Airplane Geeks Podcast
Latest Episodes
588 Aircraft Insurance
Aircraft insurance premiums on the rise, DOT NPRM for service animals, pet transportation, Boeing 777X first flight, vision-based flight control for GA, fuel dumping, positive airline stories from listeners.
587 Lightspeed Aviation
New video series from Lightspeed Aviation inspired by the people, business, and adventure of aviation. New aircraft carrier named for WWII hero, US Navy disrupts GPS, autonomous A350 take-off, Garmin electronic steam instruments, Delta 777 fuel dump.
586 Flight Shaming
Flight shaming with the creative director of SimpliFlying. Also, Airbus production rates and employment growth, China’s COMAC C919 airliner struggle, Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor first autonomous flight, how a fugitive navigated through the aircraft char...
585 Wings Over New Zealand, Australia, and Britain
Preservation of World War II aviation history with Dave Homewood. In the news, we look at labor contract negotiations at US airlines, the latest on the 737 MAX crisis, the safest airlines to fly in 2020, the Punctuality League 2020 results,
584 Bits & Pieces XXVI
Our Main(e) Man Micah looks back at his aviation activities from 2019.
583 Flight Planning with SkyVector
We talk about flight planning with the founder and CEO of SkyVector. Also, light attack airplanes, the Aircraft Noise Reduction Act, Boeing’s 737 MAX production pause, Alaska Airlines holiday sweater promotion, an Australia News Desk.
582 Airline Safety
Airline safety in the context of the EU Air Safety List and a lax safety culture at Horizon Air. Also, free admission at EAA Airventure Oshkosh for youth 18 and under, layoffs coming to Textron, space-based ADS-B, and a helicopter load stability system.
581 AERObridge and Disaster Response
AERObridge coordinates GA aircraft for disaster response. Also airliner formation flying, IndiGo engine failures, Boeing X-Wing drones, volcanic eruption, jetblast injury, bill to spur transportation careers, slipping a president out of the country.
580 Dubai Airshow 2019
The 2019 Dubai Airshow, Boeing 737 MAX 10, splitting up families on the plane, NTSB on fatal Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 accident, a commercial aerial tanker company, structural batteries to aircraft, flying in formation down under, romance in the air.
579 NBAA-BACE 2019
NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) and Bombardier Safety Standdown 2019. Strange ideas to make airlines greener, commuter planes to avoid road traffic, Southwest maintenance records, therapy animals, Hawaiian Airlines, 777X BBJ.