MD, Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Well, it is cold here! In this episode, I talk about the inexplicable actions of the Edmonton International security screeners, who allowed a young man to continue his travels after confiscating a pipe bomb from him. Must have looked pretty harmless… with the NINE FOOT LONG fuse hanging from it. Oh, and they tried to GIVE IT BACK TO HIM. Amazing.
The 787 Dreamliner is still experiencing some “growing pains,” I guess. An Air India 788 loses all transponders near Belin, and fuel leaking from the right wing in Bangkok.
A DC-9 leaves the runway in Saltillo, Mexico.
One of two giant eagle sculptures hanging from the ceiling of the Wellington, New Zealand airport came crashing down last week after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake last week. No one was injured.
And finally, we talk about the article written by Rich Smith at The Motley Fool entitled “TSA at the Airport: Inconvenient, or Just Plain Incompetent?”
Feedback in this episode:
Who Flies Out Mis-placed Planes? – Josh Chambliss
What happens to the pilots? – Tom Bloxsom
FAA to EASA License? – Philip Martyns
JNU RNP RNAV GPS clarification – Michael
Lufthansa 747 Low Pass in Rural Maine – Nick in Maine
Ferdinand Puentes – Hawaii plane crash video
Lyn Audio FB – Happy 100th! Plus a question
ATC: Safety Enhancer or Annoyance? – Chris
What happens when pilots get sick on a trip? – Kevin
Students wearing pilot uniforms? – Frik
Christopher Mathiessen – YouTube Channel
The Mighty DC-9 – Airchive – Paul Siegel
German Autobahn landing sites – Paul Siegel
Highway Airfields – Paul Siegel
Man arrested for pointing a laser at aircraft – Jeff Harrison
From YouTube – Episode 100 Hair/mustache – MJ Gruskin
Press Release FAA Selects Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research and Test Sites
Pilots log book – Brian in Baltimore
RNP vs. RNAV – Anthony Tibbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd8IvorFvWo
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5l1ndg2b1jryh7t/CYLW_RNAV_RNP_RWY_16.pdf
Julie – Thank you for keeping me calm in traffic
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by captjeff | Jan 17, 2014 | Podcast
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What better location to record my 100th episode than the “Birthplace of Aviation,” Dayton, Ohio? As they say, “sit back, relax, and enjoy” the next 2+ hours of me rambling on and on about many different things. Like the Southwest pilots who landed at the wrong airport. They were close. But, not close enough. As I’ve said many times, it’s not the first time this has happened, and it won’t be the last. Guaranteed. So, how can it be possible in this day of sophisticated navigation displays that we still have pilots landing at the wrong airport? Ah. The Human Factor. And as much as many out there would love to eliminate the human in the equation, the fact remains that humans, more often than not, actually “save the day” in the world of man and machine.
Oh. Not again. A Japan Air 787 Dreamliner experiences another battery-related issue. The good news? The system or “solution” actually worked as intended by isolating the single cell thermal runaway. The bad news? We still have cells going into thermal runaway.
Again, I received a lot of great questions from you, my listeners. Is a college degree really necessary for a commercial airline pilot? Which is better, Multi-crew Pilot license program or PPL CPL IR ATPL program? What are the vision requirements to be a pilot in the Air Force? Why did you leave the Georgia Institute of Technology after just one year? Lots more great questions and feedback.
Here’s that picture that Frik sent me of the low-flying South African Air Force Harvard:
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LINKS
B-767 Challenging Crosswind Landing in Birmingham, UK
Highway Strip
Balkans Aviation Academy in Lithuania
Peter Cheney: Why pilots make better drivers
Dr. John’s Approach and landing at Toronto City Centre Airport
Josh Whiting’s FAR 117 PILOT DUTY TIME app: iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Paul Rumsey’s KJAZZ Radio UK
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by captjeff | Jan 11, 2014 | Podcast
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I started this in Flint, MI, and ended it in Memphis, TN. Lots of crazy weather out there the past several days. From freezing rain and long deicing delays in Philadelphia, to severe thunderstorms and turbulence in Atlanta.
I chose to name this episode “hero” in honor of a World War II fighter pilot named Bill Overstreet, who just recently passed away. You should check out this NPR interview. Bill was the pilot who pursued a German fighter through the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. He was 92.
Always a challenging approach into Aspen, CO, but strong tailwinds made it even more so last week, when a Challenger 601 business jet crashed while trying to land. One of the three occupants died.
A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 767-300 had trouble lowering the right main gear on approach to Madinah last week, resulting in a partial gear landing.
Sadly, the LAM E190 that crashed in Africa in late November was confirmed to be a suicide/homicide by Namibia’s Investigator in Charge. 28 passengers and 6 crew perished.
Lots of feedback in this episode, including contaminated air, packages, my favorite hotels and hotel chains (which I actually forgot to answer!), the Federal Interstate System, and much more.
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2014 Outlook for Aviation
1 dead, 2 hurt in fiery Aspen plane crash described as ‘ball of fire coming down the runway’
A320 Pilot Claims UFO Almost Hit His Plane Near Berkshire
Human body parts fall from sky in Saudi
Saudia B763 at Madinah on Jan 5th 2014, right main gear up landing
Air India A320 at Jaipur on Jan 5th 2014, runway excursion on emergency landing
Crash: LAM E190 over Botswana/Namibia on Nov 29th 2013, captain intentionally crashed aircraft
Balleka in Hong Kong
Flights of fancy: Inside the intense world of virtual pilots
The future of aviation: Airline leaders’ predictions
ADVANCED ICAO LEVEL 4 AVIATION ENGLISH AIRLINE COMMUNICATION & ATC COMMUNICATIONS
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by captjeff | Jan 3, 2014 | Podcast
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I’m back from my holiday vacation, and ready to talk commercial aviation! This show recorded on layover in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Thursday, January 2, 2014.
First, let’s talk about what’s happened since we last met. I had a great holiday vacation with my family (we didn’t go anywhere, but we didn’t have to, because we love hanging out together!). I picked up a two-day on December 29-30, and I talk about the medical emergency that occurred on day 2.
Investigators in Africa believe that the captain of a Mozambique Airlines flight that crashed killing all 33 people onboard brought it down deliberately. Very sad.
A British Airways B-747 in Johannesburg didn’t make a slight turn while taxiing out for takeoff, and continued on a General Aviation taxiway. Quite an exciting time for the occupants of a building near the taxiway when much of the right wing just outboard of the number four engine sliced it open! No one aboard the aircraft was injured, but four building occupants received minor injuries. Investigation continues.
100th Anniversary of Scheduled Commercial Airline Service – Yesterday (January 1st) marked the 100th anniversary of commercial airline flight! Yay!
A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300, performing flight VS-98 from Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago) to Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia), was on final approach to Saint Lucia at about 19:40L (23:40Z) and had just received landing clearance when river “Petite Riviere Du Vieux Fort” burst its banks and flooded the airport reportedly washing the weather station away and setting the runway under mud and water. The aircraft touched down on the flooded runway without warning and managed to come to a stop. No injuries occurred, the aircraft however received substantial damage to landing gear and underside of the fuselage. Check out this link to see pictures of the damage.
An Ethiopian B763 at Arusha on Dec 18th 2013, landed on a short runway at the wrong airport and had a runway excursion while trying to turn around. Check out this video to see the 767 takeoff from the short runway a couple of days later.
LINKS
Air Tahiti Nui video
Kevin Cox sent this pic of Santa in the ATC simulator
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by captjeff | Dec 23, 2013 | Podcast
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The Asiana 214 Investigative Hearing took place last week, and I chime in with my “take-away.” Absent at the hearing was the pilot crew, although the NTSB did publish a summary of their interviews. Interesting read.
Concerned about several recent incidents involving sleeping or fatigued pilots and air traffic controllers, the FAA’s federal air surgeon, Dr. Fred Tilton ordered a new Sleep Apnea policy be enacted immediately. Is your BMI greater than 40? If so, the new rule would require you to undergo (and pay for) a full-blown sleep study to determine whether you suffer from Sleep Apnea. ALPA, AOPA, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and other interested parties expressed their concern that this rule was being ramrodded into effect without proper hearings and rule-making protocols.
Southwest Airlines announced that it is introducing a new weather detection system that could potentially improve weather forecasting. The airline finished installing Water Vapor Sensing Systems (WVSS-II) on 87 of its Boeing 737s, which will by provide real-time humidity data for planes in flight and during takeoff and landing.
A 737-800 slid off the end of a slippery runway in Madison, WI last week. I play the ATC recording, and speculate on various scenarios that may have caused the excursion. Other news items include an update on the Thai Airways A330 runway excursion, a terrorist threat that was “nipped in the bud” at Wichita Mid-Continent airport, and a Pakistan International Airlines pilot who decided waiting on a sandwich delivery was worth delaying the international flight for two and a half hours. Must have been a good sandwich.
Questions from listeners include:
LINKS
WestJet Christmas Miracle: real-time giving
Air Canada Orders Boeing 737MAX for Fleet Renewal
Pilot dad and daughter become first to fly 747 across Asia together
L-1011 Landing Video
Subscribe to NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System’s Callback Newsletter
Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines documentary film
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